Full profile interview
16 Jun 2016

Ibex Automation
We recently caught up with Dr Charles Fox, a Director at Ibex Automation which is a British start-up focused on farm automation, initially focused on weed spraying.
Full profile interview
16 Jun 2016

Harvest Croo
Harvest Croo was set up in 2013 by a Strawberry grower, Mr Gary Wishnatzki, and a robotic engineer, Mr Robert Pitzer. They have developed robotic strawberry pickers.
15 Jun 2016

Europe expanding hydrogen refuelling infrastructure
Yesterday saw the launch of a second pan-European deployment of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, and passenger and commercial fuel cell electric vehicles. The six-year H2ME 2 project brings together 37 partners from across Europe.
15 Jun 2016

Labs in NNSA lead the way in 3D printing
Award-winning researchers from NNSA labs have 3D-printed beads to capture carbon dioxide to mitigate climate change, better armor material for warfighters, and even living tissue. NNSA material scientists have found that 3D-printed foam works better than standard materials in durability and long-term mechanical performance.
15 Jun 2016

Very large lithium-ion batteries
Very large lithium-ion battery banks were largely unknown ten years ago. Now, it is tough to keep up with the variety of uses for them.
15 Jun 2016

New nanomaterial offers promise in bendable, wearable electronics
An ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive to electric current has been produced by a cheap and simple method devised by an international team of nano materials researchers.
Full profile interview
15 Jun 2016

24m Technologies
24M is a spin-out of battery company A123 that has developed a semi-solid, flexible electrode structure for their Li-ion batteries. We recently interviewed President and CEO Throop Wilder.
Youtube
14 Jun 2016

Visionect Shows Award Winning ePaper Conference Room Signage
Video Interview with Visionect at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany)
14 Jun 2016

Novel capping strategy improves stability of perovskite nanocrystals
Perovskite materials have shown great promise for use in next-generation solar cells, light-emitting devices, sensors, and other applications, but their instability remains a critical limitation.
14 Jun 2016

Scientists design energy-carrying 'Topological Plexcitons'
Scientists have engineered "topological plexcitons," energy-carrying particles that could help make possible the design of new kinds of solar cells and miniaturized optical circuitry.
14 Jun 2016

US flight testing for Ehang 184 taxi drone
IDTechEx finds that manned drones and helicopters from the Volocopter to the planned FlyKart have only around 30 minutes endurance with current battery capabilities.
13 Jun 2016

"72% of 3DP users don't think they're maximising their investment"
Rachel Gordon attended the Additive Manufacturing Talks in Milan. There was a strong focus on materials development across a wide range of applications. There was a consensus that machines need to be fast and reliable, and produce objects with useful object properties before businesses will adopt them for production.
13 Jun 2016

Perovskite solar cells surpass 20% efficiency
Researchers are pushing the limits of perovskite solar cell performance by exploring the best way to grow these crystals.
13 Jun 2016

Solar Impulse lands in New York completing crossing of United States
Solar Impulse 2 - the first solar airplane capable of flying day and night without using a drop of fuel - left Lehigh Valley International Airport, Pennsylvania, and landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, early on Saturday morning, after circling the Statue of Liberty.
13 Jun 2016

Microcontrollers and single-board computers 2016-2026
The unique new IDTechEx Research report, Microcontrollers and Single-board Computers 2016-2026, is the first to reveal the big picture developing from the close relationship between these devices. It provides newly researched forecasts leading to figures such as $300bn in 2026 for SBC alone.
13 Jun 2016

Project to 3D print human skin
Imagine being able to print human skin with 3D printers. Skin that can be used for transplants or as a model for testing new products. A project with the aim to make this happen is now starting.
10 Jun 2016

Lithium-ion battery costs
Stellar growth over the coming decade is forecasted by analysts IDTechEx for the electric vehicle business resulting in nearly one trillion dollars sales at ex-factory prices in 2026.
10 Jun 2016

Wearable artificial kidney
With end-stage kidney failure, patients require dialysis. This effective treatment is a time-consuming process that takes hours each week while a person is tethered to a machine that cleans their blood.
10 Jun 2016

3D-printed weather stations for the developing world
Scientists have successfully installed the first wave of low-cost weather stations that are designed to provide critically needed information to farmers and other residents in developing countries.
10 Jun 2016

Tiny diamonds could enable huge advances in nanotechnology
Nanomaterials have the potential to improve many next-generation technologies. They promise to speed up computer chips, increase the resolution of medical imaging devices and make electronics more energy efficient.