Zero Emission Motorcycles, No clutch, No gears, No maintenance

Posted by – August 4, 2018

Zero Motorcycles (http://zeromotorcycles.com) are a world leader in electric motorcycles. No clutch. No gears. No maintenance. Their Z-Force motor features a single moving part, no messy fluids, no clutch, no transmission, no maintenance. You can watch more of the Zero Motorcycles for example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb0cdLiM0mc

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! USA http://IDTechEx.com/USA

Sensel PressureGrid Force Sensing Multi-touch sensor

Posted by – August 4, 2018

https://sensel.com creates multi-touch, highly sensitive, low power, and mobile, Sensel’s PressureGrid makes computing more comfortable and creative.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! USA http://IDTechEx.com/USA

Smart Tires by Silent Sensors, Energy Harvesting, RFID for rubbers elastomers, polymers


Marcus Taylor, CEO of Silent Sensors (http://silentsensors.com) demonstrates their Energy Harvesting and RFID products for use in rubbers elastomers and polymers, with a special focus on tires. Tires, first and foremost, are safety products. About 20% of all accidents on the road are caused by underinflated tires. Underinflated tires also translate into increased fuel consumption and increased tire wear. All the components they use have to be automotive grade.

At the IDTechEx Show! Europe, Silent Sensors introduced a new supercapacitor that is very flexible and able to withstand high temperatures, which is necessary for tire manufacture and production.

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Ares Materials PolyLux Polysulfide Polymers for Flexible Electronics

Posted by – August 1, 2018

Ares Materials Inc (http://aresmaterials.com) develops transparent polysulfide polymer named PyLux for flexible displays, wearable and embedded electronics. They are transparent and easily adaptable and processable and available in 4 product lines- H, MF, W & ATB. The high transparency, low colour,ultra-low birefringence and low haze of Pylux films allow for clear and high-fidelity transmission of light directly through the polymer. This allows Pylux to be incorporated into the optical path of flexible display manufacturing thus reducing the manufacturing cost.

  • PyLux-W: act as a combined optically clear adhesive (OCA) and anti-shock protection layer, replacing two layers in the front-plane of display with one.
  • PyLux-MF: designed as substrates for microfabrication of thin-film components at temperatures up to        300 °C, blending excellent thermal stability, chemical compatibility and optical clarity.
  • PyLux-H: an ideal polymer for flexible cover lens and flexible touch panel substrate as it has high surface hardness and increased glass transition temperature.
  • PyLux-ATB: offers a low-cost, high-yield (peel-off) release method for a variety of polymer films that require attachment to a rigid carrier for microfabrication processing and it withstands upto 500oC.

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Holst Centre shows OLED lighting, Printed, Flexible and Stretchable sensors

Posted by – August 1, 2018

Holst Centre (http://holstcentre.com) is an independent R&D center that develops technologies for wireless autonomous sensor technologies and flexible electronics, in an open innovation setting and in dedicated research trajectories. A key feature of Holst Centre is its partnership model with industry and academia based around roadmaps and programs. It is this kind of cross-fertilization that enables Holst Centre to tune its scientific strategy to industrial needs.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018: http://IDTechEx.com/Europe

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Nanomade Force Sensing turns any material into a touch and force sensing interface

Posted by – August 1, 2018

Nanomade (http://nanomade.com) strive to bring the Sense of Touch everywhere. Thanks to their patented technology, they make any surface (rigid, curved, flexible) sensitive to touch, force, temperature and humidity. They deliver to their customers’ industrial solutions, from sensor arrays to processing middleware and applications. They cater to various industries, among which mobile devices, wearables, automotive, IoT and Smart Buildings. Their current offering includes 3D Touch transparent sensors for rigid and flexible displays, non-intrusive pulse waveform and breath rate monitoring solutions and Presence, passage, fall detection solutions for smart floors.

Interviewed at http://IDTechEx.com/USA

Conductive Smart Graphene Materials from Imagine Intelligent Materials

Posted by – August 1, 2018

Imagine Intelligent Materials (http://imgne.com) uses graphene to create smart materials which sense and report real-time changes in stress, temperature and moisture.

Imagine IM is the leading Australian developer of graphene-based coatings for industrial textiles and fibres. It was founded in 2014 by a group of scientists led by Chris Gilbey and Phil Aitchison with a vision to create disruptive products and solutions that use graphene. Imagine IM has a number of patents that relate to graphene manufacture and coatings technologies. Imagine IM is the lead industry partner in the Graphene Supply Chain CRC-P, a research project located at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Interviewed at http://IDTechEx.com/USA

Broadbit battery update: Revolutionary sodium-based green battery technology

Posted by – July 25, 2018

BroadBit has developed a novel low-cost, high-performance, robust, eco-friendly, scalable sodium chloride (table salt) battery technology. BroadBit is commercializing the technology for applications in electric vehicles, portable electronics and grid stabilization. In addition to sodium chloride, the other key ingredients of the battery are cheap and abundant silicon oxide (sand), carbon (coal) and sulfur (waste product of petrolium refining). BroadBit believes that, with its innovations, it can grow the rechargeable battery market from today’s 60B$ to greater than 1T$ in the coming decade.

Compared to Li-ion, BroadBit offers:
– 50% higher energy stored per unit cost
– 25% higher energy per unit weight
– Better environmental friendliness, scalability and sustainability
– Simpler manufacturing than Lithium-ion (fewer steps, no need for inert environment)
– Higher Safety (no flammable electrolyte and reduced risk of shorting)
– Improved robustness:
– can withstand rapid temperature cycling between -20 and +60 C,
– can be repeatedly fully discharged and restarted without damage,
– can be safely overcharged without explosion or damage and
– are non-flamable

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! USA: http://IDTechex.com/USA

CAP-XX develops industry’s first 3 Volt thin prismatic supercapacitors


CAP-XX provides peak power support to 3V coin cell batteries and eliminates need for 2.7V LDO regulator for less expensive, smaller, more energy-efficient designs with extended battery life

CAP-XX is a leader in supercapacitors that deliver peak power to support or replace batteries, announced at the IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018 that it has developed the industry’s first 3V thin, prismatic supercapacitors. The company will deploy its 3V technology first in thin prismatic form to meet demand for small, inexpensive, energy-efficient power solutions for thin wearables, key FOBs and other IoT devices. CAP-XX will then integrate the 3V technology into its larger prismatic supercapacitors, automotive modules and other products for high-energy, high-power applications.

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XCo Tech precise motion tracking (2cm at 10ms) for elite sports

Posted by – July 25, 2018

XCo Tech (https://xco.io) provides 2cm accuracy in all movements for elite level sports teams and athletes, being able to monitor exact movements in sport, fitness and healthcare using precision location technology and unique cross platform software for their sensor based system.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! USA: http://IDTechEx.com/USA

Infi-tex Flexible Sensor for Smart Clothing

Posted by – July 24, 2018

Infi-tex shows their Smart Clothing flexible sensor technology, for the future of Smart textiles, enabling connectivity, enabling the future of Smart Clothing.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! USA: http://IDTechEx.com/USA

Electric Sun Flyer Airplane George Bye, Sun Flyer CEO

Posted by – July 24, 2018

Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx Chairman interviews George Bye, CEO of Sun Flyer (http://sunflyer.com) at the IDTechEx Show! USA.

Established in February 2014, Aero Electric Aircraft Corporation (“AEAC”) was created to produce the two seat “Sun Flyer” to be fully certified under the new FAR 23, and bring it to market. They intend to serve general aviation by providing a clean, renewable energy, electric training aircraft.

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Sensor Films Printing flexible hybrid electronic circuits

Posted by – July 24, 2018

Sensor Films Inc. is an additive manufacturing solutions provider that is changing the way electronic products are manufactured. Sensor Films designs and builds digital manufacturing and printing systems equipped with integrated pre- and post-printing processes enabling customers to make electronic product assemblies used in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products. The technology efficiently prints functional and decorative inks on flexible and rigid substrates in a platform scalable to high throughput production.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! USA 2017: http://IDTechEx.com/USA

StretchSense Sensors for Smart Clothing

Posted by – July 24, 2018

StretchSense creates polymer soft sensing arrays as stretchy sensors for Smart Clothing. It’s a 7 layer capacitive sensor measuring any movement. They are over 130 people in the factory who can create any garment size, with high consistency, low cost.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! USA: http://IDTechEx.com/USA

First Graphene flame resistant coating

Posted by – July 24, 2018

IDTechEx Research Director Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, Interviews Dr Andy Goodwin, Advanced Materials Advisor, and Warwick Grigor, Non-Executive Chairman of First Graphene on their fire retardant additive at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018.

First Graphene is an advanced materials company seeking to position itself in the lowest cost decile of global graphene suppliers. It has developed an environmentally sound and safe method of converting its supplies of ultra-high grade Sri Lankan graphite into the lowest cost highest quality graphene, in bulk quantities. In so doing it is addressing the three greatest impediments to the commercialisation of graphene, being reliable quality at realistic prices in sufficient volumes to facilitate the development of applications in modern materials, energy storage devices, coatings and polymers. It aims to use these competitive advantages to access new technologies and processes and in turn gain maximum leverage to the entire graphene supply chain, from sourcing the raw material to end use, with development of associated intellectual property for licencing and sales.

For more information about First Graphene, visit

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BotFactory 3D Printing PCB Boards at Home

Posted by – July 24, 2018

BotFactory brings the future of electronic circuit fabrication to your desktop with our line of PCB Printers

Just like a 3D Printer, their small circuit printers allows users to prototype in minutes instead of weeks, all at the click of a button. After pulling the Squink or SV2 PCB Printer from the box, users are guided through a seamless process that will take users from a bare substrate to a fully assembled and functional circuit board in a matter of minutes.

Each PCB Printer includes an inkjet printhead that can dispense very fine droplets of conductive ink and insulating ink, allowing users to create multilayered rigid and flexible circuits on FR-4, Kapton or any substrate of your choice.

In addition, each printer has two heads for dispensing glues and solder pastes, and another to pick-and-place components, allowing users to assemble PCBs right at the users desktop.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018

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Voltera V-One PCB Printer for PCB prototyping and Printed Electronics experimentation

Posted by – July 24, 2018

The Voltera V-One is a PCB Printer for early circuit board prototyping and PE experimentation.

Voltera helps industry leading businesses and academic institutions accelerate their product development and R&D initiatives by putting the circuit board factory on their desk. Print inks, drill vias, dispense solder pastes, and even reflow components right on the machine. Use it with your own inks or substrates as well!

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018

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AMSYSTEMS Center 3D Printing combed with Printed Electronics

Posted by – July 24, 2018

AMSYSTEMS Center is a joint innovation center of TNO and the High Tech Systems Center of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e HTSC) to accelerate (new ways of) additive manufacturing in diverse industries, interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018

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Brightlands Materials Center for 3D Printing teeth, meta materials

Posted by – July 24, 2018

Brightlands Materials Center (http://brightlandsmaterialscenter.com) is a leading Research & Development Center, improving quality of life with sustainable material solutions.

Interviewed at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018

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PCAS complex molecule manufacturing

Posted by – July 24, 2018

PCAS is a global fine chemical group manufacturing high value-added molecules. Since 1962, PCAS has cultivated an expertise in R&D collaboration, process development, and custom synthesis of complex molecules for life sciences and specialty chemicals markets such as electronics and lubricant additives.