along with network sensors, actuators, and other industrial machines and equipment. Moreover, the new white paper from AIS provides an in depth overview of the latest trends and developments of the new emerging technologies.
Some technology trends which are expected to have a huge impact on IIOT evolution are IPV6, sensor proliferation, cloud computing, Big data,
%Using sensors, analytics and real-time data helps industrial automation companies anticipate failures and respond more quickly to critical situations
which converts video images from a miniature video camera worn on his glasses. He can now make out the direction of white lines on a computer screen using the retinal implant.
The images are converted into electrical pulses and transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes attached to the retina.
The electrodes stimulate the remaining retina's remaining cells which send the information to the brain.
The team has been able to convert the mobile phone into a sensitive E-coli or giardia detector,
The research, ield-Portable Smartphone Microscopy Platform for Wide-field Imaging and Sizing of Single DNA Molecules, was presented at the Optical Society Conference on Laser and Electro optics (CLEO) 2015 h
In the mathematical model, the theoretical robot was equipped with sensors and a miniature microscope to measure the color of bacteria telling it where
illuminates the ELISA plate with an array of light-emitting diodes. The light projects through each well and is collected by 96 individual plastic optical fibers in the attachment.
#Scientists made a major breakthrough in 3d-printed electronics that will keep you from ever drinking spoiled milk again Researchers have used 3d printing to develop a sensor that can be placed inside a carton of milk to detect
This represents a breakthrough in terms of three dimensional printing of electronic circuits. Polymers are poor conductors of electricity
whereas flat plates made for useful capacitors. The basis of this led to the production of the sensor cap for milk cartons.
The sensor functioned by detecting an increase in level of electrical signal as would be accompanied by a growth in bacterial population.
When this occurs a signal can be sent wirelessly. Sung-Yueh Wuuc Berkeley engineers created a mart capusing 3d-printed plastic with embedded electronics to wirelessly monitor the freshness of milk.
The sensor was tested on various cartons of milk, some held at room temperature and some in a refrigerator.
It was found that the cartons kept at room temperature produced the electrical signal far earlier
"The study was conducted at UC Berkeley (the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center) together with Taiwan's National Chiao tung University.
The research has been published in the journal Microsystems & Nanoengineering, in an article headed"3d-printed microelectronics for integrated circuitry and passive wireless sensors. e
where they lit up more than 300 LED streetlights at two different sites. Their plant power technology is also being used to power the company headquarters in Wageningen.
By providing an electrode for the microorganisms to donate their electrons to the electrons can be harvested as electricity.
said spokesman Luca Gamberini. e also have a sensor panel with live data feed from the lab biosphere so all data is live on the internet and accessible to anyone. c
The electronic signals are sent wirelessly on to an array of electrodes placed over the damaged cells at the back of the retina.
Freight Farms transforms shipping containers into self-contained farms that grow fresh produce using LEDS and hydroponics,
and converts it to electrical energy reportedly enough to power a small electronic device, like a wearable.
An electrode is needed in order to harvest the current, so the research team installed a 50nm-thick gold film to get the job done.
a finger-tap on the device was able to generate enough current to power 12 commercial LEDS.
this type of generator could remove the need for batteries in certain mobile devices your smartwatch
by means of a roll-on coating consisting of a honeycomb of electrodes (see bottom right image).
whereby opaque, charged particles (approx. 1 micron in size) are attracted to electrodes that posses an opposite charge.
Thus the electric field created between the two electrodes causes the flow of these particles back and forth.
The interaction of incoming light with each electrophoretic pixel (two electrodes) depends on the position of the particles relative to these electrodes,
In reference to these, the device uses electrophoresis to attract charged color particles to the top transparent electrode to preadtheir color,
which are adjacent to the electrode. The device is filled with dual-colour, dual-particle colloidal dispersion inks.
It is common in e-ink displays to use sub-pixels (i e. multiple electrodes to do some fancy charged transport),
They use three electrodes and by altering the applied voltages between them all, many color states are created during operation,
which is the same technology used to pattern microchips and is very expensive. But the design here can be integrated with HP roll-to-roll micro-patterning technique, a much cheaper and large scale alternative.
along with cameras and sensors that monitor the plants bunches of basil (used to make Liguria's iconic pesto sauce) growing either in hydroponics or in soil.
Light emitting diodes (LEDS) are now everywhere from consumer electronics like smart phones to light bulbs for home lighting.
The key to its success in replicating a sunny sky uses nanostructured materials to scatter light from LEDS in the same way tiny particles scatter sunlight in the atmosphere so-called Rayleigh scattering.
Illuminating research Only recently has the full utility of LEDS been realized for general lighting. While red and green LEDS had been in commercial use for more than a decade,
the missing color for producing white light was blue. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura cracked the blue conundrum in the early 1990s.
Now, thanks to their work, white light LEDS are ubiquitous. In recognition of this energy saving invention, they received the Nobel prize in Physics last year.
Take LEDS for example. Research in blue LEDS started more than 40 years ago at Radio Corporation of America,
but changes in the company funding structure stymied their development for two decades until last year Nobel prize winners solved the materials problem
That such nanostructures could even be made is because of the decades-long investment by the electronics industry in developing nanofabrication tools to make the tiny components in computers.
#Researchers develop a semiconductor chip made almost entirely of wood Portable electronics-typically made of nonrenewable,
In an effort to alleviate the environmental burden of electronic devices, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has collaborated with researchers in the Madison-based U s. Department of agriculture Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) to develop a surprising solution:
a semiconductor chip made almost entirely of wood. The research team, led by UW-Madison electrical
and computer engineering professor Zhenqiang"Jack"Ma, described the new device in a paper published May 26, 2015 by the journal Nature Communications("High-performance green flexible electronics based on biodegradable
or support layer, of a computer chip, with cellulose nanofibril (CNF), a flexible, biodegradable material made from wood."
"The majority of material in a chip is support. We only use less than a couple of micrometers for everything else,
"Now the chips are so safe you can put them in the forest and fungus will degrade it.
"Working with Shaoqin"Sarah"Gong, a UW-Madison professor of biomedical engineering, Cai's group addressed two key barriers to using wood-derived materials in an electronics setting:
CNF offers many benefits over current chip substrates, she says.""The advantage of CNF over other polymers is that it's a bio-based material and most other polymers are based petroleum polymers.
"The group's work also demonstrates a more environmentally friendly process that showed performance similar to existing chips.
The majority of today's wireless devices use gallium arsenide-based microwave chips due to their superior high-frequency operation and power handling capabilities.
However, gallium arsenide can be environmentally toxic, particularly in the massive quantities of discarded wireless electronics.
"I've made 1, 500 gallium arsenide transistors in a 5-by-6 millimeter chip. Typically for a microwave chip that size,
there are only eight to 40 transistors. The rest of the area is wasted just, "he says."
and make a completely functional circuit with performance comparable to existing chips.""While the biodegradability of these materials will have a positive impact on the environment,
Ma says the flexibility of the technology can lead to widespread adoption of these electronic chips."
"Mass-producing current semiconductor chips is so cheap, and it may take time for the industry to adapt to our design,
"But flexible electronics are the future, and we think we're going to be well ahead of the curve
2015stanford engineers find a simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds: Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data;
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in animals with atherosclerosis June 23rd, 2015toward tiny, solar-powered sensors: New ultralow-power circuit improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent June 23rd,
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"Electromagnetic metamaterials are revolutionizing imaging and sensor technologies. Since the initial demonstration these systems have advanced already to practical applications."#
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#An easy, scalable and direct method for synthesizing graphene in silicon microelectronics: Korean researchers grow 4-inch diameter, high-quality, multi-layer graphene on desired silicon substrates,
an important step for harnessing graphene in commercial silicon microelectronics Abstract: In the last decade, graphene has been studied intensively for its unique optical, mechanical, electrical and structural properties.
The one-atom-thick carbon sheets could revolutionize the way electronic devices are manufactured and lead to faster transistors, cheaper solar cells, new types of sensors and more efficient bioelectric sensory devices.
As a potential contact electrode and interconnection material, wafer-scale graphene could be an essential component in microelectronic circuits,
but most graphene fabrication methods are not compatible with silicon microelectronics, thus blocking graphene's leap from potential wonder material to actual profit-maker.
Now researchers from Korea University in Seoul, have developed an easy and microelectronics-compatible method to grow graphene
and have synthesized successfully wafer-scale (four inches in diameter), high-quality, multi-layer graphene on silicon substrates.
which ions are accelerated under an electrical field and smashed into a semiconductor. The impacting ions change the physical, chemical or electrical properties of the semiconductor.
In a paper published this week in the journal Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing,
which takes graphene a step closer to commercial applications in silicon microelectronics.""For integrating graphene into advanced silicon microelectronics, large-area graphene free of wrinkles, tears and residues must be deposited on silicon wafers at low temperatures,
which cannot be achieved with conventional graphene synthesis techniques as they often require high temperatures, "said Jihyun Kim, the team leader and a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological engineering at Korea University."
"Our work shows that the carbon ion implantation technique has great potential for the direct synthesis of wafer-scale graphene for integrated circuit technologies."
Graphene's unique optical, mechanical and electrical properties have lead to the one-atom-thick form of carbon being heralded as the next generation material for faster, smaller, cheaper and less power-hungry electronics."
"In silicon microelectronics, graphene is a potential contact electrode and an interconnection material linking semiconductor devices to form the desired electrical circuits,
the method is suited not for silicon microelectronics, as chemical vapor deposition would require a high growth temperature above 1,
"Thus, we are motivated to develop a transfer-free method to directly synthesize high quality, multilayer graphene in silicon microelectronics."
a microelectronics-compatible technique normally used to introduce impurities into semiconductors. In the process, carbon ions were accelerated under an electrical field
#Scientists print low cost radio frequency antenna with graphene ink (Nanowerk News) Scientists have moved graphene--the incredibly strong and conductive single-atom-thick sheet of carbon--a significant step along the path
Researchers from the University of Manchester, together with BGT Materials Limited, a graphene manufacturer in the United kingdom, have printed a radio frequency antenna using compressed graphene ink.
The antenna performed well enough to make it practical for use in radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and wireless sensors,
the antenna is flexible, environmentally friendly and could be cheaply mass-produced. The researchers present their results in the journal Applied Physics Letters,
said Zhirun Hu, a researcher in the School of Electrical and Electronic engineering at the University of Manchester."
which can be used to print circuits and other electronic components. Graphene ink is generally low cost and mechanically flexible
Paving the Way to Antennas, Wireless Sensors, and More The researchers tested their compressed graphene laminate by printing a graphene antenna onto a piece of paper.
The antenna measured approximately 14 centimeters long, and 3. 5 millimeter across and radiated radio frequency power effectively,
said Xianjun Huang, who is the first author of the paper and a Phd candidate in the Microwave and Communcations Group in the School of Electrical and Electronic engineering.
Printing electronics onto cheap, flexible materials like paper and plastic could mean that wireless technology,
like RFID tags that currently transmit identifying info on everything from cattle to car parts,
as well as sensors and wearable electronics s
#Hematite're-growth'smoothes rough edges for clean energy harvest (Nanowerk News) Finding an efficient solar water splitting method to mine electron-rich hydrogen for clean
In particular, finding effective ways to remove heat energy is vital to the continued miniaturization of electronics.
#Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards he Internet of thingsthe idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment,
and even livestock would have embedded their own sensors that report information directly to networked servers,
however, will require extremely low-power sensors that can run for months without battery changes or, even better,
this new chip can do both, and it can power the device directly from the battery.
All of those operations also share a single inductor the chip main electrical component which saves on circuit board space
the chip power consumption remains low. e still want to have battery-charging capability, and we still want to provide a regulated output voltage,
and we really want to do all these tasks with inductor sharing and see which operational mode is the best.
The prototype chip was manufactured through the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's University Shuttle Program. Ups and downs The circuit chief function is to regulate the voltages between the solar cell, the battery,
To control the current flow across their chip, El-Damak and her advisor, Anantha Chandrakasan,
the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor in Electrical engineering, use an inductor, which is a wire wound into a coil.
When a current passes through an inductor, it generates a magnetic field which in turn resists any change in the current.
Throwing switches in the inductor path causes it to alternately charge and discharge, so that the current flowing through it continuously ramps up
however, the switches in the inductor path need to be thrown immediately; otherwise, current could begin to flow through the circuit in the wrong direction,
El-Damak and Chandrakasan use an electrical component called a capacitor, which can store electrical charge.
The higher the current, the more rapidly the capacitor fills. When it full, the circuit stops charging the inductor.
The rate at which the current drops off however, depends on the output voltage, whose regulation is the very purpose of the chip.
Since that voltage is fixed, the variation in timing has to come from variation in capacitance.
El-Damak and Chandrakasan thus equip their chip with a bank of capacitors of different sizes.
As the current drops, it charges a subset of those capacitors, whose selection is determined by the solar cell voltage.
Once again, when the capacitor fills, the switches in the inductor path are flipped. n this technology space,
there usually a trend to lower efficiency as the power gets lower, because there a fixed amount of energy that consumed by doing the work,
who leads a power conversion development project as a fellow at the chip manufacturer Maxim Integrated. f youe only coming in with a small amount,
he adds. t really kind of a full system-on-a chip for power management. And that makes it a little more complicated
#Sensors and drones: hi-tech sentinels for crops (Nanowerk News) Sensors and drones can be among the farmers'best friends,
helping them to use less fertilizers and water, and to control the general condition of their crops.
the research centre CSP and four wine cooperatives are testing a decision support system (DSS) based on wireless sensor networks,
in charge of the DSS research at CSP, installing in the vineyard five sensors that control the temperature and the humidity of air and soil,
and sensors are channelled into the same database, says Molino, and it allows facts about different years to be compared.
These sensors give us several indexes, explains Sgrelli, such as the normalized difference vegetation index, also known as NDVI,
Connecting these results with those gathered by agronomists and sensors on the ground, the farmer can have a complete overview of
CSP, together with the Association Piattella Canavesana di Cortereggio"and the municipality of San Giorgio Canavese, started monitoring via sensors that control temperature and humidity at 10 and 40 centimetres underground,
which is the first of its kind, in a paper published May 6, 2015, in the journal Nano Energy("Single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerator for scavenging friction energy from rolling tires").
"The nanogenerator relies on an electrode integrated into a segment of the tire. When this part of the tire surface comes into contact with the ground,
During initial trials, Wang and his colleagues used a toy car with LED LIGHTS to demonstrate the concept.
They attached an electrode to the wheels of the car, and as it rolled across the ground,
the LED LIGHTS flashed on and off. The movement of electrons caused by friction was able to generate enough energy to power the lights
Thanks to their low weight, high energy density and slower loss of charge when not in use, LIBS have become the preferred choice for consumer electronics.
or explosion risk from LIBS used in consumer electronic devices. These types of batteries, in all of their different lithium-anode combinations, continue to be an essential part of modern consumer electronics
despite their poor track record at high temperatures. The Korean team tried a totally new approach in making the batteries.
but due to ever increasing demands from electronic devices to be lighter and more powerful, investigation of novel electrolytes is necessary in order.
where they create clothing that kills bacteria, conducts electricity, wards off malaria, captures harmful gas and weaves transistors into shirts and dresses.
The Hinestroza group has turned cotton fibers into electronic components such as transistors and thermistors so instead of adding electronics to fabrics,
he converts the fabric into an electronic component. Marcia Silva da Pinto, postdoctoral researcher, works on growing metal organic frameworks onto cotton samples to create a filtration system capable of capturing toxic gas,
as Juan Hinestroza looks on. Creating transistors and other components using cotton fibers brings a new perspective to the seamless integration of electronics
and textiles, enabling the creation of unique wearable electronic devices, Hinestroza said. Taking advantage of cottons irregular topography, Hinestroza and his students added conformal coatings of gold nanoparticles,
as well as semiconductive and conductive polymers to tailor the behavior of natural cotton fibers. The layers were so thin that the flexibility of the cotton fibers is preserved always
#An easy, scalable and direct method for synthesizing graphene in silicon microelectronics (Nanowerk News) In the last decade,
The one-atom-thick carbon sheets could revolutionize the way electronic devices are manufactured and lead to faster transistors, cheaper solar cells, new types of sensors and more efficient bioelectric sensory devices.
As a potential contact electrode and interconnection material, wafer-scale graphene could be an essential component in microelectronic circuits,
but most graphene fabrication methods are not compatible with silicon microelectronics, thus blocking graphene's leap from potential wonder material to actual profit-maker.
Now researchers from Korea University in Seoul, have developed an easy and microelectronics-compatible method to grow graphene
and have synthesized successfully wafer-scale (four inches in diameter), high-quality, multi-layer graphene on silicon substrates.
which ions are accelerated under an electrical field and smashed into a semiconductor. The impacting ions change the physical, chemical or electrical properties of the semiconductor.
In a paper published this week in the journal Applied Physics Letters("Wafer-scale synthesis of multi-layer graphene by high-temperature carbon ion implantation"),from AIP Publishing
which takes graphene a step closer to commercial applications in silicon microelectronics. Wafer-scale (4 inch in diameter) synthesis of multi-layer graphene using high-temperature carbon ion implantation on nickel/Sio2/silicon.
J. Kim/Korea University, Korea)" For integrating graphene into advanced silicon microelectronics, large-area graphene free of wrinkles, tears and residues must be deposited on silicon wafers at low temperatures,
"Our work shows that the carbon ion implantation technique has great potential for the direct synthesis of wafer-scale graphene for integrated circuit technologies."
Graphene's unique optical, mechanical and electrical properties have lead to the one-atom-thick form of carbon being heralded as the next generation material for faster, smaller, cheaper and less power-hungry electronics."
"In silicon microelectronics, graphene is a potential contact electrode and an interconnection material linking semiconductor devices to form the desired electrical circuits,
the method is suited not for silicon microelectronics, as chemical vapor deposition would require a high growth temperature above 1,
"Thus, we are motivated to develop a transfer-free method to directly synthesize high quality, multilayer graphene in silicon microelectronics."
a microelectronics-compatible technique normally used to introduce impurities into semiconductors. In the process, carbon ions were accelerated under an electrical field
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