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World's Most Powerful Tidal Turbine Starts Exporting Clean Power

Orbital Marine Power's O2 has commenced grid connected power generation at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. The innovative, floating turbine is anchored in the Fall of Warness where a subsea cable connects the 2MW offshore unit to the local onshore electricity network.

Advancing 3D Bioprinting of Cartilage for Facial Reconstruction

A world-leading £2.5 million plus research programme that aims to revolutionise surgeons' ability to reconstruct nose and ear cartilage in patients affected by facial difference has been launched by The Scar Free Foundation, the only medical research charity which focuses solely on scarring, and Health and Care Research Wales. The three-year programme at Swansea University will have a global impact - advancing 3D bioprinting of cartilage for facial reconstruction.

Scientists use 'Fitbit' Technology on a Troop of Baboons

Using accelerometers -- the equivalent of pedometers, or Fitbits -- a team of scientists studied the detailed movement behavior and related energetic costs in a troop of 25 baboons. The study is the first to gain ultra-high resolution data on movement and energetics of a group of wild primates.

Artificial Intelligence Helps Improve NASA's Eyes on the Sun

A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA's images of the Sun, helping improve the data that scientists use for solar research.

Partnership for Silicon-Anode Batteries for the 7-Seater Lilium Jet

CUSTOMCELLS, who supply international aviation, automotive and military customers, including Porsche AG, will be one of Lilium's prime suppliers, manufacturing lithium-ion batteries at scale for the all-electric 7-Seater Lilium Jet.

Pony.ai

Pony.ai is an autonomous robotaxi company founded in 2016 and co-located between California and Guangzhou, China.

JX Nippon Mining & Metals: Advanced Copper Foils for Electric Vehicles

JX Nippon Mining & Metals (JX) is an integrated producer of copper and related metals.

Chasm Advanced Materials

Chasm Advanced Materials is produces carbon nanotubes that are used in both transparent conductive films and as additives to enhance electrical and/or thermal properties. IDTechEx caught up with marketing director Ken Klapproth to find out more about the latest developments, especially a new film targeted at transparent antennas.

OMRON B5L Time-of-Flight Sensor Module for Real-Time 3D Vision in AMR

Innovative technology continues to improve and advance the possibilities for autonomous mobile robots (AMR). To view the environment around them, AMRs often require multiple, high-accuracy sensors that can offer stable and reliable detection along with a long life and high durability in a range of environments.

Air Taxi Winners: Watch Orders Not Investment

Air taxi operators are unfazed by the 200 or so organizations designing vertical take-off electric aircraft. Follow the economics and the orders not the fluid investments from people seeking the next Tesla. Those getting the huge investments often lack significant orders.

Redox Flow Batteries Are Ready For The Big Stationary Storage Market

While they may have struggled to find their place in the market over the past few years, there will be significant adoption of redox flow batteries towards the end of the next decade according to a new IDTechEx market report, "Redox Flow Batteries 2021-2031".

Developing Machine Learning Tools for Soil Moisture Data

Currently, various different products are available for data on soil moisture and evapotranspiration, the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and transpiration from plants. However, there is no consensus about the best datasets to use to support on-farm decision-making, and the data are not easy to access or use.

AutoX

AutoX is backed by Alibaba and based in Shenzhen, China. They are one of the leaders in the race to providing a robotaxi service and have a presence in both the US and China.

The Most Complex Flexible Microprocessor Yet

The low-cost chip carries over 12 times as many transistors as previous flexible microprocessors, and is ultra-thin and flexible with good performance. The team made the chip from metal-oxide transistors using conventional manufacturing equipment.

Innovative Logistics System Based on Printed Sensors

InnovationLab announced that it has been working with Trelleborg Sealing Solutions to integrate its printed sensors into an innovative logistics application.

Wiliot Secures $200 Million Investment Round Led by SoftBank Vision

For decades, there has remained a massive gap as trillions of products travel billions of miles without any data being available as to their status, whereabouts, or situation. Lacking this information, global supply chains have been profoundly, and vulnerably, in the dark. Recognizing this, many leaders in consumer-packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, furniture, and apparel have been working with Wiliot to add their sensing capabilities, intelligence and connectivity.

DIFT

DIFT is the Deutsche Institute für Textil und Faserforschung (German Institute for Textiles and Fabrics). IDTechEx caught up with staff scientist Dr Reinhold Schneider regarding their work on e-textiles.

Wiliot

Wiliot is developing low-cost, energy-harvesting sensors that enable items to be tracked throughout the supply chain. On July 27 2021 it announced that it had received an investment of $200m from Softbank.

IEE

IEE is a major manufacturer of printed pressure sensors, with vehicle seat occupancy sensor being a major market. It has now developed smart insole sensors for shows based on printed electronics.

Event-Based Vision Approaches Commercialization

The increasing adoption of computational image analysis is creating opportunities for many new types of image sensors. One of the most innovative and commercially promising technologies is event-based vision, which is a bio-inspired method of acquiring visual data that promises multiple advantages.