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Innovative process to print flexible electronic circuits

Nanyang Technological University has successfully printed complex electronic circuits using a common t-shirt printer.

GreenPeak introduces powerful Remote Control technology

GreenPeak Technologies has launched the new GP565 Smart Home radio chip for remote controls, that supports voice control, motion sensing and the new ZRC 2.0 protocol. Next generation remotes use RF instead of infrared (IR) and will be able to control all the home's Smart Home features - all from a single remote.

Graphene for printed electronics

Graphene, the ultrathin, ultraconductive, flexible material that everyone is talking about, is maturing just in time for its use in the printed electronics industry.

Graphene-based nano-antennas may enable networks of tiny machines

Networks of nanometer-scale machines offer exciting potential applications in medicine, industry, environmental protection and defense, but until now there's been one very small problem: the limited capability of nanoscale antennas fabricated from traditional metallic components.

Industry's most precise indoor location and communication CMOS chip

DecaWave has announced its first single chip of the ScenSor wireless technology family DW1000, which makes indoor location and communications more accurate, cost-effective and power-efficient than ever before.

Multi walled carbon nanotubes for interconnects

Using a new method for precisely controlling the deposition of carbon, researchers have demonstrated a technique for connecting multi-walled carbon nanotubes to the metallic pads of integrated circuits without the high interface resistance produced by traditional fabrication techniques.

TI ZigBee wireless network processor

Texas Instruments Incorporated has announced that the CC2538 is the industry's first ZigBee® wireless network processor to offer the three most popular ZigBee standards for one end-device (ZigBee Smart Energy™, ZigBee Home Automation™ and ZigBee Light Link™).

Millimeter sized, wirelessly powered cardiac device

Stanford electrical engineers overturn existing models to demonstrate the feasibility of a millimeter-sized, wirelessly powered cardiac device. The findings could dramatically alter the scale of medical devices implanted in the human body.

Infinite Power Solutions launch self powered wireless sensor eval kit

Infinite Power Solutions today announced the availability of the IPS-EVAL-EH-02 Wireless Environmental Sensor Energy Harvesting Evaluation Kit.

GreenPeak: one of the fastest growing technology vendors in the ZigBee

GreenPeak Technologies has announced that its 2012 year-to-date shipments already doubled the volumes from 2011, proving that the company is one of the fastest growing technology providers for the ZigBee market addressing an overall multi-billion market opportunity in the Internet of Things.

ROI stories spark interest at the IDTechEx 2012

Leading German RTLS developer, nanotron Technologies, successfully showcased applications of its protect and find technology platforms at the IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Networks and RTLS Europe 2012 in Berlin.

DecaWave appoints Jim O'Hara Chairman; announces €6M in funding

DecaWave has announced ex-Intel VP Jim O'Hara as Chairman of the company. DecaWave has also announced that it has successfully raised a further funding round of €6m from private investors in the US and Europe. This brings the total invested in DecaWave to €12.4m.

UA engineer launches robotic planetary lake lander

Fink unveiled the lake lander, named Tucson Explorer II, or TEX II, in a paper titled "Robotic Lake Lander Test Bed for Autonomous Surface and Subsurface Exploration of Titan Lakes," which he presented March 8 at an aerospace conference organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Big Sky, Mont.

New record low-power multi-standard transceiver for sensor networks

Imec and Holst Centre announce a 2.3/2.4GHz transmitter for wireless sensor applications compliant with 4 wireless standards (IEEE802.15.6/4/4g and Bluetooth Low Energy).

GreenPeak rolls out GP570 chip

GreenPeak Technologies has announced the launch of the new GP570 chip that will allow the development of low cost motion-enabled remote controls, addressing the growing demand for smarter and intuitive navigation of interactive entertainment services offered by operators.

MEMS energy harvester for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires

Imec and Holst Centre have announced that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW.

Printed wireless sensor could detect explosives

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prototype wireless sensor capable of detecting trace amounts of a key ingredient found in many explosives.

mist™ yard management solution

The Cubic Global Tracking Solution (Cubic GTS) mist™ Yard Management Solution (YMS) infuses new technology called "mesh" to enhance logistics business processes through faster responses based on improved asset visibility.

Mesh licensing introduced at Wireless Sensor Networks conference

Cubic Global Tracking Solutions is announcing the availability of its mesh technology, called mist™, for licensing purposes.

Printed antennas on your vest?

ANTENNAS IN YOUR CLOTHES? NEW DESIGN COULD PAVE THE WAY