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Partnership to Expand Cryogenic Long-Duration Energy Storage Globally

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd and Highview Power are pleased to announce that the two companies have partnered to expand cryogenic energy storage projects globally.

Significance of Alphabet Exiting Giant Drones Including AWE

Significance of Alphabet Exiting Giant Drones Including Airborne Wind Energy. Alphabet/ Google and Facebook exiting large drones does not mean such aircraft are a failure. In Alphabet, a sister company of Google, was acquisition Makani in California and later Hawaii trialling a huge drone with eight propeller-generators and a 70 meter wingspan.

Chevrolet Menlo Electric Vehicle Launched in China

The Chevrolet Menlo sporty-looking sedan, the brand's first fully electric vehicle in China, was launched late last week. Initially being offered in Beijing.

Sensorized Skin Helps Soft Robots Find Their Bearings

For the first time researchers have enabled a soft robotic arm to understand its configuration in 3D space, by leveraging only motion and position data from its own "sensorized" skin.

Smart Contact Lens for Point-Of-Care Eye Health Monitoring

A research group has developed a "smart" contact lens that can show real-time changes in moisture and pressure by altering colors. The "smart" contact lens can potentially be used for point-of-care diagnosis of xerophthalmia and high intraocular pressure disease.

AI Helps Predict Heart Attacks and Stroke

Artificial intelligence has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow. The results were found to be able to predict chances of death, heart attack and stroke, and can be used by doctors to help recommend treatments which could improve a patient's blood flow.

High-Capacity EV Battery Materials that Double Driving Range

Researchers have announced the development of silicon anode materials that can increase battery capacity four-fold in comparison to graphite anode materials and enable rapid charging to more than 80% capacity in only five minutes. When applied to batteries for electric vehicles, the new materials are expected to more than double their driving range.

Futuristic Desert City to get Water Using Solar Technology

Technology researched at Cranfield University that harnesses concentrated solar power to desalinate sea water is being adopted by a new smart city under construction in Saudi Arabia.

esVolta Secures $140 Million Credit Facility Battery Energy Storage

esVolta, LP has closed an approximately $140 million senior secured credit facility to finance a portfolio of its utility-scale battery energy storage projects.

Printed CPU Allows for More Flexible Applications

Founded in 1995, it is a professional supply platform for smart card chips and RFID products. SNS brings his longterm production experiences in contactless card and smart label into Printed Electronics, able to use Flexographic, Screen and Inkjet printing in Printed Electronics on various low-temperature substrates like Paper, PET etc. In house Pick and Place process for components with ACP brings Printed Electronic products into a higher level of product integrity.

Schneider Electric (Energy Storage)

Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation. The company began to include software, critical power and smart grid applications, through strategic acquisitions, into its business in 2010.

CES 2020: Health and Wellness Trends

IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Dr Nadia Tsao attended CES 2020 to cover health and wellness technologies. The Consumer Electronics Show, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, is the biggest consumer electronics event in the world. More than 4,400 exhibitors showcased the latest tech innovations to some 180,000 attendees across more than 2.9 million net square feet of exhibit space in Las Vegas. This IDTechEx premium article summarizes the major trends from the show found by walking the floor at the Sands Expo. Additional premium articles and company profiles are also available from Mr James Hayward, Mr Raghu Das and Dr Na Jiao who also attended the show.

Enabling Point of Care Diagnostics and Continuous Monitoring

Healthcare Sensor Innovations North America debut on Marc, 17-18, 2020 in San Jose, USA will focus on the latest developments in the use of wearables and sensors in point of care diagnostics and continuous monitoring.

Volocopter, Grab Conduct Air Taxi Feasibility Study in Southeast Asia

Volocopter and Grab announced that they will conduct a joint feasibility study on urban air mobility as part of a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the prospect of urban air mobility solutions in the region's megacities.

Printing Tiny, High-Precision Objects in a Matter of Seconds

Researchers have developed a new, high-precision method for 3D-printing small, soft objects. The process, which takes less than 30 seconds from start to finish, has potential applications in a wide range of fields, including 3D bioprinting.

Machine Learning Robots Cook Perfect Hot Dogs

Engineers have made a jump in using machine learning to teach robots to perform complex tasks, a framework that could be applied to a host of tasks, like identifying cancerous spots on mammograms or better understanding spoken commands to play music. But first, as a proof of concept—they've learned how to prepare the perfect hot dog.

Shell Backs Europe's Biggest Battery

The 100-megawatt Minety power storage project in south-west England is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. The two 50-MW batteries will enable SEEL and Shell subsidiary Limejump to optimise the use of renewable power in the area.

Keeping Cool as the Electric Vehicle Market Heats Up

Some of the biggest hurdles to widespread adoption of electric vehicles are range anxiety, battery longevity and safety. As the electric vehicle market grows and for it to reach its full potential, there is an increased need for effective thermal management of the vehicles.

Highly Sensitive Sensors Enhance Human Touch

People rely on a highly tuned sense of touch to manipulate objects, but injuries to the skin and the simple act of wearing gloves can impair this ability. Surgeons, for example, find that gloves decrease their ability to manipulate soft tissues. Astronauts are also hampered by heavy spacesuits and find it difficult to work with equipment while wearing heavy gloves.

Rio Tinto to Build First Solar Plant to Power Mine in West Australia

Rio Tinto has approved a $98 million (100 per cent basis) investment in a new solar plant at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network.