Wearable Technology

Interfacing with machines undergoes a constant evolution, allowing for wider adoption of computing devices over time, as interaction becomes more "natural". According to IDTechEx Research, smartglasses are bringing about the next big step in this ever-changing space.

Whilst existing battery technologies such as lead acid and lithium-ion batteries will dominate the battery market in the following 10 years, advanced and post lithium-ion batteries given the right conditions can potentially take a considerable dent of about 10% of whole battery market by 2026.

Large investments have been made to enable flexible, thin sensors rather than rigid sensors.

This video provides an overview of the opportunities for sensors in wearable technologies.

Thin, flexible batteries in 2025 set to become a $400 million market in 2025 mainly by enabling new products.

Each week we come across brilliant new technologies from companies and research institutes and we want to help such enterprises showcase their products to the audiences of our events - which are typically the largest in the world on the topic.

This week LG Display announced that it will invest One Trillion Won for a flexible OLED display plant in Korea. Why?

A new design strategy has emerged for making batteries flexible.

In this short presentation, IDTechEx Research explains the evolution of the technology and shows some of the latest examples of printed sensors.

After years of slow progress from small companies, flexible batteries now have the attention of big brands such as Apple, Samsung, LG Chemical, Nokia and STMicroelectronics, who are set to drive the flexible battery market from US$ 6.9 million in 2015 to over US$ 400 million in 2025 according to IDTechEx Research.