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R&D: Energy
Researchers have developed a new method to pull moisture from the air and turn that water into electricity. The paper-based wearable device provides sustained high-efficiency power output through moisture capture. Read on to learn more about it.
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News: Energy
Raumedic AG, Helmbrechts, Germany, has published its first sustainability report based on the internationally recognized standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The report relates to the...
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Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In reshaping the world toward a new, post-pandemic normal, the industry must leverage digital transformation at an accelerated pace. This shift is already happening — according to IBM,...
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R&D: Medical
New nanotechnology has many potential applications, including harvesting clean energy to operate devices implanted in the body through the body’s natural movements.
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R&D: Medical
A team used liquid gallium to test an antiviral and antimicrobial on a range of fabrics, including facemasks.
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Briefs: Energy
Flexible thermoelectric generators could be a useful way to make carbon "green."
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R&D: Energy
When placed over a fracture, the device generates electricity from movement, accelerating bone healing.
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R&D: Medical
The proposed system will help prevent the onset of diabetes.
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Global Innovations: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The miniaturization of microelectronic sensor technology, microelectronic robots, and intravascular implants is progressing rapidly. However, it also poses major challenges for...
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Products: Energy
See what Hierarchical Surface Restructuring (HSR™) can do to an electrode.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Glucometer designs available on the market today are costly, large, and power inefficient. See how GreenPAK offers an upgrade.
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R&D: Design
The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself.
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
Researchers report the design and fabrication of single-wall carbon nanotube thermoelectric devices on flexible polyimide substrates as a basis for wearable energy converters.
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
An innovative system may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The wireless patches power themselves with harvested energy.
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R&D: Medical
A flexible heat harvesting device shows better efficiency at retaining heat to power the device.
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Global Innovations: Energy
EPFL researchers have developed a new type of retinal implant for people who have become blind due to the loss of photoreceptor cells in their retinas.
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INSIDER: Medical
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) has selected five projects to identify ways to use...
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News: Wearables
A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, has been developed and patented...
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Global Innovations: Materials
Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a highly flexible, high-energy textile lithium battery that offers more stable, durable, and safe energy...
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R&D: Energy
Researchers have created highly stretchable supercapacitors for powering wearable electronics. The newly developed supercapacitor has demonstrated solid performance and stability, even when it is stretched to 800...
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The ‘Create the Future’ Design Contest is Open for Entries
Have a product design idea? The "Create the Future" Design Contest is now open for submissions until July 2, 2018.
INSIDER: Energy
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics.
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Global Innovations: Energy
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan www.oist.jp Transforming liquids into gels plays an important role in many industries, including cosmetics, medicine,...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Compliance West, San Diego, CA, which manufactures custom hipot and surge testers, introduces the D5-P medical tester, specifically designed to conduct the energy reduction test in IEC 60601 Third Edition...
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INSIDER: Medical
Nanotech Research Centers on Health Monitoring
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, will lead a national nanotechnology research effort to create self-powered medical monitoring devices to help people monitor their own health. The National Science Foundation Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of...

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