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India is at the crossroads where the economy is seeing a strong push not only from policy makers towards electric mobility, but also from electric vehicle manufacturers for increasing the adoption of energy-efficient vehicles. Frost & Sullivan’s Electric Vehicle Readiness Index examines 40 key Tier I and Tier II Indian cities, based on their read...

This issue of Nanotech TOE describes innovations in nanotechnology in healthcare, flexible electronics, 3D printing, energy storage, Internet of Things (IoT), and high performance composites. The TOE profiles a cost-efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in fuel cells, a technology for improved display color reproduction in porta...

This Microelectronics TOE profiles developments in printed electronics and micro displays. Innovations include printed organic solar cells for energy production, a printed electronics-based fabric for developing smart wearables, high-tech polyester films for printed electronic applications, gallium nitride-on-silicon epiwafer technology for microLE...

This issue of Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE profiles paints and coatings innovations in the sports and leisure goods industry. A coating suitable for all weather types with excellent abrasion resistance for asphalt sporting surfaces such as tennis and basketball courts has been profiled. An inexpensive solvent-based coating to prevent d...

This issue of High-Tech Materials profiles material innovations in the adhesives, healthcare, water, and aviation industries. Innovations include an ultra-sticky adhesive, a self-disinfecting textile which can be incorporated into doorplate devices to prevent bacterial infections, a self-adhesive electrode material that can be used in health monito...

This issue of Sensor TechVision TOE highlights advancements in laser triangulation-based sensors, blood oxygen assessment, time of flight imaging for self-driving vehicles, a long-range backscatter system for transmitting sensor data, and distributed fiber optic sensing. Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related i...

This edition of the Inside R&D TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) depicts developments associated with laser light in dental treatment, rare earth element recovery, and diabetes treatment. The TOE also focuses on advancements in syngas-based fuel production from coal and AI-based traffic management solution. Inside R&D TechVision Opportunity Engi...

Economic growth rate in North America increased to 2.2% in 2017 from 1.5% in 2016. Canada and the United States were among the top countries among advanced economies with GDP growth of 3.0% and 2.2% respectively, in 2017. The region’s manufacturing sector contracted by 1.2% while food & beverage registered a strong growth of 4.6%. In 2017, The ...

This issue of Advanced Manufacturing TOE identifies advancements in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and data aggregation technology, large build volume fused filament fabrication 3D printers, horizontal machining centers for machining aircraft parts, pulsed fiber laser welding, and autonomous mobile robots enabling improved material handling. ...