Assistant Professor Ippei Akita, who is leading the project, said, «
Using flexible device technology is a good solution to implement bio-compatible passive devices such as antennas or sensor electrodes.
Not exact matches
Use tools like AirMason to build an updated employee handbook that employees can access from any
device to guide
flexible work.
Dr Eric Topol talks with pioneering researcher John Rogers about how his
flexible electronic
devices are being
used in medicine and what further developments lie ahead.
This will include Dr James Stern from Albis discussing plastics in healthcare applications, Professor Alexander Seifalian of The London BioScience Innovation Centre covering the development of medical
devices using graphene nanomaterials and Lorna O'Gara from Ultrapolymers explaining polymer innovation in healthcare and inter-material replacement for
flexible applications.
She had also
used a
device that
uses suction to help her nipple protrude: a syringe with a soft,
flexible tip made of silicone.
The technique could also be
used to clean surfaces without harsh solvents, and could be adapted to peel films
used in ultrathin electronic
devices, such as solar panels,
flexible screens or wearable sensors.
In a four - hour operation at the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, the surgeons replaced part of the ankle joint with a
flexible plastic
device about the size of a clothespin, normally
used as an artificial joint in the big toes of humans.
«Given the technique's efficiency, direct writing capability, and scalability, we're optimistic that this can be
used to advance the development of
flexible, stretchable electronics
using silver nanowires — making these
devices practical from a manufacturing perspective,» Zhu says.
Because the new, smaller,
devices are
flexible and can be held in place with sutures, they also may have potential
uses in or around the bladder, stomach, intestines, heart or other organs, according to co-principal investigator John A. Rogers, PhD, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois.
«So we could
use it in the future by taking traditional speakers, which are big, bulky and
use a lot of power, and replacing them with this very
flexible, thin, small
device.»
Part of the excitement is that such
flexible piezoelectric crystals would make more sensitive detectors and could improve the resolution of medical
devices that
use ultrasound.
«We are just beginning to realize all of the innovative ways one can
use this atomically thin and
flexible building block to make new materials and
devices.»
The
flexible devices show potential for
use in wearable and next - generation electronics.
The newly - developed perovskite solar cell
device was fabricated
using solution processes, a process that involves the coating perovskite materials on a
flexible film.
Organic electronic
devices such as OLEDs and organic solar cells
use thin films of organic molecules for the electrically active materials, making
flexible and low - cost
devices possible.
Using these advances, solar panels can be thinner, lighter, cheaper, more
flexible and fundamentally more efficient than current
devices on the market.
The findings, which have been reported in Nature Communications, reveal that the h - BN layers form the strongest thin insulator available globally and the unique qualities of the material could be
used to create
flexible and almost unbreakable smart
devices, as well as scratch - proof paint for cars.
«New way to move atomically thin semiconductors for
use in
flexible devices.»
Although the teams
used different technologies for their
devices, each produced a
flexible grid of sensors capable of registering pressures of just a few kilopascals, corresponding to a light touch on human skin.
«The ultimate goal is to
use these atomic - layer semiconducting thin films to create
devices that are extremely
flexible, but to do that we need to transfer the thin films from the substrate we
used to make it to a
flexible substrate,» says Cao, who is senior author of a paper on the new transfer technique.
For example, by removing some of the oxygen from graphene oxide, the electrically insulating material can be rendered conductive, opening up prospects for
use in
flexible electronics, sensors, solar cells and biomedical
devices.
Ordonez, Hayashi, and a team of researchers from SSC Pacific, in collaboration with the University of Hawai ′ i at Mānoa, have been developing novel graphene
devices as part of a Navy Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE)- funded effort to imbue the Navy with inexpensive, lightweight,
flexible graphene - based
devices that can be
used as next - generation sensors and wearable
devices.
Scientists are working on
using flexible neural recording fibers in order to develop
devices that could help spinal cord injury or stroke sufferers regain their mobility.
Those additional functionalities could, for instance, be
used in medical implants or
devices incorporating
flexible electronics.
A strategy for assembly of electronic systems — especially the
flexible structures needed for high - performance
devices of the future —
uses integrated circuits as Lego - like building blocks.
Light - based
devices could be
used as biomedical sensors or as
flexible connectors for electronics.
Nanowires hold promise for
use in a variety of applications, including
flexible, stretchable and wearable electronic
devices.
The Android app makes it more
flexible, allowing members to
use their mobile
devices to check on their profile and activity.
As not all learners have access to the same
devices outside of class, app
use has to be
flexible and more of a suggestion than a mandate.
Using a robust LMS for extended enterprise, organizations provide a
flexible platform to meet varied learning needs anytime, anywhere and from any mobile
device..
A responsive school website (RWD), which is also referred to as a mobile - friendly website, detects the size and orientation of the site visitor's screen and
uses built - in,
flexible layouts to change the website view to match the
device.
By allowing
flexible characteristics in eBook formats, readers can have an enjoyable experience no matter what type of
device they are
using.
Plastic Logic says that this is the first time graphene has been
used in a transistor - based
flexible device.
The Digital Paper boasts a
flexible e-Ink display with both optical and active digitizer touchscreens, so owners can fiddle with the
device using their fingers but also an active stylus.
This
device is
using plastic
flexible display.
This is why you see
devices, like the Wexler Flex One
using LG's
flexible e-paper, being anything but
flexible.
Kolon's CPI technology is built
using a patented, high - heat - resistant material with the potential to revolutionize
flexible displays, organic light - emitting diodes (OLEDs), consumer
devices and other transparent
flexible electronics.
This is not the first
flexible ePaper display Sony's showcased, the company prototyping a while ago 4.8 - inch e-paper
device with organic TFTs (thin - film transistors) that
use the «PXX,» an organic semiconductor material stable to oxygen, moisture and light.
New
flexible display technology from Plastic Logic promises good things, too, however the main problem remains not how to display text, rather it is how to link different versions of the same text together for
use across
devices, because what we call «books» today are now available in many different contexts and interfaces.
The
flexible viewing angles are a perfect feature for the ThinkPad Tablet 2, especially when the
device is
used in tablet mode, as it allows user to be more
flexible with how they hold and view the
device.
I've long
used VoiceOver on my iOS
devices to get a TTS - like experience, but this is a little easier and more
flexible.
The facility of synchronizing the kindle with multiple
devices has made kindle more
flexible and perfect to
use.
Unlike typical glass silicon displays, the
flexible plastic substrates
used in the reader allow the
device to be both thinner, lighter and rugged.
Nonfiction books often
use tables to showcase information, but for the
flexible layout of an ebook, special formatting is required so the tables display correctly on all
devices.
Peruvemba says E Ink has helped about a dozen manufacturers of e-readers and other
devices create
flexible backplanes for
use with its
flexible display.
The Wexler Flex One ebook reader was the first
device to
use LG's
flexible epaper screen.
Other demos in the lab included
flexible strips that could potentially be
used in wearable
devices and a variety of mock - ups for new e-readers.
Sony has been
using E Ink displays since 2004, first with its e-reader
devices (it is still offering its large 13.3»
flexible E Ink based reader, but the smaller ones are no longer in production) and later with wearables and other unique products.
But since its
flexible nature mostly comes as a result of it being so thin, it also has the potential to slim down any
device it's
used in.
Hatchette's letter notes that «improvements in retailer systems and e-book platforms has led to more
flexible DRM which grants the consumer greater flexibility in their
use of purchased files, such as the ability to share across multiple
devices.»