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This issue of High-Tech Materials TOE profiles innovations showcasing lightweight, high strength materials in the US and Germany for the transportation and construction industries. It features innovative aluminum foam sandwiches for the ship building industry, an organic photovoltaic technology to replace traditional solar cells with good energy st...

This Sensor TOE profiles innovations and advancements in sensors for vehicle parking management, including vehicle detection sensors using magnetic and ultrasonic technologies, camera-based parking guidance, wireless parking sensors, infrared parking space sensors, and street-light integrated parking sensors. Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine (...

This Advanced Manufacturing TOE depicts innovations in multi-material 3D printing of electric circuits and devices, direct multi-metal 3D printing to improve the power bed fusion approach, performance management software, robotic manufacturing systems for construction, and tools for robot decision making. The Advanced Manufacturing TechVision Oppo...

This edition of the Inside R&D TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) depicts trends associated with innovations in energy storage, robotic surgery, antistatic coatings, emotion analytics, and microfiber sensors. The TOE also focuses on advancements in battery technology to improve efficiency and safety. Inside R&D TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE...

This issue of Nanotech TOE covers innovations in cancer treatment, food dyeing, construction, paper strength enhancement, and thermal energy storage. In thermal energy storage, an innovative phase changing nanofluid has been described that can act as a wonderful tool for thermal energy management. The issue also features a nontoxic dye nanoformulat...

This Microelectronics TOE profiles profiles advancements in smart antennas, transistors, and chipsets. Innovations profiled include a switchable embedded antenna for wireless networking applications, a high voltage gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistor (FET), global navigation satellite system (GNSS) smart antennas for flexible positioning,...

This issue of Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE focusses on self-healing paint protection films for the automotive aftermarket, protective window films for blocking solar radiation, atomic layer deposition process for forming thin films on surfaces, solar cell coating for increasing the efficiency of solar cells, and graphene coatings for i...

This issue of High-Tech Materials covers the latest innovations in the field of metal 3D printing. The materials that are used mostly are titanium, stainless steel, inconel, copper, nickel, and aluminum. The key application segments are aerospace & defense, biomedical applications such as orthopedic and dental implants as well as artificial knee an...

This Sensor TOE explores innovations and advancements in LiDAR sensors, radar sensors, image sensors, and cameras for autonomous vehicles or autonomous systems. Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related innovations and developments on a weekly basis. Innovations are directed toward developing smart and intelligent ...