Remotely control devices with magnetic skin
05 December, 2019Researchers have developed a novel magnetic skin that can remotely control switches and keyboards with the wave of a hand or the blink of an eye.
Shape-changing electronics for wearable applications
20 November, 2019A research team has developed a multifunctional electronic platform that can mechanically transform its shape, flexibility and stretchability.
Silver nanowires offer transparency
08 November, 2019Researchers have developed a submicrometre-thin mesh of silver nanowires that are transparent to light, highly electrically conductive, flexible, stretchable and simple to make.
Creating conductive yarn for functional fabric
04 November, 2019Researchers have developed a way to coat cellulose yarn with flakes of a conductive, two-dimensional material, to imbue it with the conductivity and durability it needs to be knitted into functional fabrics.
Printed electronics: the defining trends in 2019
16 October, 2019 by Raghu Das, CEOThe printed electronics industry has been quietly refocusing over the last few years, with players seeking specific opportunities where the technology adds strong value for the application.
Self-folding soft robots inspired by origami
16 September, 2019US researchers have developed soft robotic systems, inspired by origami, that can move and change shape in response to external stimuli.
Transistors and other devices made entirely from thread
04 September, 2019The fully flexible electronic devices could enable a wide range of applications that conform to different shapes and allow free movement without compromising function.
Artificial muscles created for soft robotics
29 August, 2019Researchers have developed an ultrathin, artificial muscle for soft robotics, demonstrated via a robotic blooming flower brooch, dancing robotic butterflies and fluttering tree leaves on a kinetic art piece.
Flexible sensors created on topographic surfaces
19 August, 2019Researchers have developed transfer-printing technology that uses hydrogel and nano ink to easily create high-performance sensors on flexible substrates of diverse shapes and structures.
Heat-free technology can print metal on flowers
06 August, 2019US researchers have developed heat-free technology that they claim can print conductive, metallic lines and traces on just about anything — from flowers to gelatin.
Reid Print Technologies printed electronics manufacturing
17 July, 2019Reid Print Technologies has the engineering and production capabilities required to develop, design, manufacture, assemble and supply flexible printed electronics such as smart flexible sensors.
Electronic skin could help people with disabilities
17 July, 2019Anusha Withana is developing a superthin, hyper-flexible sticky tape that can have electronic circuits printed onto it.
Manipulating superconductors to create new materials
28 May, 2019Physicists have found a way to manipulate superthin, wafer-like monolayers of superconductors such as graphene, thus changing the material's properties to create new artificial materials for future devices.
Washable, wearable batteries could be woven into clothes
27 May, 2019Graphene and other related materials can be directly incorporated into fabrics to produce charge storage elements such as capacitors, paving the way to textile-based power supplies.
Flexible circuits created through 3D printing
01 May, 2019German researchers have developed a process suitable for 3D printing that can be used to produce transparent and mechanically flexible electronic circuits.
