CERADROP, an MGI Group company based in Limoges, France, expands its horizon and welcomes its new customer and partner – The Tampere University of Technology. TUT is located in Tampere, Finland, the Nordic countries’ largest inland city, and conducts research in the fields of technology and architecture.
At the imec technology forum Japan (ITF Japan 2018), imec (Leuven, Belgium), a leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, the Ghent University (UGent), and contact lens manufacturer SEED Co., Ltd. announced that they have developed a contact lens with an integrated LED light, including an ultra-thin silicon microchip, radio‐frequency (RF) antenna for wireless energy transfer, and stretchable thin‐film interconnections. Different from the traditional contact lens-type wearable devices made of non-water-containing material, this novel device is made of hydrogel-based material.
Thin Film Electronics ASA (Oslo, Norway), a leader in NFC mobile marketing solutions, has recently received the IDTechEx Technical Development in Manufacturing award in recognition of its pioneering roll-to-roll printed electronics fab in San José, California.
