Air taxis and flying cars are easy to hype but IDTechEx's new report on the subject is not that hype. This independent research into electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger transport reflects the reality of the eVTOL market at this early stage of its development.

Drone sensors are critical to wider drone adoption. IDTechEx forecast that the market for drone sensors will be greater than $2.9Bn by 2031, according to their recent market research report "Drone Market and Industries: 2021-2041"

In 2017, after four years of setbacks and crashes, Alphabet shut its project flying solar-powered fixed-wing drones in the upper atmosphere to beam the internet to those cut-off. They have now ended their upper-atmosphere balloon version as well.

This article analyzes the recently revealed robotaxi from Amazon-owned Zoox.

At IDTechEx, we cover emerging technologies and industry trends, and the COVID-19 pandemic has had a direct or indirect impact on all of them. In this article we will describe some of the key roles that these technologies have played in 2020.

Tuesday 15 December 2020 (3 sessions to choose from) - The current state of global agriculture; Key technology trends in the field of agricultural robotics; Enabling technologies in agricultural robotics; and Case study discussions of autonomous tractors and robotic fresh fruit picking.

The sudden spread of COVID-19 in early 2020 has considerably exacerbated the existing issue of growing patient backlogs. Image recognition artificial intelligence (AI) represents a potential solution to this problem.

A comprehensive study and market assessment of 3D lidar, with a focus on the automotive sector, reveals that while the market for lidar has expanded, the next few years will prove crucial for all involved.

Thursday 10 December 2020 (3 sessions to choose from) - This webinar covers the following topic areas: Drone designs; Drone use cases; Forecasts for 2021-2031; and Forecasts for 2031-2041.

IDTechEx's recent market research report on Drones and their associated technologies predicts the drone market to be over $22Bn by 2041.

What are the main use cases for drones in 2030, 2040? Who are the major players in the drone market? What are the key drivers for market growth? What is the projected revenue for the drones market from 2020 onwards?

AI in Medical Diagnostics 2020-2030 - this IDTechEx report benchmarks 60+ companies for image recognition AI performance, market readiness, value proposition, technical maturity and more. It includes granular forecasts for 12 clinical applications, insights into addressable market size and penetration until 2030.

Thursday 19 November 2020 - AI in Medical Diagnostics - An Impending Revolution? This webinar includes a Q&A session. Please submit any questions to annick@IDTechExWebinars.com by Sunday 15th November.

This article discusses key technological issues that AI image diagnostics companies face and provides a roadmap describing when and how they are likely to be overcome over the next decade, based on research conducted by IDTechEx in the report "AI in Medical Diagnostics 2020-2030: Image Recognition, Players, Clinical Applications, Forecasts".

This IDTechEx article assesses the technological status of image recognition AI in medical diagnostics today, detailing its current capabilities and value proposition. The article also identifies key technological issues currently limiting the uptake of image recognition AI and discusses opportunities for improvement.

The new IDTechEx report, "Sensors 2021-2041" uniquely analyses the whole subject in the light of such seismic changes as the COVID-19 virus. The sensor business is in turmoil. The industries that spend most on sensors are changing as are the sensors.

In the past two decades, the car market has declined twice: first due to the 2008 economic crisis, and then due to falling sales in China. Most recently, the lockdowns implemented to combat the coronavirus pandemic, causing auto-production plants to close globally and a loss of consumer spending will lead to an unprecedented 23% decline in 2020 (IDTechEx prediction).

It is often imagined that agriculture is alien to new technologies. This is far from reality. In fact, agriculture has always been a pioneer in the adoption of new technologies, embracing motor/power, modified seed, and agrochemical technologies over many decades to boost productivity.

Nearly every sector is proposing the use of artificial intelligence. Materials science R&D is relatively late to this trend, and there are many industry-specific hurdles, but the opportunities are beginning to be realized and the potential impact is significant.

Deep learning has revolutionized image recognition and analysis, making unprecedented performance leaps between 2010-2014. These rapid advancements enabled the development of automated, accurate, accessible, and cost-effective medical diagnostics.