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Worldwide
28 Feb 2018
Laser Manufacturing of Lightweight Structures: Automotive & Aerospace
As the demand for lightweight materials increases in the automotive and aerospace industries, so does the demand for suitable processing methods. Can we minimize material use? Can we obtain high-strength welds without damaging temperature sensitive composites?
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North America (USA + Canada), Worldwide
27 Feb 2018
Metal Matrix Composites (MMC): finally reaching the top of wish lists
Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) have been known and explored for a very long time, but new innovations and an increased demand for high-performance lightweight materials means that they are finally ready to make it beyond their previous false starts.
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20 Feb 2018
Advanced Touch Technology
Sensel creates next-generation touch technology. Multi-touch, highly sensitive, low power, and mobile, Sensel's PressureGrid™ makes computing more comfortable and creative.
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16 Feb 2018
High-Power UV-LED Light Sources
Hamamatsu is a manufacturer of devices for the generation and measurement of infrared, visible, UV light and x-rays.
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15 Feb 2018
'Escape the earth' in this road worthy Flying Car
Terrafugia's mission is to create practical flying cars that enable a new dimension of personal freedom. Terrafugia (ter-ra-FOO-jee-ah) is derived from the Latin for "Escape the Earth".
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14 Feb 2018
Conductive Ink Markets 2018-2028
The new report by IDTechEx, Conductive Ink Markets 2018-2028, provides the most comprehensive and authoritative view of the conductive inks and paste market.
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14 Feb 2018
Sports performance tracking for elite level athletics teams
Data-basing movement in sport, fitness and healthcare using precision location technology and unique cross platform software for sensor based systems.
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Worldwide
09 Feb 2018
Webinar Thursday 22 February - Electric Buses 2018-2038
IDTechEx will be holding a free webinar on Thursday 22 February titled Electric Buses 2018-2038.
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Worldwide
08 Feb 2018
Advanced aluminium alloys are set to take off
Lightweight metals are forecast to enter a growth phase as both material maturity and market drivers become aligned. IDTechEx has released a new technical report on this topic, Lightweight Metals 2018-2028: Forecasts, Developments, Players, which provides extensive coverage of this field based on analyst-led primary research.
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07 Feb 2018
Novel Polysulfide Polymers for Flexible Electronics
Ares Materials is developing novel transparent polymer materials for the next generation of truly flexible mobile, wearable and embedded electronics.
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06 Feb 2018
Smart Underwear: Connected Textiles
Using printed electronics and fiber science Myant seamlessly embed technology into textiles to change the way we live.
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Worldwide
05 Feb 2018
Autonomous mobile picking robots learn, fast
In the past five years or so several major research groups have demonstrated that robots can learn to grasp novel varied objects with accuracy levels around 80-85%. Still performance levels, even in the labs, are sub-human but this is changing fast.