19 Sep 2022

Heart Aerospace to Establish New Electric Airplane Industry in Sweden
Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace announced it will establish the world's first commercial electric aircraft industry at Säve airport, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Heart Aerospace will build sustainable state-of-the-art offices, production and flight test facilities which, together, will form a new campus which will go by the name the Northern Runway.
19 Sep 2022

Nanotubes Illuminate the Way to Living Photovoltaics
Scientists have gotten bacteria to spontaneously take up fluorescent carbon nanotubes for the first time. The breakthrough unlocks new biotechnology applications for prokaryotes, such as near-infrared bacteria tracking and "living photovoltaics" - devices that generate energy using light-harvesting bacteria.
Update interview
19 Sep 2022

Qualcomm: Snapdragon Spaces
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces SDK is designed to streamline and simplify XR development, particularly for AR/MR. One of its stated benefits is porting content from smartphone apps to AR/MR glasses to smooth the transition towards spatial computing.
Update
19 Sep 2022

Pico: Entry to the Consumer Market
Pico, a VR headset firm under the ownership of TikTok parent ByteDance, announced its first consumer-targeted VR headset for Western markets at Laval Virtual 2022.
Full profile interview
19 Sep 2022

Bold: Next-Generation Battery Technologies
Bold has a background in high-performance electrified applications, such as Formula 1 and road-going hypercars. It now makes its own modules and packs using next-generation cell technologies to provide leading power and energy density performance.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

Monta Lands 30M EUR in Additional Financing to Accelerate EV Charging
Led by a team of seasoned entrepreneurs with experience managing large software development organizations, Monta is delivering an all-in-one EV charging platform that simplifies and streamlines deployment, use, and management of EV charging infrastructure.
Background
16 Sep 2022

Nreal
Nreal is a Chinese firm producing AR glasses using birdbath optics for consumer applications. They use a smartphone to provide video and act as a screen replacement system.
Full profile interview
16 Sep 2022

Britishvolt: A New Giga Factory for the UK
Britishvolt is a UK-based company setting up a lithium-ion cell production facility in the North East. The company is in the early stages, without production capacity yet, but with the ambition to be generating 50GWh.
16 Sep 2022

Company Net-Zero Targets Fuel the Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks
The sustainability of business operations is now a key consideration in the boardrooms of major corporations, and this is fuelling significant demand for zero-emission trucks. Transitioning truck fleets from diesel combustion engines to zero-emission powertrains is a very visible way for companies to demonstrate their green credentials to their customers whilst delivering a meaningful reduction in their carbon footprint.
16 Sep 2022

The Blood Stem Cell Research That Could Change Medicine of the Future
Making stem cells from a patient's adult cells - rather than human embryos - is one of the holy grails in modern medicine treatments. New research brings us two steps closer.
16 Sep 2022

2.5-Billion Pixel Image of Mars is the Most Detailed Ever
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has arrived at an ancient delta in Jezero Crater, one of the best places on the Red Planet to search for potential signs of ancient life. The delta is an area where scientists surmise that a river once flowed billions of years ago into a lake and deposited sediments in a fan shape.
Update interview
16 Sep 2022

Zimmer and Peacock
Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, caught up with Director Martin Peacock to discuss Zimmer and Peacock's wearable sensor platforms.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

Producing Hydrogen from Seawater
In her research on bone tissue engineering, Dr. Marta Cerruti has worked for years with graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms with incredible properties - electrical conductivity and the ability to support tremendous weight. Now, her quest to improve its qualities has opened the door to a possible solution to one of the challenges of producing hydrogen from seawater.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

UTAC Holdings Factory Rooftop Solar Generator Goes Live
UTAC Holdings Ltd has installed a solar photovoltaic system at its Singapore factory, helping UTAC to reduce their carbon footprint and extend sustainability initiatives that have already cut the Company's CO2 emissions by 38% since 2012.
16 Sep 2022

LG Breaks Record for 6G Data Transmission
LG Electronics has successfully tested the wireless transmission and reception of 6G terahertz data - at a frequency range of 155 to 175 GHz - over a distance of 320 meters outdoors. The milestone represents a significant step toward commercializing 6G THz in both indoor and outdoor urban areas since the reference cell coverage of base stations for urban macro cells is a distance of approximately 250 meters outdoors. It is also a major jump from August last year, when LG proved it could transfer 6G THz data over a distance of 100 meters outdoors.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

6K Additive Reduces Material Cost, Recycles Metal Powder
6K Additive's mission is to provide a solution for global decarbonization in producing performance additive manufacturing materials that are critical to production in markets such as aerospace, medical and industrial applications.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

C&A Tool Expands Additive Manufacturing Fleet
C&A Tool has acquired an AMCM M 450 system from EOS—its ninth EOS industrial 3D printer in their metal additive manufacturing production facility. The acquisition of the AMCM M 450 system is a significant milestone in C&A Tool's commitment to acquire twenty AM systems in the next decade and expand their aerospace production capabilities.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

P360 Adds Four New Modules to the BirdzAI Data and Analytics Platform
P360, a leading technology developer for pharmaceutical companies, unveiled that its BirdzAI data and analytics platform has been enhanced with four powerful new pre-built modules for Master Data Management, Insights & Analytics, Sales Operations and Marketing Operations.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

Truck Powertrains of the Future - Schaeffler Electrifies
Schaeffler is developing high-voltage technology for tomorrow's electrified light and heavy commercial vehicles. New product family of electric motors, 800 V power electronics systems Schaeffler's new high-performance electric motors are scalable, efficient, and extremely robust.
External press release
16 Sep 2022

Snapmaker Empowers STEAM Education with Back-to-School Campaign
ll-in-one versatile 3D printer: Snapmaker 3D printers aren't just limited to 3D printing. The 3D Printing Module can be swapped out with the included Laser Module and CNC Module. For students with various needs for 3D printed models, etch designs, or fantastic sculptures, Snapmaker 3-in-1 3D printers convey ideas and facilitate STEAM education better than any other things with a hands-on approach.