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More Money Raised for Printed and Organic Electronics: The Rationale

Excitement is building in the printed and organic electronics sector as demand grows and investors focus in on the opportunities.

Trucking: a large attractive business to autonomize?

Trucking is a big business. In the US, trucking industry revenues are in excess of $726bn. No wonder then that autonomous trucking is a hot topic.

Three aspirations for long distance EVs

All the publicity currently goes to the race to make regular and premium cars have longer range. This is because most people want only one car so it must be capable of the long distance trip however rare. That must be achieved despite the inadequacy of charging points in number, speed and compatibility of interface and payment means.

Goodbye roadside charging stations

Once we had rows of ugly stalks along the roadside that took your coins for parking - or more often failed to take your coins for parking. Unloved, they have now largely gone and no one mourns their passing. Unfortunately, in

Nidec Sankyo - VCMs for haptics

James Hayward spoke with David Shin about Nidec Sankyo's recent efforts in deploying voice coil motors (VCMs) as haptic actuators. This profile builds on a previous IDTechEx profile from Nidec at CES 2017.

Interactive visual novel

Makers of the popular customizable smartband, Nex, has announced the introduction of its first choose your own adventure visual novel.

Smarter robot vacuum cleaners

Can you really use Outlook to make sure your office floor gets vacuumed? Absolutely!

Three Aspirations for Long Distance EVs

All the publicity currently goes to the race to make regular and premium cars have longer range

Apple news & the future of wearables #TechRoundUp

IDTechEx Analysts Dr David Pugh & Mr James Hayward discuss Apple developing a LTE-enabled Apple Watch and how this may impact their business model, battery life and what the future of wearables could look like.

Can LTE kickstart the smart watch industry?

There are numerous rumours floating around the internet this week regarding the Apple Watch 3 and its ability to connect to the internet. While the smart watch industry and wearables more generally have seen a lot of success in recent years and more so forecast for the future, the Apple Watch and many of its competitors have been tied to a smartphone via a Bluetooth connection, restricting its value to little more than a second screen.

Mobile robots will transform material handling, logistics industries

Mobile robotics in material handling and logistics will become a $75bn market by 2027. It will then more than double by 2038. These staggering headline figures mask turbulent transformative change underneath: some technologies will rise and transform the fortunes of industries, fuelling growth rates far outpacing recent trends, whilst others will face with decay and obsolescence. We are at the beginning of the beginning of a transformative change, and the time to plan is now.

Immersion vs. Fitbit: Everything you need to know in 7 charts

Earlier this week, Immersion Corporation filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Fitbit. This is in addition to an existing lawsuit they have against Apple, also relating to the infringement of their patents in haptics, user interfaces and human-machine interfaces. In this article, James Hayward describes the background to these lawsuits within the broader context of the haptics industry.

New Zealand farmers using AI to manage their animals

The Betty app uses machine learning algorithms to help dairy farmers diagnose sick cows in their herd.

Lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants

Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for different types of biomarkers, such as proteins that show you may have breast cancer or lung cancer.

World's first wearable EMG assistive technology

NeuroNode is the world's first wearable EMG assistive technology device that gives those with ALS/MND, spinal cord injury, or any other condition causing paralysis and loss of speech a connection to the world.

Are your sensors spying on you?

Cyber experts have revealed the ease with which malicious websites, as well as installed apps, can spy on us using just the information from the motion sensors in our mobile phones.

Robotics manufacturer eyes partners

With the success of the robotic apple packer proven in New Zealand Robotics Plus is presently working on developing systems and processes to back up commercial production.

Wearable AI system can detect a conversation's tone

It's a fact of nature that a single conversation can be interpreted in very different ways. For people with anxiety or conditions such as Asperger's, this can make social situations extremely stressful. But what if there was a more objective way to measure and understand our interactions?

MC10

IDTechEx caught up with Roozbeh Ghaffari and Ben Schlatka, two of the co-founders at mc10, for an update on their business in the development, licensing and sales of stretchable electronic products, including skin patches.

Apple joins Partnership on AI

Apple has joined the Partnership on AI as a founding member. The company has been involved and collaborating with the Partnership since before it was first announced and is thrilled to formalize its membership alongside Amazon, Facebook, Google/DeepMind, IBM, and Microsoft.