External press release
27 Oct 2020

Imec: Developing Sars-Cov-2 Test With Results in Less Than 5 Minutes
Imec begins developing SARS-CoV-2 test to identify positive cases and confirm whether someone is contagious in less than five minute. The groundbreaking approach will use virus particles in exhaled breath for quick, easy, comfortable, large-scale testing.
11 Sep 2020

Smart Contact Lens Mimicking the Human Iris to Combat Eye Deficiencies
Researchers have created an artificial iris embedded in a smart contact lens. The smart contact lens is designed to operate for an entire day thanks to an ultra-low power design, offering a practical solution for people who suffer from human eye iris deficiencies like aniridia, high order aberrations like keratoconus, and light sensitivity or photophobia.
Update interview
6 Aug 2020

Scantinel
IDTechEx Analyst Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh interviews Scantinel Business Development Manager Norbert Recke
18 May 2020

Wearable Guarantees Privacy by Measuring Distance, not Storing Data
A wearable that supports companies in remaining active or safely restarting in-person activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The wearable warns employees through an audible or haptic alarm, when they are violating the social distancing guidelines while approaching each other.
Full profile interview
20 Apr 2020

IMEC
IMEC is a Belgian research and development center. This profile covers their work on quantum dot based image sensors that enable a silicon backplane to achieve SWIR detectivity.
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Full profile interview
11 Mar 2020

PragmatIC
PragmatIC manufacture flexible integrated circuits (termed FlexICs) which are targeted first at RFID tags and also other applications that require constrained complexity. Their main selling point is their low cost (< $0.01, depending on complexity and volume), making them an attractive alternative to silicon. PragmatIC have also developed a revolutionary approach to fabrication that, when compared to conventional silicon ICs, requires much less capital expenditure and a design-to-production cycle-time of less than one week.