7 Jan 2021

Novel Film Keeps us Dry and Cool
A team of researchers from has created a novel film that is very effective in evaporating sweat from our skin to keep us cool and comfortable when we exercise, and the moisture harvested from human sweat can be used to power wearable electronic devices such as watches, fitness trackers, and more.
25 Dec 2020

Reliable Anti-Counterfeit Checks Under Extreme Conditions
Researchers have invented a new method of anti-counterfeiting called DeepKey. Developed in just eight months, this security innovation uses two dimensional material tags and artificial intelligence enabled authentication software.
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5 Nov 2020

Automated Blood Oxygen Monitoring System to Boost COVID-19 Fight
NUS researchers have developed an automated system that collates and displays users' blood oxygen data on an easy-to-read dashboard. It is suitable for places such as dormitories and community care facilities to provide frontline staff with regular updates on the health status of residents under their care.
4 Nov 2020

Flexible and Highly Reliable Sensor
Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such materials lie in their reliability. Unlike rigid devices, being elastic and pliable makes their performance less repeatable. The variation in reliability is known as hysteresis.
28 Oct 2020

Novel Sensor System for on the go Gait Analysis
Gait analysis is an important clinical measurement used for medical diagnosis of sports injuries, neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Cerebral Palsy, and for assessing frailty and fall risk of the elderly.
28 Sep 2020

Smart Suit Wirelessly Powered by a Smartphone
Athletes are always on the lookout for new ways to push the limits of human performance and one needs to first pinpoint their current limits objectively if they seek to overcome them. A team of researchers has developed a smartphone-powered suit capable of providing athletes with physiological data such as their posture, running gait and body temperature while they are out on the field.
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25 Aug 2020

Nanolumi
Nanolumi is an early stage company located in Singapore that develops color enhancement films and color conversion inks based on perovskite quantum dots. These products are targeted at improving the color gamut, brightness and energy efficiency of backlit displays.
20 Jul 2020

Record Conversion for Perovskite Solar Cells
A team of researchers has created a perovskite solar mini module that has recorded the highest power conversion efficiency of any perovskite-based device larger than 10 cm2.
4 Jun 2020

Using the Shadow Effect to Generate Electricity
Shadows are often associated with darkness and uncertainty. Now, researchers are giving shadows a positive spin by demonstrating a way to harness this common but often overlooked optical effect to generate electricity. This novel concept opens up new approaches in generating green energy under indoor lighting conditions to power electronics.
2 Jun 2020

New Electronic Material for Wearables and Soft Robots
Imagine a flexible digital screen that heals itself when it cracks, or a light-emitting robot that locates survivors in dark, dangerous environments or carries out farming and space exploration tasks. A novel material developed could turn these ideas into reality.
20 Jan 2020

Add-On Wearable Monitors Sweat
Sweat, which contains a wide range of biochemical markers, can tell us a lot about our health. Variations in sweat pH can tell us whether our body is dehydrated and can aid the diagnosis of skin conditions such as dermatitis, acne and other skin infections. In diabetic patients, sweat pH may serve as a good indicator of other life-threatening conditions.
2 Jan 2020

Microsensor Implants for 24/7 Health Monitoring
Tiny subcutaneous implants that can continuously measure a person's blood glucose, heart rate and other physiological conditions are a Holy Grail of modern medicine. A team of NUS researchers has recently made a quantum leap into turning this dream closer to reality. They developed a new wireless reader that is so sensitive to minute changes in a sensor's readings that it enables the creation of sub-millimetre microsensors, tiny enough to be injected under the skin.
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29 Nov 2019

Roceso Technologies
IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Roceso Technologies Co-founder & CEO Jane Wang. Roceso have developed the EsoGLOVE soft robotic glove for hand rehabilitation. Roceso was spun out from the National University of Singapore 3.5 years ago.
29 Nov 2019

New Metallic Material for Flexible Soft Robots
'Origami robots' are state-of-the-art soft and flexible robots that are being tested for use in various applications including drug delivery in human bodies, search and rescue missions in disaster environments and humanoid robotic arms.
11 Nov 2019

Solar and Wind Energy Preserve Groundwater For Drought and Agriculture
Solar and wind farms are popping up around the country to lower carbon emissions, and these renewables also have another important effect: keeping more water in the ground.
6 Nov 2019

Sensor Could be Used for Microrobotics, Augmented Reality, Wearables
For all our technological advances, nothing beats evolution when it comes to research and development. Take jumping spiders. These small arachnids have impressive depth perception despite their tiny brains, allowing them to accurately pounce on unsuspecting targets from several body lengths away.
30 Oct 2019

Graphene Market Research Tipping Point: Part 2
A Discussion With The IDTechEx Research Director. This is the final part of a two-part article written by Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, a leading industry expert and Research Director at IDTechEx, discussing the global graphene market, more information on the topic can be found in his report "Graphene, 2D Materials and Carbon Nanotubes: Markets, Technologies and Opportunities 2019-2029".