German research incubator Fraunhofer IPMS is working on a portable cuff that can be used to detect deep vein thrombosis (DVT) using ultrasound scanning from CMUTs – capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers. “They are considered to be the next generation of medical ultrasound sensors,” according to Fraunhofer. “The low-cost mass production of CMUTs makes them widely available. Their advantages, such as ...
A happy accident has revealed a way to stop electrostatic soft actuators from going limp. These actuators consists of a flat plastic bag of dielectric liquid with electrodes on opposite faces of the bag. Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems made a nimble leg from similar actuators in 2024 If a high potential difference is placed between the two ...
An intelligent patch for cardiac monitoring is amongst research projects built on flexible and stretchable PCBs from Würth Elektronik. There are two cardiac monitors, a mini version with three electrodes for short-term monitoring, and one with six electrodes for longer periods. “A completely new approach to integration was developed in this work,” according to Wurth. “It was based on a stretchable ...
Yokogawa’s European Calibration Laboratory in the Netherlands has achieved ISO 17025:2017 accreditation for power measurements at up to 100kHz – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is the ‘General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories’. It enables both Yokogawa’s laboratory and its customers to demonstrate that they operate competently and generate valid measurement results. Test reports and certificates can be accepted ...
The kitchen table, the pub and money are the ingredients for getting the European nanoelectronics industry to thrive, Ben Verwaayen, former CEO of BT and Alcatel Lucent, told the European Nanoelectronics Forum 2014 in Cannes this morning.
Partners in the European NeuroProbes programme have created a probe that can record and stimulate single neurons in the brain. "To discriminate single neurons in the brain, the recording electrode should be positioned very close...
2009 will turn out to be one of the worst years in European semiconductor distribution for the last 20 years, according to DMASS (Distributors' and Manufacturers' Association of Semiconductor Specialists).
'The new office will enable better service to current and future customers with products manufactured at Fab 12i, UMC's Singapore-based 300mm fab', says a UMC company statement, 'the office will be officially opened and ready to serve customers effective August 1, 2009. '
Philip Harrison, a Chartered and European patent attorney at the European patent and trademark attorneys Venner Shipley, considers the reaction of the UK IP Office to the Symbian software patent ruling.
Current economic challenges make R&D all the more important. "We are in one of the most difficult crises the industry has faced," Alain Dutheil, CEO of ST-NXP Wireless and chairman of the European R&D programme AENEAS, told the European Nanoelectronics Forum 2008 in Paris this morning.
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