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Agrivoltaics becoming multi-billion dollar industry
One day solar ‘power stations’ as we know them will be banned and agrivoltaics will grow. On land and lake, no more blinding of large areas with black solar panels, throttling life. Substituting vast industrial desolation for a natural paradise or prime agriculture ruins tourism and the planet. It will become illegal or at least bad business because the new vertical photovoltaics boosts farming, obscures little and acts as a useful wi...
Printed electronic materials market to reach $6.9bn
The printed electronic materials market is forecast to be widely adopted in applications ranging from medical devices to smart packaging. This technological transition provides extensive opportunities for innovative materials including, amongst others, novel OLED emitters, conductive inks, and conductive adhesives.
The technology of COVID-19: shifts in healthcare
Since its emergence at the end of 2019, the COVID-19 virus has had an unprecedented impact on people and economies the world over. At IDTechEx, we cover emerging technologies and industry trends, and the COVID-19 pandemic has had a direct or indirect impact on all of them. In this article, we will describe some of the key roles that these technologies have played in 2020.
TCO advantage to spur rapid electrification of LCV fleets
2020 has been a hugely challenging year for businesses around the world as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The automotive industry is no exception, with lockdowns forcing the temporary closure of many production facilities and an uncertain economic environment negatively impacting consumer demand.
Requirements and trends of materials for mmWave 5G
The most revolutionary aspect of 5G network relies on the high frequency 5G technologies, i.e. mmWave 5G. At such high frequency, using low loss materials to reduce the signal loss becomes essential.
Micro-LED: lighting the way for display technologies?
Micro-LED technology has been exciting the trade and consumer tech press for several years now, particularly since 2014 when Apple purchased the micro-LED-focused startup, LuxeVue. The implication that leading tech firms were racing to incorporate micro-LED in their highly desirable consumer tech prompted a flurry of speculation that micro-LED would be the ‘next big thing’ in TVs, smartphones, wearables and much more.
Solar harvesting solution increases wearable runtime
Designers of space-constrained designs can now increase runtime with the MAX20361 single-/multi-cell solar harvester with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) from Maxim Integrated Products. The small solar harvesting solution is well suited for space-constrained applications such as wearables and emerging internet of things (IoT) applications.
Smart city hardware: $1.7 trillion market ahead
The giant investors SpaceX, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Baidu, Toyota, Tesla, Hyundai, VW, LG, Apple and Virgin are involved in smart city hardware in ways you would not expect. Their involvement spans making complete smart cities from scratch to robot shuttles replacing ten types of vehicle, vertical take-off taxis, Hyperloop, vertical farming, battery elimination, solar and sensor everything and structural electronics.
What sells electric cars?
Tesla became the most valuable car manufacturer for many reasons from glamour to having the longest-range vehicles. The IDTechEx report, 'Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea and Air 2021-2041' gives the big picture. A long-range battery-electric car BEV sells for 60% of its original price after three years but a short-range one retrieves only 20% regardless of purchase price. Indeed, Tesla does not sell cheap. Consider the United Kingdom.
AI in medical diagnostics - an impending revolution?
The expected growth of this technology is largely due to its value as a decision support tool generating rapid and informative insights into a patient's condition. Machine learning and deep learning algorithms can process medical images much faster and more efficiently than humans.