Sensors

Smart, wireless, RFID skin patches for identification and diagnostic applications are now being manufactured by Frank Sammeroff Ltd., who has formed a strategic alliance with Gentag, Inc. for the production of the patches.

Optical sensors built into pixels of LCD panels result in a thinner, beautifully clear screen display compared to conventional touch screens.

A sensor developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectric Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg, Germany may be able to greatly reduce the visits to the physician by glaucoma sufferers in the future.

The millions to billions of tags involved in the Ubiquitous Sensor Networks often have RFID and power sources and be made by printing to achieve the necessary very low cost.

MIT researchers are developing technology that could be used to make paper embedded with wires, sensors, and computer chips, creating what they call "pulp-based" computing.

New Zealand based company Zephyr Technology is working with scientists at AUT University in Auckland to create high tech insoles for shoes, using sensor technology to measure foot temperatures to sense the onset of potential ulceration conditions in diabetics, potentially reducing a major health problem that results in 90,000 amputations each year in the United States.

Now we have smart skin patches that heal wounds by restoring the natural electrical signals in the skin at the site of a wound thanks to BIOFiSICA.

UK start up company Polymertronics is developing a new nanotechnology that will allow digital inkjet printing and instant curing of flexible electronic components.

Gentag, Inc. and The CORE Institute® in the USA have announced a joint collaborative effort to develop and market RFID diagnostic Skin Patches for Medical Applications in Orthopedics.

The smart fabrics industry is a $340 million dollar industry growing 19% annually and projected to reach $720 million by 2008, according to a recent study.

Researchers are developing biocompatible, stretchable, waterproof electronic circuit technology that can be integrated in stretchable applications like bandages or medical implants.

The wider the frequency range, the bigger the market for a printed transistor circuit.

The development of intelligent miniaturised biosensors capable of wireless communication will fundamentally change the way we monitor and treat patients with chronic disease and after surgery.

Imagine reading a book like the Da Vinci Code and being able to Google the name of one of the pieces of art or societies such as the Knights Templar by touching a word in the book.