The market for metal mesh transparent conductors will surge from $55 million in 2015 to $280 million in 2018, continuing to $1 billion by 2022, thanks the continued proliferation of touchscreen technologies but also a number of smaller markets that emphasize large-size panels where meshes' advantages can be exploited, according to a new report from industry analyst firm NanoMarkets

In a newly released report from NanoMarkets, the firm predicts that the value of Internet-connected sensors for industrial applications is expected to grow to $20.1 billion by 2019.  The report titled, “Markets for Sensors in the Industrial Internet” analyzes the markets for industrial internet sensors within manufacturing facilities, commercial and industrial real estate, the oil & gas industry, electricity grids, as well as in aerospace and smart roads and railroads. 

Gesture recognition will gradually replace today’s multifunctional touch screens with the result that the market for sensors and related components used in gestural control systems will grow from $770 million in 2014 to about $3.5 billion in 2019.  This according to a just-released report from NanoMarkets, “Gestural Recognition: Sensors, Cameras and Other Technology Opportunities—2014.” The report also predicts that “gesturing” will find its way into a wide variety of new applications, from factory automation to smart phones and the “home of the future.”  The report notes that the growing role of gestural recognition has been recognized in recent acquisitions by Intel, Apple and Fairchild in the gestural space.

 If smart glasses, such as Google “Glass” emerge as a mass market item – perhaps replacing smart phones as the main mobile computing and communications platform over the next decade — they will generate $3.2 billion in new business revenues for the makers of sensors, lightguides, microdisplays and micromirrors.  So says a new report from NanoMarkets.  The report, “Smart Glasses:  Component and Technology Markets — 2014” notes that smart glasses technology is at an early stage of development and will create opportunities for both novel optical subsystems such as virtual retinal displays (VRDs) and advanced human-computer interfaces such as eye-tracking and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).

The market for power sources used in the “Internet of Things” will grow from $57 million this year to $590 million in 2018 and more than $2.4 billion by 2021, according to a new report from NanoMarkets. Details of the new report, “Power Sources for the Internet-of-Things: Markets and Strategies” including a downloadable excerpt, are available at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/power-sources-for-the-internet-of-things-markets-and-strategies

The market for nanosensors will grow from $13.1 million in 2014 to $485 million in 2019, according to a new report by NanoMarkets.  This report is the latest market study from this firm, which regularly covers the latest developments in sensors.  The report claims that the demand for sensors will be driven by the latest trends in healthcare and national security needs, as well as the trend toward an Internet-of-Things (IoT).

NanoMarkets has published a new report on the emerging transparent displays market.  In its new report the firm expects the market to grow to $974 million in revenue by 2019.  NanoMarkets believes that the rise of wearable computing and the success of augmented reality apps in mobile devices will prove to be strong market drivers for transparent displays.  Transparent displays are also attracting attention from tier one electronics firms such as Apple, AUO, Google, Japan Display, LG, Nokia, and Samsung, while raising the profile of firms such as Planar that have offered professional and retail displays for years.

NanoMarkets has issued its latest report on the thin-film and printed battery market.  In the report the firm states that the sector will generate over $620 million in revenues in 2019 driven by the use of this batteries in mobile communication devices and the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT).