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QIO Systems rebrands its wearable electronics

1 March 2009
QIO Systems is bringing together the Eleksen and SOFTswitch wearable electronics technologies it licenses from Peratech under a new brand called PANiQ.
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Bluetooth low energy technology opens up applications in sports

1 March 2009
At the forthcoming ISPO show in Munich, Bluetooth SIG will team up with the trade show and the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) to establish a competition to foster the developm
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Elmarco opens new centre

1 March 2009
Elmarco has opened its new research, development and production centre in the Liberec industrial zone in the Czech Republic.
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New stretchable electrodes will aid study of cardiac cells

1 March 2009
Stretchable electrodes heve been created by engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, tr
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Key nanotechnology patent for protective fabric granted in US

1 March 2009
Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), based in Miami, Florida, has been granted US nanotechnology patent 7,476,889, 'Radiation Detectable and Protective Articles' by the US Patent & Trademark Offic
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Bayer to build Euro22 million CNT plant

1 March 2009
Bayer MaterialScience has begun work on the construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in Leverkusen, Germany.
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Protein nanofibres can become electrical wiring

1 March 2009
Researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden have succeeded in creating electrical wires consisting of protein nanofibres.
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Hyperion CNT licence for Showa Denko

1 March 2009
Hyperion Catalysis International has concluded a patent licence and supply agreement allowing Showa Denko KK to sell Fibril carbon nanotube-based products.
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Global market for nano-enabled batteries will surpass $1 billion by 2013

1 March 2009
Nanotechnology innovations are driving advances in battery technology where nanomatrials are finding use as new battery materials according to a new report.
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Miles is spreading a little warmth

1 March 2009
Miles Fashion GmbH - the German producer of approximately 42 million items of clothing each year - has just launched its new ProGression wearable electronics and smart fashion product range.
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Nanotech yields accurate biosensor

1 March 2009
A precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules has been developed by anchoring hollow single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to gold-coated 'nanocubes'.
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Bid to develop photo chromatic inks for textiles

1 March 2009
FabPad, the fabric print and design bureau at Knowledge Dock, the University of East London's (UEL) enterprise development service, has formed a partnership with UK nanotechnology specialist Nanoforce
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Semiconductor with stretch

1 March 2009
Researchers have developed a new design for stretchable electronics that can be wrapped around complex shapes without a reduction in electronic function.
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Go with the Flo

1 March 2009
D3o is to introduce a new and improved version of its intelligent shock absorption material before the end of 2009.
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Controlled degradation netting

1 March 2009
Ecocycle Technology is a new erosion control netting being introduced by US company Conwed Plastics for applications such as geotextile erosion control, packaging and carpet cushioning.
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Passive work outs with portable EMS

1 March 2009
The Miha Bodytec EMS system is billed as the only portable full-body training unit on the market, providing users with the equivalent of many hours of conventional working out with just two twenty-min
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Follow the heartbeat

1 March 2009
Nokia's latest N79 Active handset is being bundled with with the wireless Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate belt from Polar.
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Funding for impact protection system

1 March 2009
The UK Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has awarded a GBP250,000 Grant for Research and Development (GRAND) to EC Contract Division for the delivery of an innovative impact protection clot
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Frankfurt Innovation

1 March 2009
Messe Frankfurt is now accepting applications for the Techtexil and Avantex Innovation 2009 prizes.
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MedMat named among smart solution winners

1 March 2009
MedMat, a two-layer mat system from Ergomedica, is one of nine products that have been selected as winners in a UK competition to find new ways to help combat healthcare associated infections (HCAIs).
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