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A shirt with DES for posture monitoring to prevent critical posture or load (photo: Fraunhofer ISC)

Fraunhofer ISC: Elastic sensors for smart textiles

Friday 17 May 2019
Products

Smart materials and embedded electronics create the conditions for innovative design and new applications in the field of intelligent textiles, electronic interconnections, controls and displays. The Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC (Würzburg, Germany) with its Center Smart Materials is working on silicon-based materials, adapted printing pastes and efficient production technologies in order to exploit the application potential of expandable sensors and conductors, to inspire new product ideas and to accelerate the implementation.

The monitoring of fetal health could become more comfortable and accurate thanks to Bloomlife’s technology (photo: imec)

Imec and Bloomlife showcase prototype of wearable chip to monitor fetal heartrate

Thursday 16 May 2019
Products

Imec (Leuven, Belgium), a leading research and innovaton hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and its spin-off Bloomlife have unveiled a prototype of the world’s first wearable 5-channel electrocardiogram (ECG) chip to continuously and accurately monitor fetal heart rate and mobility, two important indicators of a baby’s wellbeing. With the development of this chip, a major hurdle has been taken in the creation of a wearable ECG system that can accurately measure the fetal ECG as early as week 20 in a woman’s pregnancy.

Adam Kablanian, new CEO at CYNORA (photo: CYNORA)

OLED materials innovator CYNORA secures US$25M, names new CEO

Tuesday 14 May 2019
Appointments

Marking the initial closing of its Series C funding round, CYNORA (Bruchsal, Germany) announced that it has secured US$25M in financing from investors in Asia, Europe and the US. The company is an emerging materials leader with a novel technology to produce ultra-high-efficiency emitter systems required for next-generation Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays. The company has raised US$80M since its inception in 2008. Final closing of the C round with an additional investment is expected shortly.

Flexible electronic devices from C3Nano (photo: C3Nano Inc.)

C3Nano’s ActiveGrid ink qualified for mass production by Hitachi Chemical Company

Monday 13 May 2019
Products

C3Nano Inc. (Hayward, California), a leader in silver nanowire-based transparent conductive inks and films used in flexible displays, touchscreens and other products, announced that Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. has qualified C3Nano’s ActiveGrid ink for mass production in its TCTF (transparent conductive transfer film) product. Additionally, Hitachi Chemical’s TCTF has been adopted in a major Chinese mobile flexible device and is expected to be integrated into several more flexible devices in 2019.

DELO, Mühlbauer, and Impinj achieve milestone in efficient RAIN RFID label manufacturing

Friday 10 May 2019
Companies / Markets

DELO Industrial Adhesives (Windach, Germany), Mühlbauer (Roding, Germany) and Impinj, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) have announced a new milestone in the effort to achieve high-volume inlay manufacturing. The three RAIN RFID industry leaders have successfully teamed to deliver DELO MONOPOX AC6545, supporting the high-speed assembly of copper-bonded RFID chips such as the Impinj Monza 6 family on Mühlbauer high speed assembly lines.