Foundry

Cymbet Corporation

Cymbet is privately held clean technology company working on thin film battery technology and energy harvesting power management solutions for microelectronic systems.

Modern Meadow

Modern Meadow have engineered yeast to produce collagen through fermentation. The collagen is then assembled into a range of materials to become bioleather, called 'Zoa bioleather'.

Guest Article from M-SOLV

M-Solv Ltd is a large area electronics manufacturing company with 50 people based in Oxford, UK and an Asian support facility in Hong Kong. The company has 3 main business activities: large area electronic device manufacturing; building functional inkjet printers and laser materials processing machines and, underpinning both of those, manufacturing process development, which has led to a wide IP portfolio.

Scientists print all-liquid 3-D structures

Scientists have developed a way to print 3-D structures composed entirely of liquids. Using a modified 3-D printer, they injected threads of water into silicone oil — sculpting tubes made of one liquid within another liquid.

Kopin high-brightness breakthrough for lightning OLED micro displays

Kopin Corporation will demonstrate its high-brightness Lightning™ organic light emitting diodes (OLED) microdisplays including its new 720p resolution (1280 x 720) OLED display.

RoboTable increases independence, improves quality of life

A robotic over-the-bed table, to help veterans and others with disabilities or mobility impairments better use their laptop computers and mobile devices while restricted to bed, allowing them to be more independent and remain productive with work or school.

3D printed Oscars statuettes

In 2015 the Academy sought to return to the original process of lost wax cast bronze for reasons of tradition and quality.

eLichens

eLichens provide hyper-local air pollution mapping and sensing technologies. The company was founded in Dec 2014 with a chemical sensor based on optical detection. In 2016 eLichens raised €3M.

Solid-state batteries to the rescue - better, longer-lasting

In 2016, Li-ion batteries celebrated their silver jubilee, i.e. they have been on the market, virtually unchanged, for the last 25 years. While this anniversary marks and underscores their worldwide success and diffusion in consumer electronics and, more recently, electric vehicles, the underlying technology begins to show its limitations in terms of safety, performance, form factor, and cost.

Inorganic and polymer electrolytes: what chemistries are out there

In this article, analyst Lorenzo Grande looks at the available chemistries both in terms of inorganic and polymer electrolytes, with mentions of which company is working on which technology. A watch list is also provided that includes companies worth keeping an eye on in the solid battery space.

Thermwood announces 3D additive machines

Thermwood's new machine line, called LSAM uses a two-step, near-net-shape production process.

Discovery could dramatically boost perovskite efficiency

Scientists have discovered a possible secret to dramatically boosting the efficiency of perovskite solar cells hidden in the nanoscale peaks and valleys of the crystalline material.

Trapped electrons to blame for lack of battery efficiency

Research has the potential to create more efficient batteries by shedding light on the cause of one of their biggest problems -- a "traffic jam" of ions that slows down their charging and discharging process.

Cartamundi, imec and Holst Centre win "Best Product" award

Cartamundi, imec and Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO) are proud to announce to have just won the "Best Product" - Award at Printed Electronics Europe for their ultra-thin plastic RFID technology integrated into Cartamundi's playing cards.

Nanomedical Diagnostcs

Nanomedical Diagnostics Inc. (Nanomed) was established in 2013 in California, USA. They are commercialising graphene-based medical sensors. This is a profile update covering their latest activities.

New fuel cell design powered by graphene-wrapped nanocrystals

Hydrogen is the lightest and most plentiful element on Earth and in our universe. So it shouldn't be a big surprise that scientists are pursuing hydrogen as a clean, carbon-free, virtually limitless energy source for cars and for a range of other uses, from portable generators to telecommunications towers—with water as the only byproduct of combustion.

InVisage Technologies

InVisage is a pioneer in hybrid CMOS image sensors. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA and has received over $100m in funding. InVisage has developed a technology called QuantumFilm, which is a light sensitive layer of quantum dots. Remi Lacombe presented their latest progress at the IDTechEx Sensors USA conference.

New form of electron-beam imaging

The MIDI-STEM technique could prove particularly useful for directly viewing nanoscale objects with a mixture of heavy and light materials, such as some battery and energy-harvesting materials, that are otherwise difficult to view together at atomic resolution.

New technology could save millions in energy costs

A new technology could help companies and factories cut their energy bills by as much as 10 per cent.

GaN Systems wins coveted 2015 Global Semiconductor Award

GaN Systems, the leading manufacturer of gallium nitride power transistors, has won the coveted Global Semiconductor Alliance 2015 "Start-Up to Watch" award.