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New Wireless Charging System Offers a More Convenient Design for Consumer Use

A new wireless charging system can charge devices placed anywhere within a ring around it. Existing systems transfer power in a specific direction or to a specific position. By providing a donut-shaped charging field, the new system offers a more convenient and reliable design for consumer use.

7 Mar 2022

Scientists Inspired by Leaves to Create Biofabricated Cell Delivery Device

In an article published in the open-access journal Bioprinting, researchers developed a leaf-like channeled device for cell delivery using 3D-bioprinting and computer-aided design (CAD) software and simulated the fluid flow through the channels.

4 Mar 2022

Gold Layer Improves the Inner Workings of Watches

A new method that improves the functioning and resistance of the key parts of a watch movement.

From CSEM 4 Mar 2022

Rail Vehicle Revolution for Tomorrow’s Transport Networks

TRB Lightweight Structures is delighted to be part of the team behind Revolution VLR (Very Light Rail), an innovative passenger vehicle designed to simplify extension of existing rail networks and allow the reopening of historical lines.

From TRB Lightweight Structures Ltd 3 Mar 2022

CSEM Inventor Award Goes to an Invention that Can Double the Battery Life of Bluetooth Earbuds

The first CSEM Inventor Award has been given to Dr. Franz Xaver Pengg for a remarkable invention that he developed and patented at CSEM.

From CSEM 3 Mar 2022

Ulbrich Enhances Braid Wire Accelerator® with E-Commerce to Fast-Track Medical Device Development

Ulbrich is pleased to announce the launch of an easy-to-browse e-commerce solution that enhances their Braid Wire Accelerator® program. The online store makes it easier for medical device manufacturers to source the braid wire materials they need.

From Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. 1 Mar 2022

A Potential Breakthrough for Production of Superior Battery Technology

Micro supercapacitors could revolutionise the way we use batteries by increasing their lifespan and enabling extremely fast charging. Manufacturers of everything from smartphones to electric cars are therefore investing heavily into research and development of these electronic components.

28 Feb 2022

Bioinspired Design of Autonomous Self-Drilling Seed Carriers

In a pre-print article posted to the server Research Square in submission to the journal Nature Portfolio, the researchers reported the aerial seeding with superior success rates using autonomous self-drilling seed carriers.

23 Feb 2022

Specialized Printing Could Carve Out Niche in “e-Clothing”

At Case Western Reserve University, researchers have come up with an affordable means to change an ordinary shirt into an electronic smart shirt.

18 Feb 2022

Experts Use Solar Cells for High-Speed Underwater Wireless Communication

While solar cells are normally used to convert light into electricity, researchers have demonstrated that they may also be utilized to produce high-speed underwater wireless optical communication. The novel method, which relied on a network of series-connected solar cells as detectors, could provide a low-cost, low-energy mechanism to send data underwater.

17 Feb 2022

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