TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

Urban Crop Solutions

Urban Crop Solutions is a Belgian company that builds the hardware for indoor farms, supplying food distribution companies and research institutions. In December 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Maarten Vandecruys, founder and managing director of Urban Crop Solutions.

Jones Food Company

Jones Food Company is a British start-up that operates Europe's largest vertical farm, a 5000 square metre facility that can produce 420 tonnes of crops a year. In December 2019, IDTechEx Analyst spoke with Jones Food Company's founder and managing director, James Lloyd-Jones, about the company's technology, the state of the vertical farming industry and Jones Food Company's recent partnership with online supermarket Ocado.

XING Mobility

XING Mobility are a Taiwanese company that focus on the specialty electric vehicle sector with their 3G connected, immersion cooled modular battery packs.

2D Dielectric Inks Suitable for Print-in-Place Electronics

A team have produced a two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride ink which has been used to fabricate flexible thin-film transistors.

Diamonds in Your Devices: Powering Next Generation of Energy Storage

Our use of battery-operated devices and appliances has been increasing steadily, bringing with it the need for safe, efficient, and high-performing power sources. To this end, a type of electrical energy storage device called the supercapacitor has recently begun to be considered as a feasible, and sometimes even better, alternative to conventional widely used energy-storage devices such as Li-ion batteries.

Daylight Damage to Photovoltaics

Researchers have performed a detailed investigation of the molecular mechanisms by which organic solar cells suffer damage as they are exposed to sunlight. This research has important implications for developing next-generation solar sheets that combine high efficiency, low cost, and long device lifetimes.

Improved pH Probes May Help Towards Cancer Treatments

Nanopipettes with zwitterionic membranes may offer improved monitoring of changes in pH surrounding living cells, which can indicate traits of invasive cancer cells and their response to treatment.

Groundbreaking Way to Additively Print Gallium Nitride

The rise of additive manufacturing - or as it's more commonly known, 3D printing - has enabled the rapid production of complex parts across many domains. As the techniques have become more refined, the semiconductor industry has taken note. But until recently, no one's been able to form single-crystal materials - the building block of semiconductors - with traditional additive manufacturing processes.

Best Technical Development within Energy Storage - IDTechEx Show!

Farad Power Inc took home the Best Technical Development within Energy Storage Award from the recent IDTechEx Show in Santa Clara. Their submission on 'Solid State Sodium Ion Batteries for Grid Energy Storage' caught the attention of the independent group of judges, which included Engie Storage, UL and Enevate.

Webinar Tuesday 17 December - RFID: Progress, Trends and Where Next

IDTechEx will be hosting a webinar on 17 December titled RFID: Progress, Trends and Where Next.

Fetch Robotics

Fetch Robotics was established in 2014. They have raised $23m to date and currently employ 141 people.

Solar Powered AI Cameras Keep an Eye on Campers

Technology will play a part in managing responsible camping in New Zealand this summer, the government has announced.

A Cafe Staffed by Robots

SoftBank Robotics recently revealed its Pepper Parlor Cafe, staffed with robots. At Pepper PARLOR, a variety of robots work alongside humans.

Optomec Integrates AutoCLAD Vision System into LENS Metal 3D Printing

Optomec has integrated the Huffman AutoCLAD vision system with its LENS directed energy deposition metal 3D printing solutions. AutoCLAD is a proprietary integrated vision and software system that generates a custom toolpath for each part prior to processing.

RoboCV

RoboCV is a Russian start-up focused on mobile robotics for the warehouse/logistics industry.

KiwiBot

KiwiBot was established in 2017 in San Francisco. It has raised $2M since.

GBatteries

GBatteries, a start-up based in Canada, presented on their Li-ion battery fast charging solution at the IDTechEx Show USA 2019.

Zensorium

Zensorium is a medical device company based by Singapore. It was exhibiting two products at Medica 2019, Self and ACT.

SDS Optic

SDS Optic is a medical device company based in Lublin, Poland.

Fluxergy

Fluxergy, a biotechnology company based in California, was exhibiting Fluxergy Analyser - a POC diagnostics device - at Medica 2019.