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Intuitive Touch Controls for STM32-Based Smart Devices

STMicroelectronics and Fieldscale have joined forces to simplify development of touch-enabled user interfaces for smart devices containing ST's STM32 microcontrollers.

Selectronic's Latest Display Solution Launched

The brand name OnDisplay has been added to the Selectronic family to sit nicely alongside its already well established OnLED custom made LED printed circuit board assemblies and LED strips.

Power Plant to Support Renewable Capacity in Barbados

Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply a 33 MW flexible power plant on a fast-track basis to the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited, the utility company on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

BESIX Awarded New BOT Contract in Waste-to-Resource Sector in Dubai

BESIX will build and operate for 16.5 years renewable energy production facilities at Al Qusais, Dubai. The Landfill Gas-to-Energy contract was awarded to BESIX by Dubai Municipality.

ADS-TEC Battery Storage Solutions and Fast Charging Systems

ADS-TEC develops and produces professional battery storage solutions that include energy management systems under the "StoraXe" label. The modular design offers almost unlimited scaling possibilities. ADS-TEC also develops smart solutions for the increasing challenges created by the rapid growth of the electric mobility industry.

Recycled Plastics Transformed into 3D Printing Materials

A new research project aims to recycle plastic waste into a standardized filament product for the 3D printing industry.

SWIR Vision Systems

SWIR Vision Systems is based in North Carolina and has come out of RTI International research group, which is a NC-based entity with around $1Bn of research funds.

hap2U

IDTechEx met briefly with Cedrick Chappaz, CEO of hap2u at their booth at CES 2020's Unveiled exhibition. Having conducted an interview in mid-2019, this was an excellent opportunity to try the haptics demo that they were presenting.

Zhijing Nanotech

Zhijing Nanotech (from Beijing University) has developed an interesting method to 'in-situ' grow perovskite QDs inside polymers.

TCL

TCL has been active in QDs since 2014.

Shoei Chemical

Shoei Chemical are a Japanese firm ($ 350M income) and are a major player in producing Cu powder for the multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) business.

Ulvac Solutions

InGaN/GaN QDs were previously synthesised around 2010.

Sharp

Sharp (at its Oxford laboratories) is working on QD-LED devices.

UbiQD

UbiQD is a 13-person company focused on CIS (CuInS2/ZnS) QDs.

Taiwan Nanocrystal

Micro LED displays have many advantages but a key disadvantage is that they must be assembled LED by LED.

Team to Build All-Electric Excavation Robot

One of the largest gas network companies in the UK has partnered with a world-leading robotics company to transform the most costly and disruptive job in the industry - excavation.

Using Artificial Intelligence to Enrich Digital Maps

A model that uses satellite imagery to tag road features in digital maps could help improve GPS navigation.

Body Heat Through Flexible Fabric Powers Iot Devices

Wearable electronics and other Internet of Things devices are rapidly growing in popularity, but their need for consistent power can place a high burden on users. One recently proposed solution is to generate electricity using heat from the human body, animals or other ambient sources, but typical emerging devices need to be up to an inch thick to harvest maximum results.

Boost to the Electric Vehicle Motor Business

Electric vehicles by land, water and air are rapidly arriving and rapidly being misunderstood. Motors last forever? No. We now push motors so hard they wear out, increasing sales.

Deep Learning Enables Real-Time Imaging Around Corners

Researchers have harnessed the power of a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning to create a new laser-based system that can image around corners in real time.