TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

First flexible phase-change random access memory

Phase change random access memory is one of the strongest candidates for next-generation nonvolatile memory for flexible and wearable electronics.

Quad Industries

Quad Industries are a small electronics contract manufacturer based in Europe. They have completed a variety of projects around the printed electronics space, including manufacturing NXP/Enfucell's temperature sensor logger, integrating Aito's haptic touch technology and printing onto textiles for an insole pressure sensor application.

Energy harvesting at Electric & Hybrid Marine Amsterdam

One focus of the second day of this event has been energy harvesting.

Smart t-shirt is an electrocardiogram

The smart t-shirt measures a highly accurate electrocardiogram (ECG), recognizes activity and calculates energy expenditure in an unobtrusive way.

Advanced Electric Drive - the ultimate propulsion for quiet ships

Propulsion systems of tomorrow must provide optimum performance over the whole mission range, concerning efficiency, reliability, redundancy and low noise.

Grafentek

GrafenTek is a very early stage company based in Istanbul, Turkey. GrafenTek is working on silicon-graphene composites for Li ion batteries.

Flexible barrier technologies: a brief review of technology options

Back in 2014, we witnessed the launch of the first displays deposited on flexible substrates, and the first efforts to encapsulate them. There are significant differences in the encapsulation techniques utilized by each of the companies commercializing flexible electronics. These differences signify the variety of technologies available, in terms of deposition as well as material options for the barrier films, some of which are discussed in this article

New manufacturing approach slices lithium-ion battery cost in half

Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability.

New Intuitive Internet of Things research program

Imec and Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO) have announced the launch of a new industrial affiliation program on Intuitive Internet of Things.

Graphene market on the cusp of growth

Each year IDTechEx Research releases its up-to-date market report on graphene and related materials: Graphene and 2D Materials: Markets, Technologies and Opportunities 2015-2025.

Ford partners with Carbon 3D

Ford has been using conventional 3D printing technologies to prototype new product designs for more than twenty years. Recently, the company developed a dedicated new additive manufacturing research program to explore the potential of new technologies to manufacture vehicle-ready parts.

Special glasses help surgeons 'see' cancer​​​

The high-tech glasses may help surgeons visualize cancer cells, which glow blue when viewed through the eyewear.

Leading US funds invest USD 22 million in Thinfilm

Company to accelerate manufacturing ramp-up for Thinfilm's NFC OpenSense and EAS products.

X-ray imaging reveals secrets in battery materials

In a new study, researchers explain why one particular cathode material works well at high voltages, while most other cathodes do not.

New design strategies make batteries flexible and wearable

A new design strategy has emerged for making batteries flexible.

Life saving wearable wins award

A PhD student has won a top global engineering award for his outstanding research into heart monitoring technology that provides early detection of heart disease and could save the lives of millions.

Jet engine range extenders for electric vehicles

In May 2015, Californian Company, Wrightspeed announced the Fulcrum, a gas turbine on-board range extender for charging the batteries of electric vehicles.

Key to quick battery charging time

Researchers have discovered the structure and transport properties of the "intermediate state" in lithium-ion batteries - key to understanding the mechanisms of charge and discharge in rechargeable batteries.

CSEM - Instrumentation and Medical Device Technology Division

CSEM are a not-for-profit research organisation based in Switzerland. They are a public-private partnership company, receiving Swiss government funding, and also having all of the major Swiss watchmakers (Swatch, Rolex, etc.) as shareholders. They have been working in wearable sensor technology for 20 years.

New plastic materials for efficient, low-cost, flexible solar energy

Researchers are studying energy loss at the molecular level of new 'plastic' materials as a step towards the development of highly efficient, low-cost and flexible solar energy cells.