Meta-materials

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Meta-materials are generally available around 2021

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

Kymeta announced commercial availability of metamaterial satellite antenna products (mTenna u7, KyWay terminal) in March 2017, sold to maritime and mobility businesses; later u8 terminals followed.

Test: D37 Horizons: metamaterial-based products buyable by businesses outside pilots by 2023 (earlier counts).

Kymeta (Wikipedia) (2017-03): First metamaterials-based products commercialised in 2017.
Peregrine u8 (Kymeta) (2023): Metamaterial flat-panel terminal sold commercially for maritime use.

Grader B: hit

Kymeta's metamaterial flat-panel satellite antenna (u7/KyWay) shipped commercially in 2017; Echodyne metamaterial radar sold from 2018; Metalenz metasurface optics shipped in ST sensors in 2022.

Test: Metamaterial products could be bought by businesses or consumers by 2023 (earlier counts).

Kymeta (2017): Commercial metamaterial electronically steered antenna.
STMicroelectronics and Metalenz bring metasurface optics to market (2022-06): First mass-market metasurface optical product.

In our research

ForgeProgrammable Mechanical Metamaterialsnarrower

All captured fields

id: hz-2014-052
category: Nanotechnology and materials science
kind: technology
target year: 2021
placed year: 2021
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2019,"mainstream":2019,"financially_viable":2021}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2019.2, between the 2019 and 2020 lines, nearer 2019 (read as 2019). Bar from 2018.7 to 2021.3: scientifically viable ~2019, financially viable ~2021. Sub-area: Functional.