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More salt, more power

A team of researchers have developed a battery that is at once safer, cheaper, more environmentally friendly, and more powerful—by adding a pinch of salt.

World's tallest 3D printed human

Backface were challenged by the popular television program 'The Gadget Show' to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the tallest 3D printed human.

A better hologram for fraud protection and wearable optics

Researchers have programmed polarization into compact holograms, this has significant potential for wearable optics applications.

World's first flexible lightfield-enabled smartphone

The world's first holographic flexible smartphone. The device, dubbed HoloFlex, is capable of rendering 3D images with motion parallax and stereoscopy to multiple simultaneous users without head tracking or glasses.

Cambrios restarts Its silver nanowire business

Champ Great has formed a new company, Cambrios Advanced Materials Corporation that will continue research, development and sales of silver nanowire inks.

Manned electric aircraft get investment

The unique new IDTechEx Research report Manned Electric Aircraft 2016-2031 explains how, so far, electric aircraft have largely followed electric land and water vehicles.

Pavegen further develops energy harvesting floor tiles

Pavegen is shifting to become a permanent and commercial smart-flooring solution. The technology has evolved from a singular tile, which generates electricity from footsteps, to an entire array with three multi-functional component parts. These functionalities are called: floor, data and energy.

Aesthetic and functional temporary tattoos

A fabrication process that draws from current body decoration processes (i.e., jewelry- like metallic temporary tattoos) for the creation of on- skin technology.

Magic Add

Dr Harry Zervos interviewed the CEO of Magic Add, Mr Samuli Manninen, in order to gain insight on the company's activities in the space for smart packaging.

Development and adoption of flexible hybrid electronics

NextFlex, America's first and only Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute, announced that it is releasing Project Call 2.0 (PC 2.0)--its call for a second round of proposals for up to $10 million in project funding to further the development and adoption of FHE.

New material temporarily tightens skin

Scientists have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin, and smooth wrinkles. With further development, it could also be used to deliver drugs to help treat skin conditions such as eczema and other types of dermatitis.

Hyundai welcomes first of five new hydrogen fuelling stations, London

Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell drivers now have more options than ever for refuelling, following the opening of a new high-tech site in Teddington, Greater London.

FlexTech completes flexible hybrid electronics projects

FlexTech has announced the formal completion of three flexible hybrid electronics R&D projects under its U.S. Army Research Laboratory technology investment agreement.

Team boosts lithium-ion battery performance

Researchers are working to solve the problem of short-life of lithium-ion batteries like those used in laptops and cellphones, making them reliable and longer-lasting using a thin-film coating technique called atomic layer deposition.

First up-scaled Perovskite based PV module with 10% efficiency

Solliance demonstrates a record 10% aperture area power conversion efficiency for its up-scaled thin-film perovskite photovoltaic modules.

Project Fever to develop 48V through-the-road hybrid vehicle tech

Controlled Power Technologies has partnered with Ricardo, Tata Motors European Technical Centre and Provector, to apply its low voltage electric motor technology to the rear driveline of a B-segment city car.

Researchers build the world's tiniest engine

Researchers have developed the world's tiniest engine - just a few billionths of a metre in size - which uses light to power itself.

Photocentric wins IDTechEx award for Best Development in 3D Printing

Each year at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin, IDTechEx and a panel of judges from the 3D printing industry recognise a key development or innovation in 3D printing equipment, materials, or application.

IDTechEx Show! Berlin grows 27%

IDTechEx Research announced today that Europe's largest event on emerging technologies, IDTechEx Show! held in Berlin on 27-28 April, grew 27% vs. last year's event. This year's exhibition and conference featured attendees from 57 countries with 171 exhibitors and 2,300 attendees.

Green light for plant-based food packaging

Bioplastic packaging that extends the shelf life of food and tells us when it is no longer fit to eat will result in less waste.