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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D Printing Progress

Innovation Challenges Regular Touchscreens With New Spray-on Technique
A team at Bristol has challenged the idea that touchscreens are limited to 2D and rectangular shapes by developing an interactive display that can be sprayed in any shape. Inspired by the way an artist creates graffiti on a wall and using a novel c...
Record Tall Wind Turbine Towers with 3D Printed Concrete Bases
GE Renewable Energy, COBOD and LafargeHolcim will partner to co-develop wind turbines with optimized 3D printed concrete bases, reaching record heights up to 200 meters. The three partners will undertake a multi-year collaboration to develop this inn...
3D Printing of Sensors Directly on Expanding Organs
In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, similar to that used in Hollywood movies, to print electronic sens...
Biodegradable vs. Recyclable Plastics
In recent years, plastic production has accelerated, with global plastic set production to reach 600 million tonnes by 2030 if production continues at its current rate of growth. Most of this plastic is not biodegradable, with 30-50% of it being prod...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Advanced Batteries & Energy Storage Research

Daimler Truck to Prepare Series Production of Fuel Cells
Daimler Truck AG is driving forward series production of fuel cells with Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co. KG. In the past ten years, experts from Daimler have already built up extensive know-how in this field and have developed production metho...
Electric and Hybrid Buses: Policy Drivers
Today, no major electric vehicle market is growing without supportive governmental policy. Indeed, policy drivers, ranging from upfront purchase subsidies and emissions targets to minor perks such as lane privileges and free parking, have been key en...
EV Summit Online Series: EV Trucks
On the 17th of June 2020, EV Summit hosted an online session in partnership with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) on the topic: "What is the Road to Electric Trucking?". The goal of the EV Summit was to bring together business lea...
Thermal, Electrictrical and Mechanical Challenges in EV Battery Packs
Dr James Edmondson attended the online event "How to master your hybrid and electric vehicle battery pack's thermal, electrical and mechanical challenges" on the 26th June 2020. Brief talks were given by 12 speakers and 10 companies follo...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Artificial Intelligence Research

Navigation Algorithm for Deep Drone Acrobatics
A navigation algorithm developed at the University of Zurich enables drones to learn challenging acrobatic maneuvers. Autonomous quadcopters can be trained using simulations to increase their speed, agility and efficiency, which benefits conventional...
Reversing relationships between design engineers & materials companies
On 24th July, Siemens and Citrine Informatics displayed their collaboration in bringing materials informatics and generative design together for the first time. Materials informatics is the concept of data-centric approaches to accelerate materials...
Aura, Potential COVID-19 Early Detection System
Empatica has joined forces with BARDA to validate and release their proprietary COVID-19 early detection algorithm using wearable technology. Back in 2018, Empatica started collaborating with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authori...
Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionise Sea Ice Warnings
For vessels that journey into the polar seas, keeping control of the spread of sea ice is critical, which means that large resources are spent to collect data and determine future developments to provide reliable sea ice warnings. As of now, large ...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Electric Vehicles Research

Thermal Interface Materials: Diverse, Essential, and Evolving
Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) are a diverse and growing market. IDTechEx Research has analysed the market in depth in their report, "Thermal Interface Materials 2020-2030: Forecasts, Technologies, Opportunities"). The highly granular a...
Daimler Truck to Prepare Series Production of Fuel Cells
Daimler Truck AG is driving forward series production of fuel cells with Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co. KG. In the past ten years, experts from Daimler have already built up extensive know-how in this field and have developed production metho...
Electric and Hybrid Buses: Policy Drivers
Today, no major electric vehicle market is growing without supportive governmental policy. Indeed, policy drivers, ranging from upfront purchase subsidies and emissions targets to minor perks such as lane privileges and free parking, have been key en...
EV Summit Online Series: EV Trucks
On the 17th of June 2020, EV Summit hosted an online session in partnership with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) on the topic: "What is the Road to Electric Trucking?". The goal of the EV Summit was to bring together business lea...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Global Biotechnology Insights

Instant Bladder Cancer Scan Could Save Thousands of Lives
Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible to visualise. A European photonics research team is developing a new end...
Catheter Navigation: The Fastest Growing Sector of Robotic Surgery
IDTechEx reports that the robotic surgery market will reach over $12 billion by 2030. Within this industry catheter navigation is an emerging, but lesser known application, that is rapidly gaining traction. IDTechEx's findings are detailed in the rec...
Smartwatches as a Medical Device? Progress and Outlook from IDTechEx
Wearable electronic devices are an excellent option for detecting the physiological parameters of the wearer. Of the $70bn wearable technology market in 2019, $20bn in revenue came from wearable medical devices. On top of this, an additional $28bn ca...
Artificial Skin Heals Wounds and Makes Robots Sweat
Imagine a dressing that releases antibiotics on demand and absorbs excessive wound exudate at the same time. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology hope to achieve just that, by developing a smart coating that actively releases and absorbs...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Off Grid Energy Independence

Thermal Interface Materials: Diverse, Essential, and Evolving
Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) are a diverse and growing market. IDTechEx Research has analysed the market in depth in their report, "Thermal Interface Materials 2020-2030: Forecasts, Technologies, Opportunities"). The highly granular a...
Emerging Photovoltaics: Materials Opportunity in New $38Bn Market
The new IDTechEx report, "Materials Opportunities in Emerging Photovoltaics 2020-2040" , is based on interviews by multi-lingual, PhD level IDTechEx analysts across the world and 20 years tracking the research and applications. They predict...
OPVIUS Becomes ARMOR Solar Power Films
Following the acquisition of OPVIUS GmbH by the French industrial manufacturer ARMOR in the fall of 2019, the German expert in organic photovoltaics is now becoming ARMOR solar power films GmbH. This name change highlights the final step of a several...
Goldman Sachs Sees $16 Trillion Investment in Renewables by 2030
Spending on renewable power is set to overtake oil and gas drilling for the first time next year as clean energy affords a $16 trillion investment opportunity through 2030, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Renewables including biofuels will ac...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Printed Electronics World

Thermal Interface Materials: Diverse, Essential, and Evolving
Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) are a diverse and growing market. IDTechEx Research has analysed the market in depth in their report, "Thermal Interface Materials 2020-2030: Forecasts, Technologies, Opportunities"). The highly granular a...
Liquid X Receives OEKO-TEX Standard 100 Certification for Textiles
Liquid X, an advanced manufacturer of functional metallic inks with engineering design and prototype-to-production manufacturing capabilities, announced today that its proprietary, particle-free silver ink used to create e-textiles and other function...
Innovation Challenges Regular Touchscreens With New Spray-on Technique
A team at Bristol has challenged the idea that touchscreens are limited to 2D and rectangular shapes by developing an interactive display that can be sprayed in any shape. Inspired by the way an artist creates graffiti on a wall and using a novel c...
Artificial Skin Heals Wounds and Makes Robots Sweat
Imagine a dressing that releases antibiotics on demand and absorbs excessive wound exudate at the same time. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology hope to achieve just that, by developing a smart coating that actively releases and absorbs...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Robotics Research

Agricultural robots: Overview of the competitive landscape
In this article we provide a brief and high-level overview of some competitive landscape and trends. More specifically, we will discuss: RaaS vs traditional equipment sales Transition towards to swarms of small, slow, cheap, and unmanned robot...
Catheter Navigation: The Fastest Growing Sector of Robotic Surgery
IDTechEx reports that the robotic surgery market will reach over $12 billion by 2030. Within this industry catheter navigation is an emerging, but lesser known application, that is rapidly gaining traction. IDTechEx's findings are detailed in the rec...
Artificial Skin Heals Wounds and Makes Robots Sweat
Imagine a dressing that releases antibiotics on demand and absorbs excessive wound exudate at the same time. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology hope to achieve just that, by developing a smart coating that actively releases and absorbs...
BAE Systems and Royal Navy Announce £3.2 million Autonomous Boat
During Armed Forces Week, BAE Systems and the Royal Navy announce a £3.2 million autonomous boat contract that will increase Navy's capabilities while protecting sailor's lives. The autonomous capabilities of BAE Systems' Pacific 24 (P24) Rigid...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Wearable Technology Insights

Liquid X Receives OEKO-TEX Standard 100 Certification for Textiles
Liquid X, an advanced manufacturer of functional metallic inks with engineering design and prototype-to-production manufacturing capabilities, announced today that its proprietary, particle-free silver ink used to create e-textiles and other function...
Wearable-tech Glove Translates Sign Language Into Speech in Real Time
UCLA bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech in real time though a smartphone app. Their research is published in the journal Nature Electronics. "Our hope is that this opens...
Smartwatches as a Medical Device? Progress and Outlook from IDTechEx
Wearable electronic devices are an excellent option for detecting the physiological parameters of the wearer. Of the $70bn wearable technology market in 2019, $20bn in revenue came from wearable medical devices. On top of this, an additional $28bn ca...
Conductive Inks: Finding the Right Segment in a Diverse $2.3B Market
The conductive ink market is diverse. This is shown in the schematic below, showing the commercialization status of diverse spectrum applications. This diversity is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because diversity imparts long-term resilienc...