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Teachable, ultra-compact, autonomous, phenotyping robot

Investors and executives in the agricultural industry are getting a first look at TerraSentia, a new-to-the-market agricultural robot that autonomously measures crop traits.

Material turning sunlight, heat, and movement into electricity

A perovskite based ceramic material that is able to collect three ambient energy sources and convert them to electricity simultaneously - all with one material.

Goodbye roadside charging stations

Once we had rows of ugly stalks along the roadside that took your coins for parking - or more often failed to take your coins for parking. Unloved, they have now largely gone and no one mourns their passing. Unfortunately, in

CRISPR gene editing changes a flower's colour

In a world-first, Japanese scientists have used the revolutionary CRISPR, or CRISPR/Cas9, genome- editing tool to change flower colour in an ornamental plant.

Rubber material for flexible, unbreakable devices

A group of researchers have discovered a stretchy miracle material that could be used to create highly resistant smart devices and scratch-proof paint for cars.

Good vibrations reduce muscle aches

New research shows wearable vibration technology can reduce muscle aches and pain after strenuous exercise, benefiting those suffering from tired and sore bodies.

Robotics modelled on bees

A research group is investigating the behaviour of young honeybees immediately after hatching and successfully transfers this to robots. The bees' brood-care strategies turn out to be surprisingly efficient.

Mobile electrics at watts to kilowatts without batteries

Battery elimination, indeed elimination of all energy storage, is moving to even higher power, from electronics to electrical engineering

New device could turn heat energy into a viable fuel source

A new device could one day turn the heat generated by a wide array of electronics into a usable fuel source.

Underwater energy transfer

The Navy is developing ways to recharge underwater unmanned vehicles using undersea wireless technology.

Deere to advance machine learning capabilities through acquisition

Deere & Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue River Technology, a leader in applying machine learning to agriculture.

A new way to print electrical circuits

Graphene-based inks can be printed with traditional methods like inkjet printing. With the thickness of an atom, graphene is the thinnest material in the world — and one of its greatest potentials is its ability to be used as a conductor.

Small robots are inspired by origami

Through origami-inspired engineering, researchers hope to not only create rapidly fabricable robots capable of completing tasks, but also build intuitive design software that enables others who may not be trained in engineering to create their own personalized origami robots.

Nidec Sankyo - VCMs for haptics

James Hayward spoke with David Shin about Nidec Sankyo's recent efforts in deploying voice coil motors (VCMs) as haptic actuators. This profile builds on a previous IDTechEx profile from Nidec at CES 2017.

Korean smart textiles development flourishes amidst government funding

IDTechEx attended "Preview in Seoul 2017", a traditional textiles exhibition showing various advanced textiles and smart apparel. There were 388 companies involved and IDTechEx here provides an overview of the key features of the event.

EV clustered charging can be problematic for electrical utilities

Electric utilities are seeking solutions to problems resulting from clustered electric vehicle charging. Electricity generation is not an obstacle, instead it is at the local level, the so called 'the last mile', that the problem occurs.

Implantable devices to alter electrical impulses in the body

GSK has announced an agreement with Verily Life Sciences LLC (formerly Google Life Sciences), an Alphabet company, to form Galvani Bioelectronics to enable the research, development and commercialisation of bioelectronic medicines.

Electricity production : when enzymes rival platinum

Making a biocell that is as effective as a platinum fuel cell: that's the feat that researchers have achieved. Three years after making their first prototype biocell, the researchers have just reached a new milestone and increased its performance and stability.

Robots learn contextual commands

Despite what you might see in movies, today's robots are still very limited in what they can do. They can be great for many repetitive tasks, but their inability to understand the nuances of human language makes them mostly useless for more complicated requests.

Low-cost wearables manufactured by hybrid 3D printing

A collaboration has created a new additive manufacturing technique for soft electronics, called hybrid 3D printing, that integrates soft, electrically conductive inks and matrix materials with rigid electronic components into a single, stretchable device.