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Davor Sutija, CEO of Thinfilm (photo: Thinfilm)

Thinfilm and Clause collaborate to deliver NFC technology to blockchain smart legal contracts

Monday 20 August 2018
Companies / Markets

Thin Film Electronics (Oslo, Norway), a global leader in NFC mobile marketing solutions, collaborates with Clause, a provider of “smart” legal contracting technology based in New York City. Through the collaboration, Clause and Thinfilm will use NFC to facilitate the pairing of physical goods to digital contracts through the tap of a smartphone.

An IMSE solution from TactoTek (photo: TactoTek)

TactoTek expands Americas market presence with Mexican sales and business development

Thursday 09 August 2018
Companies / Markets

TactoTek (Oulu, Finland), a leading developer of injection moulded structural electronics (IMSE) solutions, recently announced the opening of sales and business development operations in Mexico with representatives in Monterrey and San Luis Potosí —hotbeds of electronics design and manufacturing for global market leaders in automotive, home appliances, medical equipment and other markets.

The Centre for Process Innovation is part of a consortium to improve airtight bonding in OLED lighting for aerospace and defence applications (photo: CPI)

CPI: Consortium work to improve airtight bonding in OLED lighting

Wednesday 08 August 2018
Companies / Markets

The UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is working as part of a consortium to improve airtight bonding in OLED lighting for aerospace and defence applications. CPI is working on the project with lead partner Oxford Lasers Limited, alongside Glass Technology Services Ltd, Coherent Scotland Limited, Heriot Watt University, Gooch & Housego Limited, and Leonardo MW Limited.

Artificial intelligence is set to revolutionise the world of technology (photo: pixabay.com)

Applied Materials team selected by DARPA to develop advanced technology for artificial intelligence

Thursday 02 August 2018
Companies / Markets

Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) recently announced it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a new type of electronic switch for artificial intelligence that mimics the way the human brain works to enable dramatic improvements in performance and power efficiency. The project is being supported by DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative, a multi-year research effort intended to achieve far-reaching improvements in electronics performance well beyond the limits of traditional Moore’s Law scaling.

VTT aims to take the accuracy of wearable activity trackers to a new level

Tuesday 31 July 2018
Companies / Markets

With the explosion in popularity of wearable activity trackers in recent years, people have access to a huge variety of stats and analysis tools to help them set personal goals and track their performance. But there is a problem: many of these devices are way off the mark when it comes to accuracy. According to the experts at the Finnish research centre VTT, the answer to this challenge lies in the algorithms that form the backbone of the software in these devices; improve the number crunching and you can provide users with a smart solution that not only accurately tracks activity, but also learns as it goes along.