The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP, which is based in Dresden, Germany, has teamed up with the Itzehoe-based Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology ISIT. The result of the cooperation is the successful development of flexible electrochemical biosensors on metallized film substrates.
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics, as well as tiny, drug-delivering reservoirs and channels.
The Korean-based electronics corporation LG Display Co. has announced a major investment in its P10 production line. The new construction of a display production plant costs approximately $8.7bn and includes capacities for the development of new, more efficient displays.