Advancing automation technology could help vertical farms achieve profitability, says IDTechEx

A new report, called Vertical Farming 2022-2032, by Brendan Beh, technology analyst at IDTechEx explores the technology and market factors of the vertical farming industry, which has attracted attention from investors over recent years. The vertical farming industry raised more than US$1 billion (€0.93 billion) in funding in 2021, exceeding the combined funding generated in

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IDTechEx looks at the setbacks and explores how to move forward

Bill Gates backed a Belmont smart city in the Arizona desert little has happened beyond a land purchase. Authorities demand that the Colorado river’s diminishing water supply is unharmed. Arizona suffers historic water shortage. The Southwest and much of the West is suffering from an intense 22-year drought, resulting in increasingly low water levels, dry

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Is this the ‘killer app’ for smart textiles?

The development of new technology often creates opportunities to provide value to customers in new products. It is common for marketers and investors to talk about finding a ‘killer app’, an application of a technology that is so desirable that it defines the core value of the technology area which enabled it in the first

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The focus of smart cities has changed

Smart cities have become more ambitious as budgets increased to trillions of dollars overall, unaffected by Covid-19, according to research by IDTechEx.

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Smart city hardware market may top US$1.7trn, reports IDTechEx

Investors SpaceX, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Baidu, Toyota, Tesla, Hyundai, VW, LG, Apple, and Virgin are involved in smart cities in ways you may not expect. Their involvement spans making complete smart cities from scratch to robot shuttles replacing 10 types of vehicle, vertical take-off taxis, Hyperloop, vertical farming, battery elimination, solar and sensor

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Sensors in the water industry: The next step to IoT cities

Sensors in the water and wastewater treatment industries are an emerging technology market area, forecast to grow to $2Bn (€1 billion)+ in 2030. These sensors will make up the wider application of IoT devices in cities, and the hype around them is growing.

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Printed sensor market to reach $4.5bn by 2030, says IDTechEx

Printed Sensors are a US$3.6 billion (€3.1 billion) market driven by diversity, says Dr Matthew Dyson, IDTechEx technology analyst, has recently published the below article. This article follows the release of the new IDTechEx report, “Printed and Flexible Sensors 2020-2030: Technologies, Players, Forecasts“. When considering the prospects of an emerging technology, it is easy to make broad-brush

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5G market is at the tipping point, says report

5G is considered as one of the market opportunities in the coming years, with large scale roll-out of infrastructures and rapid adoption of 5G devices and services. So says a new report by Cambridge, UK-based IDTechEx.

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Self-charging everything: Battle for the high ground

When some full-function, always-on smartwatches are able to self-charge, the others will look like the horse-drawn cart. And, says IDTechEx chairman, Dr Peter Harrop, when Internet of Things (IoT) nodes are self-charging at the right size and price, the market for them will increase one thousand times.

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Regulation and reimbursement strategies should not get in the way of ‘smart’ electronic skin patches

Recent IDTechEx research in their report, Electronic Skin Patches 2019-2029, has revealed significant opportunities in the development and use of electronic skin patches, with more than US$7.5 billion (€6.8 billion) in revenue made from the technology in 2018 and a growth forecast of over $20 billion (€18.2 billion) per year over the next decade.

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Global medical wearables market to hit US$19.7bn value by 2024, says new IDTechEx research

New research entitled, Remote Patient Monitoring 2019-2029, from IDTechEx, providers of market intelligence in emerging technologies, forecasts that the medical wearables market will be worth nearly $20 billion (€18 billion) by 2024. This exponential growth will be driven by demand for continuous health monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics for the management of chronic diseases.

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Digital health is becoming a disruptive force in healthcare

Digital health promises to change the face of healthcare. Reflecting this is growing interest in the digital health space, as evidenced by a substantial $4.7 billion (€3.83 billion) being invested in 2017 as outlined in the brand new report from IDTechEx Research, Digital Health 2018: Trends, Opportunities and Outlook.

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AIM, NFC Forum and RAIN RFID to launch Connections Summit at Google in March

AIM, Inc., NFC Forum and RAIN RFID Alliance unveiled a partnership to establish and deliver the Connections Summit on March 7, 2018 at Google Java Corners, Sunnyvale, CA. The Connections Summit is a one-day event featuring over 25 speaker-led sessions, panel discussions, case studies and networking opportunities focusing on how Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC),

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BodyCap’s wearable health monitoring devices now used aboard the International Space Station

BodyCap, a company specialised in miniaturised wireless monitoring devices, announced that two of its wearable health monitoring devices are currently being used by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station (ISS),

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The real situation in the Internet of Things revealed at last, says IDTechEx

Researched in late 2016 with ongoing updates, the new IDTechEx report on the Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) 2017-2027, is intended to assist investors, participants and intending participants and users.

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Combining IoT connectivity with 3D printing for new applications Part 2

Best foot forward Several of the most significant deployments of 3D printing technology have been in medical applications.

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