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Why the interest in e-textiles?
By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx The heart of the e-textile business as it emerges is electric and electronic functionality from sensing to light emission, achieved entirely by use of e-fibers. Components and interconnections intrinsic to the fabric, or at least widely distributed through the fabric, are less visible and not susceptible to becoming tangled together or snagged by the surroundings. An e-textile can be worn in everyday situat...
The race for flexible and wearable phones
Mobile phones and associated wearable electronics are now part of what is called the Internet of People. They will often have very flexible displays, some tightly rolled into a conventional phone body. When pulled out, these screens will gather useful amounts of electricity from the sun as the user enjoys the large screen created with its haptic (feel what you do) keyboard.
A strong future for electric quadcopters
A recent report from IDTechEx, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Electric UAVs 2014-2024", has been tracking changes in the market, none quicker than the adoption of pure electric quadcopters. The starting point for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is rarely military; it is at the other extreme with toy helicopters and predating professional UAV helicopters and so on.
Wearable technology controls behaviour
The recent fitting of an alcohol-detecting band to a convicted binge drinker in the UK is a reminder of how the use of wearable electronics for behaviour control is proceeding apace. In a first for the UK, the authorities fixed a SCRAM alcohol-detecting leg band to a high risk offender. By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx.
Wearables creating $50bn investment frenzy
Many giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates have tens of billions of dollars in the bank that is instantly available for investment to counter their saturating sales in mature markets. Samsung, General Electric and Google are examples and Apple even has $133 billion available.
Challenges for the wearables markets
Last Christmas, there was huge demand, from Japan to the UK, for the neurowear clip-on of floppy ears driven by brain waves to reflect your mood. They would have been played with for one day and then put away forever. Such novelty peaks can be expected with many forms of wearable technology as it enters its manic phase with hugely overpriced acquisitions. Facebook is buying Oculus VR, a tiny Californian company specialising in virtual reality hea...
Conductive ink market will grow to $2.8bn by 2024
The latest report from IDTechEx, "Conductive Ink Markets 2014-2024: Forecasts, Technologies, Players" predicts that the conductive ink and paste market will experience a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.5% over the next 10 years. Generating $1.6bn (USD) in 2014, this market is segmented, consisting of many emerging and mature markets. Growth will be unevenly spread with several target markets experiencing rapid growth while others decline.
Report forecasts success for 12,000 developers in wearables
AnIDTechEx report, "Wearable Technology 2014-2024: Technologies, Markets, Forecasts", has found that the fragmented industry of wearable electronics will have noclear leaders in what will be a $70 billion plus business in 2024 with 12,000 developers and manufacturers.
Functional fine chemicals for future electronics
The latest report from IDTechEx, "Functional Materials for Future Electronics: Metals, Inorganic & Organic Compounds, Graphene, CNT", looks at the new electronics and electrics from the point of view of suppliers of fine chemicals and associated high added value processes.
Report forecasts EV adoption of WBG semiconductors
In the last century, silicon semiconductor-based power electronics - which control or convert electrical energy into usable power - transformed the computing, communication,electric vehicleand energy industries and gave consumers and businesses more powerful laptops, cell phones and motors. Over the coming decade, that era will begin to come to an end. The full picture, from inverters to battery management systems, is given in the IDTechEx report...