Imec, a leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies from Leuven, Belgium, announced at its Imec Technology Forum (ITF) health event, that is has designed and fabricated a demonstrator of a neural probe with unprecedented electrode density within the framework Neuroseeker, a large-scale EU-project. Designed and fabricated in silicon chip technology, the probe is suitable for breakthrough bio-interfaces and implants that are expected to shape the future of neuroscience. With hundreds of electrodes capable of contacting and reading out single neurons, this probe incorporates innovations that point the way to a better understanding of the brain, and ultimately will lead to diagnostic and prosthetic tools to tackle human brain diseases.
InPrint 2017, the Exhibition for Industrial Print Technology, will be held from 14 - 16 November 2017 at the Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany. This year, the show presents the Innovation Awards sponsored by Ricoh, to reward product innovations in two categories. With the new Innovation Awards, InPrint 2017 will acknowledge the progression within the industry and will award innovative and forward-thinking entrepreneurship.
Thin Film Electronics ASA (Oslo, Norway), a global leader in NFC mobile marketing and smart packaging solutions, announced that GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has commercially deployed Thinfilm’s unique SpeedTap tags to create interactive ‘smart’ shelves for enhanced communication with consumers at time of purchase decision-making.