12 Feb 2016

A new approach to 3D printing the next generation of bone implants
A researcher has pioneered a new way of 3D printing to help human bone tissue regenerate following major damage.
12 Feb 2016

Launch your initiative for free at this IDTechEx Show!
IDTechEx proudly supports start-ups in many ways. Our latest initiative is an "EVES Launchpad" for Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage start-ups where they can exhibit free of charge at the large IDTechEx Show! in Berlin on April 27-28.
Full profile interview
12 Feb 2016

Roland DG
Rachel Gordon spoke with Will Seith, to catch up on developments within Roland 3D Solutions since 3D Printing USA 2015 in November. The conversation included updates on sales of the ARM-10, their new resins for release in March 2016, and their work on integrating their separate machines into a simple workflow for novel products.
Full profile interview
12 Feb 2016

Avegant
IDTechEx spoke to Joerg Tewes, CEO of Avegant, a company founded in September 2012. Avegant has developed a head mounted display, a device that is both a VR headset but also a video and audio infotainment device. They completed proof of concept for their micromirror display technique in April 2013, finalised the engineering design in 2013 and then began the alpha test in 2014. The final device, the Glyph, is currently available to order at the price of $699.
11 Feb 2016

Energy harvesting change of emphasis to be explored in Berlin
The IDTechEx Show! in Berlin, 27-28 April has over 40 companies exhibiting that are involved in energy harvesting from the materials to the chips.
11 Feb 2016

More players getting into touch with emerging haptics
As CES passed for another year we saw another wave of announcements and demonstrations without the topic reaching the limelight it will soon command.
11 Feb 2016

A road trip through Europe with an electric car
Six friends traveled Europe in the electric Kia Soul EV to show that an electric road trip is possible, this is their account of their journey.
External press release
11 Feb 2016

SolarEdge surpasses 10 million shipped power optimizers
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc, a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announced that it has shipped its 10 millionth power optimizer.
Youtube
10 Feb 2016

NanoVivo at IDTechEx Wearable USA: Wrist Monitor for Health & Wellness
Video interview with NanoVivo, Inc. at the IDTechEx Wearable USA exhibition.
10 Feb 2016

Consolidation in transparent conductive film industry taking its toll
Last year IDTechEx Research asserted that the transparent conductive film industry had entered a period of intense consolidation. We have been proved right as the consolidation period is beginning to take its first round of high profile victims.
10 Feb 2016

Printed Electronics at the IDTechEx Show! Products? Realized!
The last couple of years has seen the market for printed and flexible electronics become a vibrant segment, with new products announced that are making the advent of printed electronics a reality.
10 Feb 2016

Seeding better efficiencies in monocrystalline silicon solar cells
A new 'single-seed cast method' for producing high quality monocrystalline solar cells has tremendous potential for the manufacture of low cost, high efficiency silicon solar cells.
10 Feb 2016

Iron stepping stones to better wearable tech without semiconductors
The road to more versatile wearable technology is dotted with iron. Specifically, quantum dots of iron arranged on boron nitride nanotubes.
10 Feb 2016

Lighter EV charger made with GaN transistors
Researchers have developed a Level-2 electric vehicle (EV) charger prototype with efficiencies exceeding 97% at an unprecedented 2.6 kW/l power density.
Youtube
9 Feb 2016

IDTechEx Interview with Xenon Corporation
A video interview with Xenon Corporation, taken at the Printed Electronics USA exhibition.
9 Feb 2016

Mechanical trees become power plants
New tools for harvesting wind energy may soon look less like giant windmills and more like tiny leafless trees.
9 Feb 2016

An alternative to platinum in fuel cells
Research teams have produced a cost-effective catalyst material for fuel cells using a new preparation process which they analysed in detail.
9 Feb 2016

New organic photovoltaic world record efficiency of 13.2 percent
Heliatek R&D teams reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an OPV multi-junction cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic cells.
Youtube
8 Feb 2016

IDTechEx Show! - NASA Langley & National Institute Aerospace Win Award
Energy Harvesting & Storage USA: The Best Technical Development within Energy Harvesting and Storage Award went to NASA Langley Research Center, in collaboration with the National Institute of Aerospace, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina State University for the development of their multistage force amplification piezoelectric energy harvester.
8 Feb 2016

Test phase of WEpod self-driving vehicles launched
The self-driving vehicle, WEpod, is being tested on the campus of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.