SPARTACUS: Smart sensors for future fast charging


Companies / Markets

The SPARTACUS research project as part of the EU research initiative BATTERY 2030+ has now been running for around a year. The project has successfully mastered the first milestones and project goals. On the way to sensor-based optimisation of charging times, range and service life for lithium-ion batteries, the SPARTACUS project team has worked on a number of partial aspects over the past 12 months. Now the individual components can be combined into a complete system.

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Identiv delivers NFC-enabled smart packaging for OTACA Tequila


Products

Identiv, Inc. (Fremont, California) recently announced a collaboration with OTACA Tequila, expanding smart packaging innovations with near field communication (NFC)-enabled authentication, product provenance and transparency, customer loyalty, and brand awareness. Identiv’s high-class NFC transponders connect consumers and brands into an Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem where consumer engagement is present in each digital touchpoint.

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E Ink Spectra 3100 enters the transportation and retail markets


Products

E Ink (Billerica, Massachusetts), a pioneer and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, recently announced that it has partnered with TPV Technology, the world's leading manufacturer of PC monitors and LCD TVs, to bring the first 25.3 inch E Ink Spectra 3100 display to the transportation and smart retail markets. In April 2021, the two companies launched a 7.3-inch eTable sign with E Ink Spectra 3100 technology and have now expanded their partnership with the 25.3-inch four-colour ePaper signage.

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Schreiner ProTech: Wound healing with plasma


Products

Be it in the mobility, healthcare or packaging sector: Printed electronics are suitable for a wide range of uses. Compared to conventional, rigid solutions, printed electronics are flat, flexible and lightweight. As a result, they can be optimally adapted to diverse applications. Printed electronics are even utilised in wound healing. For Coldplasmatech GmbH’s plasma therapy, Schreiner ProTech has recently developed a new EIF (Electronics in Film) product that’s an essential component of the company’s PlasmaPatch or CPTpatch.

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Samsung to deliver pre-show keynote at CES 2022


Exhibitions / Events

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) recently announced that Jong-Hee (JH) Han, president of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics, will deliver the pre-show keynote address at CES 2022, the world’s most influential technology event. Han’s keynote address will take place on Tuesday, 4 January at 6:30 PM in the Venetian’s Palazzo Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.

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