European Space Agency (ESA)

€9.8 million for deploying graphene ultracapacitors

Skeleton Technologies plans to use the funds for ramping up production of their graphene-based ultracapacitors to meet the strong demand for electrical engineering applications.

Joanneum Research

Joanneum Research is a technology provider for business and industrial clients. They are made up of six research divisions which product IP which they can then license out to customers.

Next-gen 3D printing tech for spacemen

Trinity engineers are leading a €500,000 project to develop the technology, which will allow mechanical structures to be made and coated with different materials. Cold Spray will be used in science missions in outer space, but will also have everyday applications much closer to home.

Ohmatex ApS

Ohmatex work in smart textile development, and are known for integrating electronics into technical textiles and wearable devices. The company has participated in several European projects in this field (Safe@Sea, Place-it, MyWear and PowerWeave).

Beauty patch generates its power from sugar and air

A disposable beauty patch using microampere current to enhance absorption of skin care products will offer future consumers an opportunity to perform galvanic skin treatments at home.

Rosetta, first solar powered space mission to rendezvous with a comet

The solar cells in Rosetta's solar panels are based on a completely new technology, so-called Low-intensity Low Temperature Cells. Thanks to them, Rosetta is the first space mission to journey beyond the main asteroid belt relying solely on solar cells for power generation.

Skeleton Technologies Raises €3.9 Million in Round A financing

Skeleton Technologies, European manufacturer of ultracapacitor technology for energy efficiency in transportation, industrial and defence and space applications, has completed Round A financing of €3.9 million (US$5.4 million).

CEDRAT Group

CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES SA is a high-tech French SME focused on mechatronics covering piezo and electromagnetic sensors and actuators, as well as a host of other technologies such as magnetoresistive, magnetorestrictive, etc. CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES was bought by ACTIVE STRUCTURE FINANCE in Jan 2012. CEDRAT is customer oriented and not a product focused company

End-user perspectives on the future of 3D printing

A recent aerospace-led event presented some of the current thinking of European companies on the subject of 3D printing.

Skeleton Technologies raises €2.2M in Round A financing

Skeleton Technologies, manufacturer of industry-disrupting ultracapacitors, which have four times higher power densities and up to two times higher energy densities than the closest competitors, closes a €2.2 million Round A financing lead by Up Invest, an Estonian private equity investor.

Buiding a lunar base with 3D printing

Setting up a lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials.

All-electric aircraft from New York to Paris

Long-range electric aerospace company Flight of the Century announced their intentions to design, build, and fly an all-electric aircraft from New York to Paris along the same 3,600 mile historic route pioneered by Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

3D printing method advances electrically small antenna design

While most electronic components benefit from decreased size, antennas—whether in a cell phone or on an aircraft—suffer limitations in gain, efficiency, system range, and bandwidth when their size is reduced below a quarter-wavelength.

Breath sensor detects diabetes

ETH-Zurich researchers have developed a new kind of sensor that can immediately gauge whether a person is suffering from type 1 diabetes upon coming into contact with their breath.

Solar sail project

The Planetary Society is building a spacecraft that will sail on sunlight alone by the end of 2010. The new solar sail project is the beginning of an innovative program that will launch three separate spacecraft over the course of several years.

Energy harvesting fabrics

Scientists are researching the development of energy-scavenging fabrics, with in-built nanotechnology which uses the kinetic energy from the wearer's movements and converts it into electricity for powering electronics.

Solar powered airplane

The Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) has demonstrated continuous flight using only solar energy during a solar powered flight of more than 27 hours over 874.4 km, the equivalent of a Zürich-London trip.

Is Europe Losing the Race?

Overall, Europe may be losing the race for the huge new business of printed electronics and the rejuvenation of society that it will bring. This is despite having far more academic institutions than East Asia working on the subject, the number being comparable to the number in the USA.