Royole’s FlexPai foldable smartphone (photo: Royole)

Royole showcases its Flexible+ platform at CES 2019


Exhibitions / Events

The Royole Corporation (Fremont, California), a leading innovator and manufacturer of next-generation human-machine interface technologies and products, including advanced flexible displays, flexible sensors, and smart devices, showcased its full line of industry-leading fully flexible display and flexible sensor technologies at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. These advanced technologies are part of the company's Flexible+ platform, and are reported to be ideal for numerous applications in a variety of product categories, including consumer electronics, sports & fashion, office & education, smart home, and robotics.

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CTA president and CEO Gary Shapiro discussed his new book "Ninja Future" with Liz Claman of Fox Business at CES 2019 (photo: Consumer Technology Association)

CES 2019 unveils next-gen innovation to the world


Exhibitions / Events

The next generation of innovation took centre stage at CES 2019, as companies large and small unveiled technologies that will revolutionise the way we live, work and play. Attendees experienced all that fuels the expansion of tech into new areas such as 5G, artificial intelligence, smart cities, resilience, sports, vehicle tech, digital health and more. The event is owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), CES 2019.

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The Smart Vial Kit (photo: Schreiner Group)

Digital therapy monitoring: Schreiner MediPharm to present smart packaging solution for vials


Products

Schreiner MediPharm’s trade fair presentation at Pharmapack 2019 in Paris will be fully focused on smart packaging solutions. On 6 and 7 February, the specialist for innovative labels and marking solutions based in Oberschleißheim, Germany, will showcase its latest product development in the field of digital therapy monitoring: The new “Smart Vial Kit” enables electronic tracking and monitoring of medication dispensing and intake.

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Imec’s health patch (photo: imec)

Imec and TNO launch disposable health patch with long battery life


Products

This week, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2019), taking place in Las Vegas, imec and TNO are presenting the latest version of their health patch. Developed in the framework of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the new health patch offers unprecedented comfort and a long battery life, previously unseen in this type of device. It can also be manufactured at a fraction of the cost of previous generations, making it a user-friendly, disposable solution for ambulant patient monitoring.

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Perovskite technology from Oxford PV (photo: Oxford PV)

Oxford PV perovskite solar cell achieves 28% efficiency


Companies / Markets

UK-based Oxford PV, a leader in the field of perovskite solar cells, recently announced a new, certified world record for its perovskite-based solar cell. Oxford PV’s 1cm2 perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell has achieved a 28% conversion efficiency, certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The achievement edges out Oxford PV’s own previous certified record of 27.3% efficiency for its perovskite-silicon solar cell, announced earlier in 2018.

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