Diagnosing our ills remotely
In an interview with OPE journal, Matti Mäntysalo, adjunct professor at the Finnish-based Tampere University of Technology, talks about the importance of printed electronics in the future of healthcare

Monitoring biological systems
Swiss-based CSEM has combined printing and thermoforming in order to develop disposable, low cost cartridges for point-of-care analysis applications

Relieving the pressure
Wearable electronics could lead to better MRI Imaging for babies and newborns

Surface biofunctionalisation using printing technologies
Dr Ingo Wirth, project manager functional printing at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) presents his latest research on sensors for medical diagnostics

The positive influence of light on healthcare and well-being
InovisCoat cooperates with The Research Institute for Textile and Clothing (FTB) in order to develop lighting textiles for medical applications

Maintaining a firm stance
The EU-funded WIISEL project has come up with wireless insoles for elderly people that are capable of assessing the fall risks of their users

Let there be light
VTT has developed a large surface light-emitting plastic film

Smart objects become real
PragmatIC secures major investment from Cambridge Innovation for the strategic funding of flexible integrated circuits

Widening the widths
The XENON Corporation has introduced a
roll-to-roll sintering system for printed electronics

Innovative inks
In an interview with OPE journal Dr Fernando de la Vega, CEO of Israel-based PV Nano Cell, talks about his company’s nanometric conductive inks that are reported to accelerate the adoption of printed electronics

‘Gold rush atmosphere’ in Munich
A sentiment that the industry had reached its coming-of-age will ensure that LOPEC 2015 will be remembered as a success story

Mildner‘s column

Blooming electricity
Konica Minolta has supplied thousands of flexible OLED lighting panels to a Japanese tulips festival