Sensors

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed Somatix CEO Eran Ofir on 7 Apr 2020. Somatix has built AI software for gesture detection which they have applied to remote patient monitoring.

ISORG are a French company that manufacture screen printed organic photodetectors (OPDs), with a target market of large area fingerprint sensors for mobile and security applications. The are the only company capable of mass producing OPDs.

The ability to accurately monitor drug levels and biological molecules inside patients in real time has remained largely elusive. Most of the implantable monitors invented so far rely on high tech and expensive detectors such as CT scans or MRI. Using ultrasound - which is cheap and portable - as a means to track a disease state as in response of a tumour to a new drug or the risk of a heart attack with the rise of a diagnostic protein called troponin has always been more a Blue Sky than reality.

Forecasts taken from IDTechEx report "Flexible Electronics in Healthcare 2020-2030"

This article looks at the key trend of integrating different physiological and biometric sensors within electronic devices worn on the ear.

Market forecasts taken from IDTechEx report "Hearables 2020-2030: Technology, Players and Forecasts"

In its recently published report "Innovations in Robotic Surgery 2020-2030", IDTechEx forecasts that the robotic surgery market will reach over $12 billion by 2030. The report breaks down the market landscape and emerging technologies in the field of robotic surgery.

One of the last frontiers. Little used because the devices are not good enough. It lies between the much used microwave and infrared frequencies. Terahertz electromagnetic radiation has come centre stage recently with major breakthroughs claimed for THz emitters, trillionth-of-a-second switches, modulators and the sensors and there are conferences on the subject in several countries.

Iris recognition is not a new technology. It has been used in finance, healthcare, safety, physical control and attendance, industrial control for a long time.

Identification and recognition used to mean something I have (such as passport, tokens, ticket, etc.) and something I know (e.g. password). While nowadays "something of me" can be used to make differentiations. "Something of me" refers to biometric-based information such as fingerprint, face, hand, iris, DNA, voice, signature etc. And some of the biometric features have been applied in physical access control, time & attendance control, device authentication, banking security and much more. This article will give an introduction of face recognition technologies.

A look into the molecular diagnostic landscape.

Forecasts taken from IDTechEx report "Innovations in Robotic Surgery 2020-2030: Technologies, Players & Markets"

Sensry - Platform for All Integrated Smart & Secure Sensors Sensry offers sensor nodes with customizable hardware configurations. The "Universal Sensor Platform" (USeP) under development in partnership with industry leaders offers customers a flexible, fast and reliable sensor platform for their products and application. Due to a standardized modular architecture based on a leading-edge low power technology and a wide selection of mutually compatible components, customers can create their individual sensor according to their requirements. The sensor platform combines cutting-edge assembly and packaging technologies with new design methods and an inherent data security and authentication concept.

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and screen-printing techniques open the door to miniaturised gas sensors and enable the integration of such gas sensors into many consumer devices, such as mobile phones and wearable devices.

Gesture control is a natural contactless interaction method. It is hands-free, eyes-free and keyboard-free. With the increasing needs for multiple human-machine interactions apart from touch, and AI-enabled operations, gesture control will play an important role in our lives. This article will give you an overview on the technologies and applications.

The lidar market is very dynamic and some players are making excellent progress towards launching automotive-grade products. Analysts at IDTechEx are tracking more than one hundred companies that develop 3D lidar modules, this article presents insights from their report "Lidar 2020-2030".

CPI's Printable Electronics Centre is a design, development and prototyping facility. We provide support in bringing new printable electronics products and processes to market quickly by offering facilities and expertise that help reduce our clients' level of R&D risk and capital investment. Taking advantage of our state of the art deposition, patterning and printing equipment leads to faster, more efficient development and production enabling clients to enter new markets quickly and with minimal risk. CPI can accelerate new product development by providing access to proven performance conducting, semiconductor, resistive materials and inks.

Graphene has started to gain commercial success. IDTechEx view a tipping point approaching as more commercial applications emerge in composites, coatings, energy storage, thermal management solutions, sensors, and more.

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Matthew Dyson attended Flex 2020. The Conference is organised by Semi, the industry organisation for electronics manufacturing. Their main event is SEMICON, with Flex a much smaller conference focussing on flexible/printed electronics.

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