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A solar bag made from Amazonian fish skin

Brazilian start-up Flying to the Sun, which specializes in the development of projects using photovoltaic energy, has created a solar bag made from Amazonian fish skin.

Material Handling EVs Update June 2019

Some call it intralogistics. Either way, this is the industry providing logistics in a confined area such as a factory, warehouse or dock. The vehicle part of the industry involves drayage trucks the size of on-road trucks and robotic automatic guided vehicles AGV but primarily it is about forklifts.

Remote Patient Monitoring

The latest IDTechEx Research report "Remote Patient Monitoring 2019-2029" covers trends, opportunities and outlook for the use of wearables and connected medical devices in the monitoring of patients outside of traditional clinical settings.

Oil and gas operators dive deeper, save resources with AI

Energy firms are now able to look more than a kilometre deeper beneath the surface of the seabed with unprecedented accuracy thanks to the XWI™ algorithm, a new optimisation framework for seismic data developed by S-Cube.

Synthetic speech generated from brain recordings

A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity to control a virtual vocal tract - an anatomically detailed computer simulation including the lips, jaw, tongue and larynx.

Robots that can sort recycling

Every year trash companies sift through an estimated 68 million tons of recycling, which is the weight equivalent of more than 30 million cars.

Digital Health 2019: Trends, Opportunities and Outlook

With investment in digital health reaching $8.1 billion in 2018, understanding how this complex field will impact the healthcare industry is paramount. The recently updated report from IDTechEx Research, 'Digital Health 2019: Trends, Opportunities and Outlook', acts as a primer to the digital health space.

Smart Packaging Counteracting the Lost Moment of Truth

In the new report "Smart Packaging 2019-2029", IDTechEx Research finds that electronic smart packaging will become a $1.8 Billion market in 2029.

Stanley Black & Decker

IDTechEx Analyst Dr Nadia Tsao reports on her findings from CES 2019.

Amazon tests Scout delivery system

Amazonhave been hard at work developing a new, fully-electric delivery system - Amazon Scout - designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices. These devices were created by Amazon, are the size of a small cooler, and roll along sidewalks at a walking pace.

Samsung

Senior Technology Analyst Dr Xiaoxi He reports on her findings as CES 2019

LG

Senior Technology Analyst Dr Xiaoxi He reports her findings from CES 2019

Ground Control offer new lease hire option with partner ChargePoint

Ground Control has now unveiled a lease hire option for the supply and installation of ChargePoint charging units, continuing their support of the electric vehicle network.

LG announces world first rollable OLED TV

LG Electronics is defining the next generation of televisions with the introduction of the world's first rollable OLED TV, with a variable form factor only made possible by the company's industry-leading OLED technology.

A new world enabled by speech/voice user interface

The speech user interface landscape is changing, as described in IDTechEx's brand-new report "Voice, Speech, Conversation-Based User Interface 2019-2029: Technology, Player, Market".

First battery-free Bluetooth sticker sensor tag

Demonstration of the first-ever sticker-sized Bluetooth sensor tag incorporating an ARM processor powered solely by scavenging energy from ambient radio frequencies.

Packaging multinational makes corporate switch to solar energy

In recent years, multinationals have been pursuing renewable energy sources as a way of meeting their corporate responsibility targets of achieving power through renewable energy sources. Last year, internationally-operating corporations including IKEA, Apple, and Amazon added 325 megawatts to the United States' installed photovoltaic capacity, and will reduce carbon monoxide levels in the U.S. by 2.4 million tonnes each year over their lifespan - in 2018, both Apple and Amazon confirmed that they are now powered by 100% renewables.

Daimler buys battery cells in a total volume of 20 billion euros

The company is investing ten billion euros in the expansion of the Mercedes-Benz Cars electric fleet and another billion euros in the global battery production network within the worldwide production network.

Motorola

Motorola offers the Bark200U shock-free no-bark collar.

Link AKC Smart Collar

The smart collar and phone app from Link AKC allows for the tracking of the dog's location and notifications when the dog leaves a pre-set zone.