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Canatu further invests in the automotive sector with its collaboration with DENSO (photo: Canatu)

Canatu signs licensing agreement with DENSO

Tuesday 18 December 2018
Companies / Markets

Canatu from Finland has announced a licensing agreement with the DENSO Corporation. This non-exclusive licensing agreement consists of Canatu CNB film manufacturing for heaters used in, for example, autonomous cars. The joint development and manufacturing both in Finland and Japan serves the customers of Canatu and the DENSO Corporation.

Although non-invasive sensing platforms are already prevalent in the marketplace to monitor and log health and lifestyle data, existing wearable models carry drawbacks, with their connection to the body via straps and similar fastenings failing to maintai

CPI supporting BodySense Project to develop smart devices

Monday 17 December 2018
Companies / Markets

The UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is part of a collaboration aiming to improve the performance of smart devices used to capture real-time health and lifestyle data. Working with a number of partners on the BodySense project, CPI is supporting the development of next generation multi-functional sensing devices.

Sustainability will be a major topic of innoLAE 2019 (photo: innoLAE)

OE-A presents its initiative on sustainability at innoLAE 2019

Thursday 13 December 2018
Exhibitions / Events

The 5th annual Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2019) will be held at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre, Cambridge, UK on 22-23 January 2019. The conference programme highlights the most innovative and exciting aspects of large-area electronics (LAE), a new way of making electronics that includes printable, flexible, plastic, organic and bio electronics.

VTT launches an incubator to accelerate industrial renewal

Wednesday 12 December 2018
Companies / Markets

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland launches a deep-tech incubator to create game-changing start-ups with strong scientific foundation. VTT LaunchPad brings solutions to life at accelerated rate by bringing together VTT-based research and the best business minds.

A flexible lightweight solar panel from Midsummer (photo: Midsummer)

Midsummer proves minimal carbon footprint of its thin film solar cell production process

Tuesday 11 December 2018
Companies / Markets

A new study commissioned by the solar energy technology leader Midsummer (Stockholm, Sweden) shows that the company’s proprietary flexible CIGS thin film solar module manufacturing process is much more environmentally friendly than other solar module production processes like e.g. for silicon modules.