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EU Funding for Self-Healing Materials

Innovation map of EU funding for self-healing materials.

LG Chem: Bioplastics

LG Chem, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate LG Corporation, was founded in 1947. The company is headquartered in Seoul. LG Chem produces a range of bioplastics including PLH, PBAT, and PHA.

CJ Biomaterials

CJ Biomaterials is a division of CJ CheilJedang, a South Korean conglomerate known for its operations in food, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. CJ Biomaterials is focusing on developing and producing innovative biopolymer materials aimed at addressing environmental challenges posed by traditional plastics. IDTechEx spoke to CJ Biomaterials at NPE 2024 in Orlando Florida.

Germany Launches World-First Battery Pass Project

Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action formally announced its "Battery Pass" project and its eleven consortium members, including Circulor, the leading supply chain traceability provider, as the project's technology implementor. The announcement marks the beginning of a three-year, German-funded R&D project to develop core data specifications and technical standards for a "passport", as well as a standardized dataspace to manage batteries that are manufactured or placed into service in the European Union.

New Hydrogel Types, Applications, Opportunities

Gymnast of chemicals, the awesome hydrogel is a 3D network of hydrophilic polymers like a giant molecule that can swell in water and hold at least 10% of water while maintaining a well-defined structure. Medical hydrogels currently dominate hydrogel publicity, patents, and research but the rest will become a larger business 2022-2042.

World's Smallest Fruit Picker Controlled by AI

Physicists have studied whether valuable chemical substances can be harvested directly from the cells of plants. Using a harvester measuring only a few microns, they have now achieved a technological breakthrough.

Touchcode

Touchcode have developed a smart packaging technology based on patterned conductive ink that can be read using the capacitive touch capabilities of smartphone screens.

Printed Organic Sensor Smart Mat for Social Distancing in Retail

InnovationLab announced its innovative "smart mat," a sensor-based distance-control floor mat that helps to ensure social distancing in retail outlets.

InnovationLab GmbH

InnovationLab GmbH was established in 2008. At first, it received funding from the government (from Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). However, since 2013 it claims to be standing on its own feet and to be cash-flow positive.

Clever Modular Concept Solves the Issue of Cost

Modular vehicles can help solve a majority of the problems and questions posed by modern mobility that arise as the result of new IT technologies such as autonomous driving and of traffic congestion and the associated inefficiency and air pollution.

Rwanda Becomes the First African Country to Introduce a Volkswagen EV

In a first for the African continent, the Volkswagen Brand has launched a pilot project in partnership with Siemens to test the feasibility of electric mobility in an African country.