The key to optimal patient diagnostics and lower healthcare costs lies in the early detection of diseases. Excellent image quality plays an essential role. TNO at Holst Centre and Siemens Healthineers have demonstrated a new generation of direct-conversion X-ray detectors, based on ultra-sensitive perovskite materials, that significantly boost resolution while simultaneously reducing the X-ray dose.
Imagine your car starting the moment you get in because it recognises the jacket you’re wearing. Consider the value of a hospital gown that continuously measures and transmits a patient’s vital signs. These are just two applications made possible by a new “body area network” -enabling fabric invented by engineers at the University of California, Irvine.
Unique components should lend themselves to unique identification, allocation and tracking across their entire lifecycles for maintenance and other relevant purposes. Corporations like Siemens AG rely on RFID labels from Schreiner ProTech (Oberschleißheim, Germany) in automation projects of their customers in the automotive supplier industry.
