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Evolon ready for print

1 November 2014
Freudenberg's Evolon microfilament nonwovens have been certified by Hewlett Packard for printing with HP latex inks.
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History in the making: 3D-printed carbon fibre car in 44 hours

1 November 2014
The new Strati car was 3D printed on-site by by Local Motors during the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago (September 8-13).
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Smart fabrics for sports fans

1 November 2014
Garmatex Technologies, based Vancouver, British Columbia, is entering a two year supplier agreement with New Era Cap, the brand best known for being the official on-field cap for Major League Baseball
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Kinetic alternative to wall chargers

1 November 2014
Sometimes, the simplest ideas can be the best.
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Sensors for early diagnosis

1 November 2014
Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology and the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Japan have developed a semiconductor-imaging biosensing system for analyzing blood and urine
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Coating of growth factors on tissue scaffold

1 November 2014
A new implantable tissue scaffold has been coated with bone growth factors that release slowly over time to induce the body to rapidly form new bone that looks and behaves just like original tissue.
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Cella teams up with Safran for aerospace

1 November 2014
UK company Cella Energy, which has developed technologies for safe and low-cost hydrogen storage involving nanofibres, has entered into a a joint venture with the French multi-national Safran - a comp
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Engineered porosity for bones

1 November 2014
Net-Shape-Nonwoven (NSN) technology allows short fibres to be precisely processed into three-dimensional structures and as such is suitable for applications in tissue engineering.
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Paint-on bandage for wound monitoring

1 November 2014
When the skin is burnt or otherwise injured, part of the body's healing process involves boosting oxygen levels in the damaged tissue.
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New plant batteries from old ones

1 November 2014
Thanks to their high energy content, lithium-ion batteries are highly promising for various products - not least, electric vehicles or large-scale energy storage in the electricity grid - in the futur
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Graphene for stretchable supercapacitors

1 November 2014
Crumpling a piece of graphene 'paper' - formed by bonding together layers of the two-dimensional form of carbon - can yield new properties that could be useful for creating extremely stretchable super
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Capturing kinetics: Pedestrian power

1 November 2014
Brazilian football legend Pele recently opened a first-of-its-kind player-powered community football pitch in the heart of a Rio de Janeiro favela.
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Much stronger fabric circuit boards

1 November 2014
A digital knitting machine has been employed by a team at Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Institute of Textiles and Clothing to produce advanced fabric circuit boards (FCBs).
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Wearable relaxation through neuroscience

1 November 2014

A new company based in Los Gatos, California, is aiming to develop an entirely new category of wearable products based on advanced neuroscience.

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Antibacterial wound dressing

1 November 2014
An antibacterial wound dressing has been developed by ConvaTec and is disclosed in US Patent 8 828 424.
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Drape for percutaneous procedures in the neck and upper chest

1 November 2014
A surgical drape for percutaneous procedures in the neck and upper chest has been developed by scientists at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Dressing for detecting infection

1 November 2014
A wound dressing or swab for detecting infection is disclosed in US Patent 8 822 173 by Dr Eva Wehrschutz-Sigl and colleagues at the Institute for Environmental Biology at Graz University of Technolog
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Completion of Kimberly-Clark Health Care spin-off

1 November 2014
Kimberly-Clark has completed the spin-off of its Health Care business to form a new publicly traded company--Halyard Health.
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Absorbent member allows selective absorption of menstrual discharge

1 November 2014
An absorbent member that can be selectively worn by a female is revealed in US Patent 8 777 914 by Kimberly Reaume of Fowlerville, Michigan, USA.
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Wound dressing for appendage

1 November 2014
A system for delivering a medical dressing onto an appendage, such as a finger or penis, following a surgical procedure has been developed by inventors from New York, USA.
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