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December 2010

Rapid growth for robotics in healthcare

1 December 2010
Robot Suit HAL, developed and manufactured by the Japanese company Cyberdyne, was on show at the Bayer MaterialScience stand during the recent K 2010 plastics fair in Dusseldorf.
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The medium is the electronic message

1 December 2010
Following its role in the provision of New York's first 100% eco-powered billboard in Times Square - scheduled to light up for the first time this month - fabric signage specialist Cooley is forming a
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Teijin targets significant HP-PE share

1 December 2010
Teijin is to enter the high-performance polyethylene (HP-PE) fibres and tapes market and aims to claim a 15-20% share of it by 2015.
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Smart fabrics potential outlined at 100th Centenary Textile Institute conference

1 December 2010
Integrated textiles and electronics is an industry already estimated to be worth more than $1 billion annually, Professor Xia-ming Tao, of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said in her keynote addess
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AmSafe on sixty airlines

1 December 2010
The AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag is now employed on approximately 35,000 seats on planes operated by over 60 airlines worldwide, its manufacturer, based in Phoenix, Arizona, reports.
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Smart showcase in Santa Clara

1 December 2010
The Printed Electronics USA (PEUSA) 2010 exhibition featured the latest innovations from textiles companies using printed electronics.
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A new nanofibre force to be reckoned with

1 December 2010
The first results of work at University of Texas-Pan American employing the Forcespinning system to fabricate polymeric nanofibres and metallic nanowires have been published and prove the many advanta
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New lithium ion separator from Japan Vilene

1 December 2010
Japan Vilene has developed a new highly heat resistant nonwoven separator for lithium ion batteries.
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Smart Fabrics 2011

1 December 2010
The 7th annual Smart Fabrics conference will take place on 4-6 April 2011 at the Hotel Russell in London, UK.
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Government backing for wearable ink developers

1 December 2010
A new UK start-up, which is commercialising a unique conductive ink created by postgraduates at London's Royal College of Art, has been awarded GBP100,000 from the UK's Technology Strategy Board to de
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Symposium reflects new markets for coating

1 December 2010
Coatema recently held its 11th symposium at its R&D centre in Dormagen, Germany, featuring talks on many areas of coating and printing technology, and hands-on demonstrations from the company's R&
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