Topic overview
24 Jul 2020

VCSEL and SPAD solid-state lidars: how far can they go?
The 3D lidar story is becoming ever more interesting. The focus at first was on autonomous driving, but, given the timelines and the potential of the technology, it is now migrating into consumer, ADAS, security, autonomous robots, and beyond.
Event summary
4 Jun 2020

Advanced E-Motor Technology 2020 (Part 2)
Advanced E-Motor Technology 2020 ran from 02/03 Jun 2020. The event included talks from various companies in the electric motor industry and an automotive OEM, Renault.
Event summary
4 Jun 2020

Advanced E-Motor Technology 2020 (Part 1)
Advanced E-Motor Technology 2020 ran from 02/03 Jun 2020. The event included talks from various companies in the electric motor industry and an automotive OEM, Renault.
External press release
7 May 2020

European Collaboration on Innovative Membrane-less Redox Flow Battery
The EU recently awarded €4Million to the MELODY consortium, to develop low cost, innovative batteries for large-scale energy storage, as part of the Horizon 2020 program 'Advanced Redox Flow Batteries for stationary energy storage.'
28 Feb 2020

Therapies Without Drugs
Researchers are investigating the potential of microimplants to stimulate nerve cells and treat chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, or Parkinson's disease.
29 Nov 2019

Understanding the Profitable Areas of Electric Vehicle Componentry
The plug-in electric vehicle market is set for significant growth over the next 10 years and beyond. This is not limited to just passenger cars, but extends to all transportation including two-wheelers, light commercial vehicles, agriculture equipment, and beyond. IDTechEx will be delivering a bespoke forum on these topics on the 3rd and 4th of December in Stuttgart, Germany.
28 Oct 2019

Swarm of Tiny Drones Explores Unknown Environments
Researchers have presented a swarm of tiny drones that can explore unknown environments completely by themselves.
Background
13 Sep 2019

Fastree3D
Fastree3D are developing lidar modules and a lidar hardware development kit.
30 Jul 2019

Will your future computer be made using bacteria?
In order to create new and more efficient computers, medical devices, and other advanced technologies, researchers are turning to nanomaterials: materials manipulated on the scale of atoms or molecules that exhibit unique properties.
14 Jun 2019

Trial to control insects in greenhouses with drones
The pilot starts this month, and the tests will be run continuously for 10 weeks in a test greenhouse planted with gerberas at the World Horti Center. Target: the golden twin-spot moth.
Youtube interview
25 Apr 2019

High-Performance Extrusion Systems for FDM 3D Printing
Veda is a start-up in the field of additive manufacturing founded in 2018 by two students from TU Delft, the leading technical university in the Netherlands.
8 Apr 2019

ENGIE inaugurates first mini-grid in Zambia
Chitandika, located in the East of Zambia, counts 378 households (1500 inhabitants) who previously were deprived access to electricity. With the installation of this first PowerCorner, ENGIE confirms its progress in off-grid renewable energy solutions to improve electricity access in Africa.
4 Dec 2018

Low cost technology to print sensors enabling smart contact lenses
VSPARTICLE announced its low-cost technology to print nanostructured materials that will finally enable applications such as smart contact lenses to succeed. The nanotech company has developed an additive manufacturing technology that can be used for numerous applications, such as producing real-time medical sensors (glucose sensing, bio-marker sensing, etc.), as well as, accurate gas sensors.
Background
10 Sep 2018

Ampyx Power
Ampyx Power is a Dutch technology company working in the area of airborne wind energy.
Full profile interview
22 May 2018

Physee
Physee was founded four years ago by Willem Kesteloo and Ferdinand Grapperhaus (CEO), and is a spin-off from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, with promising new research on a specialised luminescent coating for transparent PV applications.
16 Apr 2018

Winners of the EV Award Presented at the IDTechEx Show! Berlin
Delft University of Technology, PRE Power Developers, Last Mile Solutions, supported by TKI and LomboxNet were the winners of the IDTechEx Show! Award: 'Most Significant Innovation for Electric Vehicles', presented in Berlin this week.
13 Apr 2018

Winners of the EV Award Presented at the IDTechEx Show! Berlin
Delft University of Technology, PRE Power Developers, Last Mile Solutions, supported by TKI and LomboxNet were the winners of the IDTechEx Show! Award: 'Most Significant Innovation for Electric Vehicles', presented in Berlin this week.
27 Mar 2018

Direct high-speed charging of electric cars by solar panels
Electric cars are seen as the sustainable future of transport. But they are only truly sustainable if the electricity used to charge them comes from sustainable sources and not from fossil fuels.
Background
8 Mar 2018

Solliance
Solliance www.solliance.eu External Link is a partnership of R&D organizations from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany working in thin film photovoltaic solar energy. Solliance is creating the required synergy by consolidating and coordinating the activities of 250 researchers in industry, at research institutes and universities.
15 Dec 2017

'Origami' lattices with nano-scale surface ornaments
Inspired by the Japanese art of paper folding (origami), researchers are developing an alternative to 3D printing that allows the final products to have many more functionalities than what is possible with 3D printing.