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Solar-powered autonomous aircraft Odysseus

Powered only by the sun, Odysseus is an ultra-long endurance, high-altitude platform. Utilizing advanced solar cells and built with lightweight materials, Odysseus can effectively fly indefinitely - all powered by clean, renewable energy.

Korea Electric Power Corp developing blockchain microgrid

KEPCO president and CEO Kim Jong-gap announced that it is pursuing the pursuing a plan to develop a blockchain-based microgrid called the 'Future Micro Grid'.

Accelerating the introduction of robot workers

IAM is responding to the growing need for flexible automation systems in logistics environments. The investment will be used to accelerate robot production and to build a sales, marketing, and delivery organization that works closely with leading distributors to transform the supply chain.

New era in 3D printed production metal parts

First unveiled earlier this year, the additive platform is based on Stratasys' innovative, first-of-its-kind "Layered Powder Metallurgy" technology, designed to make production of metal parts quicker, easier and more cost-effective than ever before.

120-kilowatt wireless charging for vehicles

Researchers have demonstrated a 120-kilowatt wireless charging system for vehicles—providing six times the power of previous ORNL technology and a big step toward charging times that rival the speed and convenience of a gas station fill-up.

How to make AI less biased

With machine learning systems now being used to determine everything from stock prices to medical diagnoses, it's never been more important to look at how they arrive at decisions.

Prosthetic system allows user to feel again

A new prosthetic hand system with a fully implanted, wirelessly controlled neurostimulator that has restored "feeling" to a person with a hand amputation.

A way to control the colour of OLEDs

Organic light-emitting diodes are used in smartphones and televisions to facilitate the high-contrast display of colours. Conjugated polymers are also often employed as organic semiconductors in such diodes. Researchers have found out how the spatial structure of these polymers can be used to control the colours of the OLEDs and help to increase the brightness of monitors.

Hungarian EV drivers experience liquid-cooled 50kW fast charger

Tritium, the Australian DC electric vehicle charging infrastructure solutions specialist, announced that Hungary's NKM Mobilitas Ltd has installed the country's first liquid-cooled 50kW DC fast charger for electric vehicles in the KÖKI Terminál P+R, an underground parking facility at one of Budapest's major shopping malls.

Asiatic Fiber Corporation

IDTechEx interviewed Hank Lee, Vice President of the Medical Device department at Asiatic Fiber Corporation at their booth at the IDTechEx Show.

Jennova

IDTechEx spoke with Terry and Christian Pennisi, Head of R&D and Director of Operations respectively at Jennova at their booth at the IDTechEx Show. We discussed their latest milestones in energy harvesting, related to their latest board design for power management in EH devices.

Reveal Biosensors

IDTechEx met with Stephen Ursenbach and Guy Hatch, CEO and CTO respectively as well as being co-founders of Reveal Biosensors. They have developed an 'energy conversion monitor' based on a wearable sensor, used in the diagnosis and management of skin tissue hypoxia and linked areas such as sleep disordered breathing (sleep apnea, etc.).

Emerging Technology Highlights from the IDTechEx Show!

Approximately 3,500 attendees from 42 countries attended the IDTechEx Show!, which featured 284 exhibiting organizations. The event, held in Santa Clara, California, is unique in bringing together eight key technologies with the organizations that seek to use them.

Anisoprint

Anisoprint has developed a continuous fiber 3D Printing process. Dr Fedor Antonov (CEO) spoke with technology analyst Dr Richard Collins.

Rogers Corporation

Rogers Corporation develops aluminium and copper interconnects for EV Li-ion batteries. Although their primary focus is on interconnects for cylindrical cells, they also develop solutions for prismatic and pouch cells.

LifeSense Group - update

IDTechEx spoke to Nestor Coronado Palma, Chief Commercial Officer at LifeSense Group about their progress with their e-textile products: Carin and Wil.

DPD will convert all Hamburg parcel deliveries to electro mobility

By the summer of 2019 at the latest, international parcel and express service provider DPD will be converting its entire parcel deliveries in inner-city districts of Hamburg to electro-mobility.

Graphene on the way to superconductivity

Carbon atoms have diverse possibilities to form bonds. Pure carbon can therefore occur in many forms, as diamond, graphite, as nanotubes, football molecules or as a honeycomb-net with hexagonal meshes, graphene. This exotic, strictly two-dimensional material conducts electricity excellently, but is not a superconductor. But perhaps this can be changed.

New epilepsy warning device could save thousands of lives

A new high-tech bracelet detects 85 percent of all severe night-time epilepsy seizures. That is a much better score than any other technology currently available. The researchers involved think that this bracelet can reduce the worldwide number of unexpected night-time fatalities in epilepsy patients.

Solar arrays increase plant productivity

Scientists have found a resource to increase agricultural production on dry, unirrigated farmland—solar panels.