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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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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The device harnesses the thermal energy generated by body heat.
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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: Energy
The proposed system will help prevent the onset of diabetes.
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Products: Materials
See what Hierarchical Surface Restructuring (HSR™) can do to an electrode.
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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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Technology Leaders: Energy
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: Energy
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: Wearables
The wireless patches power themselves with harvested energy.
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
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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R&D: Wearables
Researchers have fabricated tiny energy storage devices that can effectively power flexible and wearable skin sensors.
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Global Innovations: Energy
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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News: Transportation
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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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
iPS-M420S Industrial Power Storage
Advantech, Milpitas, CA, launched its iPS-M420S, a 420-Wh industrial power storage system with a lithium iron phosphate cell. This environmentally friendly and long-lifecycle, rechargeable battery provides substantial charge capacity, safety, and cost-efficiency. With its fanless design and IP67 DC output...

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Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
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Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.

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Inside Story: Selecting and Implementing Automation Solutions
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To find out more about selecting and implementing automation solutions, MDB recently spoke with Dave McMorrow, Technical Director, MMT Automation and Michael Wall, Technical Director, Somex Automation, an MMT company.

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