Sensors, Sound & Other Components
In the past, too much use of RFID has involved sensing items and conveyances only when they pass very near to the occasional interrogator. Heroic assumptions are then made about what happened in between. Was it destroyed, perhaps by overheating? Is it still there? Is it intact?
ETH-Zurich researchers have developed a new kind of sensor that can immediately gauge whether a person is suffering from type 1 diabetes upon coming into contact with their breath.
Joseph Wang and colleagues at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA have integrated chemical sensors into two brands of briefs, which will allow the constant monitoring of blood pressure and heart rate.
Raghu Das, CEO at IDTechEx reports on the Energy Harvesting Technology event which looked at the use of technologies to generate electricity from the environment which can be used to power electronics and electrics.
Scientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes.
IDTechEx, along with other analysts, forecast the printed electronics market. While some agree others give widely different figures. After analyzing the industry for nine years, IDTechEx has just completed a new report covering the forecasts of the industry in great detail. Here Raghu Das, CEO, summarises the findings giving that crucial detail behind our forecasts.
There is a much more balanced situation across the world when it comes to development and production of printed electronic and electric devices.
Overall, Europe may be losing the race for the huge new business of printed electronics and the rejuvenation of society that it will bring. This is despite having far more academic institutions than East Asia working on the subject, the number being comparable to the number in the USA.
The market for organic and printed electronics will rise from $1.18 billion in 2007 to over $300 billion in 20 years, becoming a huge business as the technology offers many different benefits. Here Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, reveals market forecasts and opportunities based on the new IDTechEx report Organic & Printed Electronics Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2007-2027.
Sensors (139 記事)
INSIDE Secure announced that its family of NFC solutions can now be used to interact with the Kovio RF Barcode™ wireless tag, an affordable NFC tag solution based on Kovio's printed silicon technology platform.
Entrepreneur Karen Bender could have "hatched" her latest venture anywhere in the world but she chose Wellington's business incubator Creative HQ over them all.
The trend is already clear: capacitive buttons and controls with attractive graphic designs integrated into surfaces. Transparent, conductive PolyTC® films from PolyIC make this possible in combination with IMD (in mold decoration) decorative films from Leonhard KURZ. Attractive graphic surfaces are becoming increasingly important for equipment and controls particularly in the electronics, mobile communication and automotive sectors.
Sound (7 記事)
S.I.D. is the successful display technology exhibition and conference. It was held last week in Los Angeles and had well over 5,000 attendees, and it included some aspects relevant to printed and flexible electronics. The show is often a great gauge of current interest in different display technologies and this year it was evident that the latest focus is on 3D television and touch screen technologies.
Printed electronics company T-Ink has a range of applications, some already commercialized for Point of Sale (POS) integration. The current applications include floor and shelf T-Ink printed Floortalkers and Shelftalkers activated by touch or proximity.
Innovative loudspeaker manufacturer Warwick Audio Technologies has appointed a new international sales manager to help launch the company into the global arena.
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