US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Blue Spark unveils first-of-its-kind wearable bluetooth

Wireless Thermometer in the Form of a Soft, Comfortable Patch Continuously Monitors Body Temperature, Sends Temperature Alerts to Mobile Devices; FDA 510(K) Pending.

The 3D printing market boom: 22% CAGR over the next decade

3D printing has come of age; the total market surpassed $1bn in revenues during 2012 and growth is expected to continue throughout all target sectors to reach $20bn by 2025.

MicroFab Technologies Inc

This profile summarizes the position of the Texas-based technology company MicroFab Technologies Inc. in the area of 3D bioprinting. The aims of the company and key differentiating factors are discussed.

Assessing the $6.3 billion printed and flexible sensor markets

Sensors do not require transistors and generally speaking have a simpler structure than displays or logic circuits. Printing works well with sensors because the manufacturing does always not require high resolution or accurate registration.

TempTime Corporation

Temptime has an extensive range of time-temperature indicators (TTI) that change color to signal the occurrence of a potentially damaging heat or freeze event, allowing the user to determine whether or not the product should be used. The company's cumulative heat indicator has been hugely successful in the Healthcare market.

Printed sensors: an overview

There is an increasingly greater need for a wide choice of sensors to make objects smarter, safer and more responsive. Printing is the natural way to process wet inks and pastes, and it is therefore no surprise that printing has been used to make sensors for years. But there are new materials appearing, taking advantage of the progress that have been enabled by printed electronics. The article gives an overview of what is currently happening in the field of printed sensors. In particular, we will overview main trends in commercialising printed glucose sensors, force and pressure sensors, image and light sensors, gas sensors and temperature sensors. We will highlight key companies commercialising each printed sensor type.

3D printing looks set to pack a $4B punch by 2025

3D printing has come of age, surpassing $1B in revenues during 2012 and with growth expected to continue across all target markets to 2025.

Pill that signals it has been swallowed

Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule. The prototype is intended to pave the way for mass-produced pills that, when ingested, automatically alert doctors, loved ones or scientists working with patients in clinical drug trials.

Edible RFID

Electronic tattoos applied to animals and meat employ FDA approved dyes that can be read with microwaves at a distance.

Soligie achieves ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certification

Soligie, a market leader in the design and manufacture of printed electronics, announced that it has achieved ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 certification from BSI, Inc.

E coli sensors using silk

Researchers at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, have made electronic biosensors that identify bacteria in poultry plants.

RFID and the Printing Industry

Printed RFID is only part of an emerging $300 billion business in printing many forms of electronics and electrics.

Printed Electronics: the future of RFID?

Replacing the silicon chip: progress with printed RFID.

RFID takes off - big time

Zebra Technologies has recently bought several impressive RFID companies, putting over $200 million on the table. In different RFID sectors, Assa Abloy buys at least one RFID company every year. Inside Contactless has just raised $38 million to boost its effort on RFID enabled mobile phones with the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer Nokia leading the group of investors. Clearly RFID is taking off - big time.

RFID is Poised for Change

The prosperous RFID business is on track to grow from about $5 billion in 2007 today to over $25 billion in 2017. Without collusion, most analysts agree to figures in that region and several of them see huge volumes of extremely low cost tags forming a part of the growth - even hundreds of billions in ten years from now. This seems to sit awkwardly with some press reporting that RFID retail initiatives have stalled. As one of those analysts, let IDTechEx explain.

Drug Anticounterfeiting by RFID

It was sad that the Food and Drug Administration backed off from urgently pushing through standards and rapid adoption of RFID at item level on drugs, after its earlier firm lead in 2005-6. However, its recommendation remains but with industry left to set the pace.

Hi Tech Insoles Could Prevent 76,000 Amputations per Year in the US

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.

Innovative Smart Skin Patches Heal Wounds

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.