Printed electronics has been used for many years in applications such as the printing of conductors for membrane keypads, car windscreen heaters, antennas, electrodes for glucose sensors, bus bars of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Molitch-Hou is an additive manufacturing analyst. This article is more than 3 years old. Semiconductor packaging examples ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. Stratasys and Optomec Inc. today announced that the companies have ...

From individuals with disabilities to elite athletes, lead researcher Hong Yeo hopes his technology will change life for people with mobility issues.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Dec. 2, 2013) -- As researchers at Picatinny Arsenal explore the potential of 3-dimensional printing, they envision the potential to embed a radio antenna on the side of a ...

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers used a customized, low-cost 3-D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time. The technology could be used by soldiers on the battlefield ...

Geckos are masters at sticking to surfaces of all kinds and easily unsticking themselves. Inspired by these lizards, a team of engineers has developed a reversible adhesion method for printing ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new way to 3D print electronics directly onto skin for the first time. The groundbreaking technology could also be used to ...

Various research institutes have already developed skin-applied electronics, that are pre-made and simply adhered to the user's body. Researchers at the University of Minnesota, however, have taken a ...

ThinFilm Electronics says it has assembled the pieces for a simple printed-on-plastic computing device with processing power, memory, and display that will enable "smart objects" and an Internet of ...

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