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Improving Adhesives for Wearable Sensors

By conveniently and painlessly collecting data, wearable sensors create many new possibilities for keeping tabs on the body. In order to work, these devices need to stay next to the skin. In a study, researchers tweaked a widely used polymer to create a potential new adhesive to keep these sensors in place.

CRISPR Could be Feasible for Fighting Cancer

Genetically-edited immune cells can persist, thrive, and function months after a cancer patient receives them, according to new data published by researchers. The team showed cells removed from patients and brought back into the lab setting were able to kill cancer months after their original manufacturing and infusion.

Alpiq and Mercedes-Benz Energy to Make Batteries for Industrial Use

Alpiq and Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH have concluded a delivery agreement addressing the stationary use of electric car batteries. To achieve their objective of using resources sustainably and increasing the economic efficiency of electric mobility, Alpiq and Mercedes-Benz Energy are teaming up to make batteries available for industrial use.

Teaching Tomorrow's Automobiles to Hear

Modern cars already feature a range of sophisticated systems such as remote-controlled parking, automatic lane-departure warning and drowsiness recognition. In the future, self-driving cars will also have auditory capabilities. Researchers have now developed a prototype system capable of recognizing external noises such as sirens.

GuRu

IDTechEx spoke to Behrooz Abiri, Co-founder and CTO of GuRu. They have developed a long-range wireless charging platform based on mm-wave RF.

High power thermoelectric energy harvesting starts to look good

In energy harvesting in general, there is 100 times the market potential in high power rather than low power. In this article IDTechEx explores this opportunity.

Bosch

IDTechEx interviewed Jason Zinc and a team from Bosch at CES 2020's Unveiled exhibition. They were demonstrating a "virtual visor" concept for vehicle windshields.

Analog Devices

IDTechEx interviewed Roberto Munoz from Analog Devices at their booth at CES 2020. They have developed chipsets and devices aimed at doing vital sign monitoring for digital health.

Utilis

Utilis provide a satellite-based water leak detection system, which uses RADAR to identify saturated soil with potable drinking water.

Wearables for Continuous Health Monitoring

Attendees at Healthcare Sensor Innovations USA 2020 will hear from industry representatives on how the next wave of connected and wearable medical devices will bring increased benefits to patients, healthcare providers, insurers, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Off-Road Vehicle Makers Electrify to Become as Large as Car Companies

Vehicles for construction, agriculture and mining CAM have become one industry served by giants such as Caterpillar, CNH Industrial, John Deere and Komatsu but also small businesses making the new requirements such as drone systems and weeding and mine survey robots.

Molecular Diagnostics Sits at Heart of the Fight Against Coronavirus

The current outbreak of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has hit China in the past month and spread to 25 nations. Early detection and diagnosis are essential to reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases and to prevent them from becoming epidemic or even pandemic.

A Wearable Exoskeleton from the PowerGrasp Project

In automobile production, industrial robots and production lines largely relieve people of having to work with heavy loads. This is not the case for people who work in a trade or in care, where the body can be heavily burdened by hard work. In the PowerGrasp project, a second skin provides additional strength.

Energy Storage to Enhance Renewables in Honduras

The addition of energy storage and GEMS solution to RECO's generation resources will provide additional flexibility to integrate renewables into the local grid and secure reliability while eliminating the need for mechanical spinning reserve. The storage system will provide virtual spinning reserve capacity needed to maintain stability of the grid - particularly important for the energy security of an island.

Ultrasound Can Selectively Kill Cancer Cells

A new technique could offer a targeted approach to fighting cancer: low-intensity pulses of ultrasound have been shown to selectively kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed.

Die Attach Materials in Electric Vehicles: How Will the Market Grow

The rise of electric vehicles is creating many new material opportunities. One such material class is the die attach material used in power electronics.

World's Largest Electrified Mining Truck

Anglo American, has engaged Williams Advanced Engineering to develop its new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle: an ultra-class electrically powered mining haul truck, which is set to be the world's largest hydrogen powered mine truck.

3D Systems Streamlines Design and Manufacturing Workflows

3D Systems unveiled its latest software solution - 3DXpert® for SOLIDWORKS 15 - which empowers SOLIDWORKS customers to easily prepare and optimize their designs for additive manufacturing, allowing them to design complex structures and accelerate the product design life-cycle with better automation and seamless bi-directional data exchange from and to SOLIDWORKS.

Electric Vehicle Materials - Act Now Or Miss The Opportunity!

Since their accelerated growth began in 2015, 2019 saw two of the top three regions selling electric cars plateau as a short-term transition from 'carrot' to 'stick' unfolds. In China, serious subsidy phase-outs, amid relaxing of internal combustion engine bans (to stimulate overall car sales), are to blame. Similarly, growth in the US has been underpinned by Tesla, whose tax credits were slashed mid-year as quotas were reached.

Cardiogram Patch Allows For 24/7 Remote Patient Monitoring

Cardiomo provides a solution in Patient Monitoring - a wearable remote cardiac monitoring with AI engine to deliver real-time, actionable insights to enable early warning for heart diseases. Our patch tracks vital signs (ECG, heart rate variability, breath rate, skin temperature, activity) and AI-based platform analyzes the data and detects Cardio Vascular Diseases and cardiac events in real-time, and predict imminent threats to provide early life-saving alerts.