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Global smart grid investment is likely to grow rapidly. By 2025, a complete transformation to a smarter grid is unlikely but the process would have gained pace with major changes underway in grid automation, demand-side management, and Big Data analytics. Revenue growth will be the fastest in Europe. Demand response and advanced metering infrastruc...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a rapidly growing technology that includes rapid prototyping and three-dimensional (3D) printing. These technologies are playing a crucial role in transforming industries such as automotive, aerospace, medical, fashion and food industry. Additive manufacturing is mainly used for more efficient, less time consuming and...

The overall research objective was to capture and analyze global next-generation (NGS) sequencing trends and use. Most researchers outsource NGS technologies; however, in-house NGS technology use is expected to increase within the next 12 months. Data accuracy and operating costs are the top criteria for purchasing sequencing instruments. Disease-r...

Gesture and speech recognition technologies, a couple of years back were deemed futuristic, but recent advances in aiding software and hardware technologies have enabled the successful integration of speech and gesture into everyday appliances. Smarter computing technologies, which have high speed, robust performance, and high memory capacity are a...

This customer research deliverable measures customer attitudes and perceptions regarding new generation infotainment, app concepts and HMI solutions. The demographic is comprised of European vehicle owners who intend to purchase a new vehicle within the next two years. Only qualified respondents, who met requirements set by a screening process prio...

The primary objective of this research is to measure the attitudes and perceptions of United States vehicle owners with OE and/or aftermarket telematics and location-based service (LBS) systems, including smart phones, who intend to purchase a new vehicle within the next two years. Objectives guiding this research are to identify current usage of t...

Silicon-based power electronic device, the most popular and well established material technology is witnessing constant improvements with regard to power handling capability. However with silicon subjected to certain theoretical limitations, wide bandgap semiconductor materials holds promise to deliver high efficiency leading to savings in energy. ...

The research service assesses the key stakeholder activities across the near field communication (NFC) value chain. Innovations and trends pertaining to stakeholders including hardware providers, handset manufacturers, application providers, trusted service management providers, and mobile network operators are assessed. The influence of these stak...