SmartKem (Manchester, UK) has appointed Michael Hobson as its new head of quality as the company continues to make strides towards commercialising its organic thin film transistor (OTFT) technology for electronic display applications.
In the last few years several brands have experimented with NFC enabled smart packaging, but these trials have primarily been in low volume marketing campaigns. A significant reduction in cost is required to progress to high volume, mass market roll out.
One of the fastest growing technologies in the world is printed electronics with applications in consumer goods, healthcare, aerospace, electronics, etc. One such example with remarkable promises for the future of energy is printed solar cells.