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Smart cities become much more ambitious
The expenditure on new technologies for emerging smart cities will pass one trillion dollars yearly. That is the subject of this webinar.
What does the future hold for the hearables market?
The first electric hearing aid was created in 1898 and was arguably among the earliest examples of wearable tech. So it is fitting that more than a century later, on- and in-ear technology is once again leading the way - this time as hearables, a sector now poised for substantial growth.
Solar bodywork supercapacitor is dream for EVs
IDTechEx report, ‘Solar Vehicles 2021-2041’ notes that cars with solar bodywork have long-range. Tough sell. Even longer range is being achieved by those crudely shoving in an enormous battery. The real significance is that Lightyear and Sono Motors cars with solar bodywork achieve range with half the battery and, for the gentle, never suffer a charging point. By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx
Electric vehicles are eliminating rare-earths
Magnetic materials are key to producing electric vehicles. Many of the electric vehicles on the market use kilograms of magnetic materials to drive their electric motors. In fact, over 80% of electric cars sold globally utilised permanent magnet-based motors in 2019. These magnets are typically made with rare-earth materials such as neodymium and dysprosium, which have a very geographically constrained supply chain.
Emerging applications for printed/flexible electronics
Printed and flexible electronics spans a vast array of applications, ranging from touch sensitive displays to e-textiles and from electronic skin patches to circuit prototyping. Indeed, this breadth of applications can make it challenging to know in which avenue to focus technological/product development.
Impending technological innovations of AI in medical diagnostics
Image recognition AI has the potential to revolutionise medical diagnostics. In addition to enabling early disease detection and even the possibility of prevention, it can enhance the workflow of radiologists by accelerating reading time and automatically prioritising urgent cases. However, as IDTechEx has reported previously in its article 'AI in Medical Diagnostics: Key Strategies for Faster Clinical Uptake', image recognition AI's current valu...
Self-driving laboratories: a reality waiting to happen
Imagine a situation where, given a request, a lab automatically chooses what experiments to do, robotically carries this out, tracks the reaction with integrated sensors, acquires and analyses the results, and then decides what experiment to do next. This seems like science-fiction, but certain truths may be closer than you think.
The meteoric rise of Electric Vehicles across land, sea and air
This webinar breaks down the total electric vehicle market across land, sea and air, discussing core enabling technologies and outlines key challenges on the road to electrification.
The 24 Million Electric Vehicles of 2020
The market for electric vehicles across land, sea and air will be 24 million unit sales this year, which represents a decline of roughly 19% year on year from the impact of COVID-19. Urban vehicles such as electric cars and two-wheelers have the highest unit volume, battery demand and motor demand, and, as consumer-driven markets, bear the brunt of the pandemic's impact.
3D electronics: escaping the constraints of PCBs
3D Electronics covers all the methods of adding electronics both to 3D surfaces and incorporating them within 3D objects. This promises much greater design freedom and potentially reduced costs as assembly is substantially simplified. Other advantages include reduced weight and greater durability.