External press release
25 Mar 2021

Meatable Raises $47 Million to Expand Product Portfolio with Beef
Meatable, the cultivated meat startup, has closed $47 million USD in its Series A funding round, bringing the company's total funding to $60 million. Meatable finalized its first showcase product in 2020 and aims to use the new funds to advance small-scale production at the Biotech Campus Delft and to diversify its product portfolio.
Full profile interview
25 Mar 2021

Voltabox AG
Voltabox provide Li-ion battery packs to markets outside of cars. This interview focussed on their new material to replace metal housings in battery packs.
Full profile interview
24 Mar 2021

MeaTech
MeaTech is an Israeli company developing cultured meat and 3D bioprinting technology. As of March 2021, MeaTech is the world's only publicly listed cultured meat company and, in early 2021, completed the first acquisition in the cultured meat space, acquiring Belgian cultured fat company Peace of Meat. In March 2021, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Michael Dent spoke with MeaTech Business Development Executive Simon Fried.
Full profile interview
24 Mar 2021

Mirai Foods
Mirai Foods is a Swiss agri-tech company developing meat products from cultured animal cells. The company is aiming to use cell culture to create meat products better and healthier than conventional meat. In March 2021, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Michael Dent spoke with Christoph Mayr, CEO of Mirai Foods.
Full profile interview
24 Mar 2021

Mzansi Meat Co.
Mzansi Meat Co. is an Agri-Tech company developing meat products from cultured animal cells, enabling the slaughter-free production of meat. With its base in South Africa, Mzansi Meat is Africa's first cultured meat company. In March 2020, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Michael Dent spoke with Brett Thompson, CEO of Mzansi Meat, and Kyle Andrew Naylor, a researcher at the company.
Full profile interview
24 Mar 2021

CellulaREvolution
CellulaREvolution is a UK-based biotechnology company developing advanced bioreactors for continuous cell production in the fields of cultured meat, cell therapy, and biologics. In March 2021, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Michael Dent spoke with Leo Groenewegen, CEO of CellulaREvolution, about the company's activities in the cultured meat space.
Full profile interview
24 Mar 2021

Agronomics
Agronomics is a UK-based investment company focused on novel food technology, particularly in the fields of environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional meat production and plant-based sources of nutrition. In March 2021, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Michael Dent spoke with Agronomics co-founder Anthony Chow about the company's investments in the cultured meat space.
External press release
24 Mar 2021

intelliFLEX Innovation Alliance Virtual CPES2021 a Big Success
This 6th international Symposium of Canada's premier conference and trade show exhibition for flexible and hybrid electronics (FHE) took place virtually this week. More than 180 colleagues from over 80 organizations in 15 countries around the World connected, contributed and learned.
External press release
24 Mar 2021

VELO3D to Become Public Company
VELO3D and JAWS Spitfire Acquisition Corporation have entered into a definitive business combination agreement.
24 Mar 2021

Technology Analyst Careers at IDTechEx: Positions Available
We are looking for entrepreneurial, enthusiastic people to join IDTechEx to apply their technical knowledge. You will be involved with technology scouting, market research and consultancy in a rapidly growing, exciting, global firm.
24 Mar 2021

Second Generation Robot Shuttles
The IDTechEx report, "Robot Shuttles and Autonomous Buses 2020-2040," predicted second-generation robot shuttles, and here they come - vectored traction and steering, smart windows, robotic fast charging, and solar bodywork, so 10-40% less charging is needed.
24 Mar 2021

Big Breakthrough for Massless Energy Storage
Researchers have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. Their latest research breakthrough paves the way for essentially 'massless' energy storage in vehicles and other technology.
External press release
24 Mar 2021

NGK Wins Order for Renewable Energy Project in Mongolia
The NAS batteries will be used in Mongolia's first solar power plant construction project with an adjoining battery energy storage system. The introduction of large-capacity NAS batteries alongside the solar power generation facilities will enable solar power-generated electricity to be used day or night.
External press release
24 Mar 2021

Project Triumph TE-1 E-powertrain Revealed
The all-new battery powertrain developed by Williams Advanced Engineering for Triumph Motorcycles' TE-1 project will set new standards for electric bike performance.
24 Mar 2021

Invisible "Keyhole" Made of Printed, Transparent Electronics
What initially looks like a simple transparent film conceals a whole new level of security. Invisible buttons are printed with conductive ink on the transparent carrier material, the position of which is known only to insiders. Such circuits can be connected to a door lock as an access code, for instance. If the buttons on the polymer film are pressed in the correct order, the door opens.
23 Mar 2021

New Soft, Stretchable Biocompatible Artificial Skin
In the field of robotics, metals offer advantages like strength, durability, and electrical conductivity. But, they are heavy and rigid—properties that are undesirable in soft and flexible systems for wearable computing and human-machine interfaces.
23 Mar 2021

Electromagnetic Fields Hinder Spread of Breast Cancer
Electricity may slow - and in some cases, stop - the speed at which breast cancer cells spread through the body, a new study indicates.
IDTechEx analyst
23 Mar 2021

Opportunities for 3D Additive Electronics
Presentation delivered by IDTechEx analyst Dr Matthew Dyson at the AME Academy Future of Additive Manufacturing of Electronics seminar.
23 Mar 2021

Efficient Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting for "Blue Energy"
A research team has recently developed a water-tube-based triboelectric nanogenerator that can efficiently convert various irregular and low-frequency mechanical energies, including ocean wave energy, into electricity, providing a new avenue for the development of "blue energy".