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Worldwide
25 Sep 2014
Bigger bendy phones
We demand that personal electronics becomes thinner and more affordable yet we want our phones and television sets to have ever bigger screens with better images. How to square the circle? Apple has recently had some challenges with the wafer-thin iPhone 6 being damaged when you sit on it.
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Worldwide
25 Sep 2014
Energy Harvesting: the way into more consumers' hands
Overall, the opportunity for energy harvesting will reach $2.6 Billion in the next decade according to IDTechEx research, with this year and next seemingly being key in starting the wave of increased product commercialization and volume growth.
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Worldwide
24 Sep 2014
A $300m market for thin and flexible batteries in 2024
Form factor is becoming a major driver shaping innovation and transforming the energy storage industry globally.
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Worldwide
24 Sep 2014
The Apple Watch is a sign that flexible displays are finally coming
The Apple Watch was officially announced earlier this month, with the promise that it will come with a flexible display. However, there is some confusion about what the term means and what the benefits are for consumers. Dr Guillaume Chansin, co-author of the IDTechEx report "OLED Display Forecasts 2014-2024: the rise of plastic and flexible displays" gives his view on flexible displays.
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Worldwide
23 Sep 2014
Webinar: Structural Electronics 2015-2025
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 30 September.
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Worldwide
18 Sep 2014
Structural electronics: a potential $60bn market by 2025
Electronics embedded within the structure of bridges, walkways, EVs, aircraft and more, have the potential to be a $60 billion market by 2025.
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Worldwide
18 Sep 2014
Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014
The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
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Japan
17 Sep 2014
Electric vehicle news from Battery Osaka, PV Expo, Smart Grid Expo
The Reed Exhibitions event last week consisting of PV Expo, Battery Osaka and Smart Grid Expo successfully extended an event that started with photovoltaics last year.
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Worldwide
15 Sep 2014
Webinar: Flexible Displays and Flexible Sensors
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 25 September discussing flexible displays and flexible sensors.
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Worldwide
10 Sep 2014
ITO replacements: time to take-off or fizzle out
Over the past five years there have been a large number of companies developing Transparent Conductive Film (TCF) alternatives for Indium Tin Oxide (ITO). Including material providers and film providers, research and events firm IDTechEx has profiled almost 100 organizations working across more than 12 types of transparent conductive film technologies.
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Worldwide
03 Sep 2014
Niche applications to help OLED lighting market reach $1.9 billion
In the new report OLED Lighting Opportunities 2014-2025: Forecasts, Technologies, Players External Link IDTechEx has assessed the technology and markets for OLEDs in the lighting sector. We find that the market will be slow to take off until 2019-20 but will reach $1.9 billion in 2025.
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Worldwide
01 Sep 2014
Webinar: Energy Harvesting in Building and Industrial Automation
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Wednesday 17 September.