An HR Story: Hiring at Classic Stripes: A unique Culture!

Posted by – December 7, 2019

To create a global organisation that would create state of the art products in the field Of Printed Flexible Electronics, it’s necessary to create a culture that was very far away from cultures dictated by management science. This means it has to be a culture that is not based upon the tenets of cooperation or performance management. So they do away with Performance appraisals and meetings. They bring in a culture based upon on 3 tenets: Entrepreneurship: Circle of Accountability, Execution: My Word, and Collaboration: Taking a stand for others’ success without expecting anything in return.

Collaboration is the opposite of cooperation. Cooperation is a barter system because human beings expect something when they cooperate with each other. Collaboration is different as there are no expectations when one collaborates. In classic stripes they all take an objective which is someone else’s who is of a completely different department or division of the one they’re at. And they work hard to help them achieve the same without expecting anything in return! That is Classic Stripes DNA!

You can contact Shantanu Dhar here:
shantanu.dhar@astarc.com
http://astarc.com

Filmed at IDTechEx Show! USA 2019

Live Heiko Khoo: Brexit and China

Posted by – December 6, 2019

Live streamed interview with Heiko Khoo of http://www.speakerscorner.net/calendar and https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/playlists/speakers-corner/ to talk about Jeremy Corbyn Labour 6 days before UK General Election, how to stop Brexit, how to stop the Tories, Tory prime minister Boris Johnson, what’s next for the European Union, and China, the Chinese economy, the EU Green New Deal and more, you can watch some of Heiko Khoo’s latest speeches at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLidsvQvJLPH3061hB6CYFJ7Ya8mcd_3JL on the Content over Everything channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjkHf8gtv5gIyxiOkZ_6d6g

PragmatiC latest flexible processors at IDTechEx Show!

Posted by – December 5, 2019

PragmatIC is a world leader in ultra-low-cost flexible electronics, enabling the potential for trillions of smart objects that can engage with consumers and their environments. Our unique technology platform delivers flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs) that are thinner than a human hair and can be easily embedded into everyday objects. PragmatIC’s solutions provide the opportunity to add new functionality, as well as extending proven applications such as RFID and NFC into mass market use cases previously prohibited by the cost of traditional silicon ICs. Our novel, differentiated products are being adopted by a growing base of global companies across diverse markets, including consumer goods, games, retail, pharmaceutical and security sectors. PragmatIC’s first product family, the ConnectIC series of RFID FlexICs was launched in February 2019 within 2 months received orders for over 20 million units from customers in Europe, North America and Asia, endorsing it as the ideal solution for introducing connectivity into mass market applications. PragmatIC is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with our first billion-unit production facility in Sedgefield. Shareholders include Cambridge Innovation Capital, Avery Dennison and Arm.

Filmed at IDTechEx Show! USA 2019

Heiko Khoo, Socialism or Brexit in UK

Posted by – December 5, 2019

Live streamed interview with Heiko Khoo of http://www.speakerscorner.net/calendar talks about Jeremy Corbyn Labour one week from the UK General Election, Brexit, the Tories, Tory prime minister Boris Johnson, the European Union, EU reform, free Fiber broadband to every home, and much more with you can watch some of his latest speeches at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLidsvQvJLPH3061hB6CYFJ7Ya8mcd_3JL on the Content over Everything channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjkHf8gtv5gIyxiOkZ_6d6g

Copprint Copper for Printed Electronics much cheaper than silver eco-friendly

Posted by – December 3, 2019

Copprint https://copprint.com/ claims that the future of printed electronics is copper. Copprint is the leader in conductive Nano copper inks for additive copper printing. We are ushering in a new era of printed electronics, empowering ubiquitous conductivity. Their rapid self-sintering, oxidation free Nano Copper Inks enable very-low cost, high conductivity, environmentally friendly printed electronics embedded everywhere.
Copprint breakthrough Nano Copper inks outperform silver inks and etched Copper or Aluminum, bringing the advantages of additive manufacturing to printed electronics Copprint’s product portfolio offers full substrate freedom for really simple printed electronic fabrication on paper, PET, PI, HJT PV.
Conductive Copper inks are finally available. Just print and sinter for 2 sec to achieve up to 50% bulk conductivity. The new inks allow low-temperature sintering under air and do not require any special equipment like photonic or laser sintering. Made out of Copper nanoparticles – it is much cheaper than silver inks and environmentally friendly and compatible with standard printing equipment.

Speaker Biography (Ofer Shochet)

Dr. Ofer Shochet is an entrepreneur and a technology visionary, specializing in the development and successful implementation of future technologies in various companies at various fields of technologies.

Ofer is the founder of Copprint and serves as a Board member at Velo 3D Inc.

Ofer served between 2009 and 2014 as EVP Products, at Stratasys (nasdaq:SSYS), the world leader in 3D printing. In his position Ofer led the company’s Products division including Systems R&D, material development and R&D product management.

Prior to Stratasys, Ofer had been the founder in parallel of several companies in multiple high-tech fields. One of which, Navajo Systems, a pioneer in SaaS security, was acquired by Salesforce.com. This followed six years at Verint Systems, where he served as SVP and built the Corporate Technology Group, focusing on future technologies development in the area of speech, text and video analytics, and delivering solutions to the corporate, retail and government markets. Prior to that Ofer had been founder and EVP of Vigil Technologies which specialized in automatic business intelligence gathering and analysis from internet sources. Ofer also served as VP R&D at Silicon Graphics Biomedical, where he focused on 3D medical imaging, Computer Graphics and High-Performance Computing.

Ofer served five years at the Israeli intelligence corps and was awarded with the prestigious Presidential Israel Security award. Ofer holds a PhD and MSc (Magna cum Laude) in Physics from Tel Aviv University.

Filmed at IDTechEx Show! USA 2019, watch all my IDTechEx Show videos in this playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7xXqJFxvYvj5DMYbuqY8FTkLD0R_PlfC

Find more information about the next IDTechEx Shows here:
https://www.idtechex.com/europe
https://www.idtechex.com/usa

Nano OPS prints nano/microelectronics 100x cheaper, 1000x smaller, 1000x faster

Posted by – December 3, 2019

Nano OPS, Inc. http://nano-ops.net/ presents a disruptive technology for printing nano and microelectronics that will forever change the electronics and sensors landscape. Nano OPS, Inc. manufactures and markets two product lines:
Fully automated printer systems for printing micro and nanoscale devices with integrated alignment and registration; annealing and inspection.
Printed wireless sensor system technology that could be chemical or bio; in addition to temperature, humidity, and other environmental sensors their technology enables printing of micro and nanoscale electronics and sensors (down to 20nm). Prints electronics with a cost saving of 10 to 100 times Prints on any rigid or flexible flat surface.
Prints at ambient temperature and pressure.
Prints using any conductive, semiconducting or insulating materials.
Their fully automated printing systems include integrated registration and alignment; annealing and inspection New printed wireless sensor system technology.
Patented new printed chemical and biosensor technology.

Filmed at IDTechEx Show! USA 2019

Molex Copper Flex and Silver Flex Printed Circuit Solutions at IDTechEx Show!

Posted by – December 3, 2019

Molex develops printed electronic solutions that solve complex technical and business challenges for the world’s innovators by anticipating and delivering what our customers need most. From a globally integrated approach to seamless collaboration, we bring expertise and innovation together to help bring your product vision to reality. With manufacturing and design facilities around the world, our operations work closely with yours to deliver results that leverage our heritage of innovation in interconnect technology, and bring unparalleled expertise to the complex electronic solutions of tomorrow.

Filmed at IDTechEx Show! USA 2019

Smooth & Sharp Corporation Direct on Paper RFID Tag, Eco friendly, sustainable

Posted by – December 2, 2019

Smooth & Sharp Corporation http://www.sns.com.tw/en/index.php/ Eco friendly, sustainable Direct on Paper RFID Tag and FHE products, Why paper, because the conventional RFID tag contains plastic foil,
Why printed antenna, because traditional RFID antenna is made with Wet Chemical Etching process, which is very polluted.
Simplified structure in RFID tag, one adhesive layer and one process less. Also Print on Demand process, saved material and process cost versus traditional chemical etching process and more.

Filmed at IDTechEx USA 2019

BILIANA K. Invest in Data as Art – Data Quantification Prototype Presentation at IDTechEx Show!

Posted by – December 2, 2019

Biliana K http://www.bilianak.com makes unique digital assets in a format of Quantified Data as Art in tangible and virtual objects.
She uses data to quantify the human experience as digital gold (an unique asset as Art) that is non duplicable, non replicable data set as Quantified Data: Data as private property. Not for analysis and decision making services. She wants to establish an ownership of Data as Art.
The Data Behind the Art
Your Data, genuine and authentic to each person, will be transformed into pure Art Work, where desire and necessity to transcend reality, inhabit this virtual and physical artefact of Quantified Data. So you can leave with it, so it can last forever and remains relevant for the future people that will leave around it.
NON REPLICABLE APPROACH
Combining COMPUTING and MEMORY, Biliana K. creates and unique Art Work from the personal Data of each individual and the memory that it encapsulates at each individual moment in time.
Each Art Work is containing different aspects of what makes as humans, emotions, thoughts, desires. The personal data contains all these different aspects of human existence and experience, being captured at any given time.
The Art Work is the fusion of the Physical Self (Body, environment parameters) Digital Self (Data parameters) and Human Self (emotional parameters).

Filmed at IDTechEx USA 2019

Ampcera Solid-State Lithium battery 200% more energy, 10x faster charge, half cost ceramic-polymer

Posted by – December 2, 2019

This technology combines Ampcera’s proprietary and patent-pending ceramic-polymer composite solid-state electrolyte materials and innovative roll-to-roll manufacturing technology to enable high throughout and low-cost production of game-changing lithium batteries, delivering 200% energy density at 50% the cost and 10x faster charging speed as compared to today’s lithium ion batteries on the market.

Filmed at IDTechEx USA 2019

Dino-Lite digital microscope AM73915MZT wit magnification range of 1-230x at IDTechEx Show!

Posted by – December 2, 2019

Dino-Lite http://dinolite.us digital microscope are the original handheld digital microscopes. The main model shown in this video is the AM73915MZT which has a magnification range of 1-230x, automatic magnification reading for easy measurement taking, and EDOF (extended depth of field) one click focus stacking.

Filmed at IDTechEx USA 2019

DuPont Intexar smart clothing, healthpatch prototype, Kapton conductive and dielectric inks and more

Posted by – December 2, 2019

DuPont showcases a wide portfolio of materials for Printed Electronics at the IDTechEx show in Santa Clara. Highlights are its Intexar smart clothing technology including new healthpatch prototypes for wireless patient monitoring, the latest generation in-mold electronics material set and Kapton conductive and dielectric inks for high temperature performance.

Filmed at IDTechEx USA 2019

Holst Centre R&D institute printed and flexible electronics for automotive

Posted by – December 2, 2019

Holst Centre is a R&D institute from the Netherlands focusing on printed and flexible electronics For this years IDTechEx we decided to focus on our activities for automotive. Next to integrating electronics in polycarbonate substrates (in mold structural electronics), we are also integrating electronics into glass First the circuits are printed on PET or PVB, then components are placed such as LED’s or chips before laminating the printed electronics into glass The challenge is processing on substrates with very low glass-transition temperature and lamination of relatively thick components without any distortions. The demonstrator we show here uses a transparent capacitive touch button to switch on the LED’s. This enables functional glass which can be used as user interface in public transport, in architectural applications and road user communication for cars Starting with printing electronics in 2D, we now also print in 3D. The machine we have partially developed in-house uses the principle of stereolithography, where a curable photopolymer is hardened layer-by-layer by applying UV light. Using modular illumination, the system can rapidly print large designs. Within the system we are able to place components such as near field chips and dispense lines. This enables small series production: from digital design and raw materials to a 3D electronics structure. The main benefits are being able to optimize the volume dimensions and the fact that the result is rugged. We work with this technology for applications in chip packaging, automotive and defense but we are also looking for other applications Large arrays of elastomer based pressure sensors on flexible substrates such as TPU enables unobtrusive monitoring of posture when laminated into chairs, beds, wheelchairs etc. These pressure sensors consist of a piezo resistive material with a suspended conductive membrane. When pressure is applied, a resistance is measured. The printing technology enables low cost sensing capability over a large area. The example demonstrated is a large pressure sensitive mat, but we also offer fully printed piezo-electric sensors to measure motion and temperature sensors. By integrating many different sensing modalities and measuring at many locations, a lot of data is available to optimize the signal for a specific application, such as a driver drowsiness monitor. Next to these examples Holst Centre works on flexible displays, smart clothing and many other exciting applications of printed electronics. We are happy to see at this IDTechEx event that Faurecia announces volume production of so called plastronics. For the success of the printed electronics industry it is important that all parties in the value chain collaborate to bring even more products to market using printed electronics technology. As Holst we are always looking for new partners to take on this challenge together.

Filmed at IDTechEx USA 2019

SunRay Scientific interconnects, silver inks, epoxies, Anisotropic Conductive Epoxies ZTACH ACE

Posted by – December 2, 2019

SunRay Scientific is a US-based provider of novel interconnect solutions for the microelectronics industry. SunRay has a successful history of developing advanced conductive silver inks, epoxies, encapsulants as well as unique Anisotropic Conductive Epoxies called ZTACH® ACE. Primary benefits of ZTACH® ACE include superior
adhesion to flexible and rigid substrates, low-temperature cure (70º C), multi-component
attach, thermal dissipation, no pressure required and fine pitch capability. SunRay
Scientific has a proven track record in providing interconnect solutions for difficult
applications such as flexible hybrid electronics, flip-chip attach, 3D stacking, printed
electronics and fine pitch microelectronics. By partnering with SunRay Scientific, you
will gain access to a team of experts, sophisticated assembly and manufacturing as well
as customized solutions to address your challenging and complex interconnect needs.

Linux on Cosmo Communicator, Shipping Update

Posted by – November 27, 2019

Planet Computers CEO Dr Janko gives an update on Shipping Status to Backers of the Cosmo Communicator and he said to look out for some great offers on Gemini and possibly Cosmo on Black Friday and Cyber Monday at http://store.planetcom.co.uk/ also Dr Davide shows a preview of the upcoming easy to use Linux multi-boot support inside Recovery Mode on the main Cosmo Communicator firmware to come in a next firmware update.

Arm AIOT Dev Summit on December 2nd-3rd in Mountain View

Posted by – November 23, 2019
Category: ARM

Interview with @rexstjohn, the Arm ecosystem including @arduino, @google, @docker, @sparkfun and many more will be on December 2nd-3rd in Mountain View for the Arm AIOT Dev Summit! You can register at: http://armsummit.bemyapp.com

Keynote: Nvidia CUDA on Arm Servers ThunderX2, Ampere eMag, Fujitsu A64fx and Huawei Kunpeng 920

Posted by – November 20, 2019

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announces Arm server support consisting of hardware and software building blocks to enable HPC development with Nvidia on Arm throughout the HPC industry. Nvidia teamed up with Arm and the Arm Server HPC ecosystem, including Ampere, Fujitsu and Marvell collaborating also with Cray, HPE and more. This is an excerpt from the full keynote video which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69nEEpdEJzU

Keynote: Nvidia supercomputer on Azure cloud

Posted by – November 20, 2019

Nvidia partners with Microsoft to provide Azure cloud NDv2 supercomputer instance that can use up to 800 Nvidia Tensor Core GPUs interconnected on a single Mellanox InfiniBand backend network. This enables customers to rent an entire AI supercomputer on-demand. Microsoft and Nvidia engineers used 64 NDv2 instances on a pre-release version of the cluster to train BERT, a popular natural language conversational AI model, in a mere three hours achieved in part with Nvidia’s CUDA-core technology and interconnects by Mellanox. This is an excerpt from the full keynote video which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69nEEpdEJzU

Pretech Yottafun MPen Smart Pen, Smart Writing Pad, for iOS, Windows, Android

Posted by – November 15, 2019

Smart Writing Set http://www.yottafun.net/

Complex formula, trivial record, optional doodle, or whatever you create on the paper can easily converted to a digital storage in real time without taking a photo, scanning documents, or uploading files.Eink can not only save resources, improve your productivity, but also better edit and share your creations.

Original Handwriting

Professional touch IC,

it provides the HD resolution of 1510* 1080

1024 level pressure sensor,

Any power on the pen point can be judged precisely,

which helps to restore handwriting characteristics completely

Exclusive handwriting optimization algorithm,

Each of your handwriting tracks will be calculated accurately

All of this are to make sure that the digital copy is identical to the handwriting

Off-line storage, edit easily

Off-line mode:

100 pages of A5 content can stored in smart pad in Off-line mode, press one button to sync when pairing, you don’t need to worry about losing your notes anymore.

On-line mode:

Every handwriting dynamic can presented on the App in on-line mode clearly, which helps you make presentation, record micro class or give a speech conveniently

Write with pen on any paper
Smart pad has no proprietary accessories.

It uses universal D1 refill and general paper, so that you can replace it anytime, anywhere freely.

Different color for different situation
Eink supports two pens of different color, you can use the red one to comment easily while using the black one to take notes. it can improve your working efficiency and make your notes more clearly.

Convert your handwriting to text
Use Eink cloud recognize for free to convert your handwriting notes to text, intuitively tag your ideas on paper, or export them as TXT format and edit it on the computer. Eink not only bring a new way to input, but also bridge the divide between the computer and the paper notebook.

Multi-format export, Share on any platform
The digital copy can be exported as JPG, PNG, PDF and other formats, which meet different needs on different situations;

Creations can be shared on QQ, Wechat, FaceBook, Twitter, WhatsApp、Evernote and other platform.

Ultra-long Standby Time

Large capacity battery of 800mAh,
Smart pad can works continuously for more than 20 hours,
Standby time exceed 15 days

Exclusive sleep awakens function,
Close the sheath and your Smart pad automatically goes to sleep , Open it and it wakes up. No one milliampere power will be wasted.

The versatile Mpen is your best choice.

Bring your ideas into reality.
While it resembles a classic writing tool, Mpen is so much more. Whether you are marking up a complex document, designing a car onsite, or retouching layer in a photo, you get an astonishing selection of tools in a single instrument. Mpen can help you to use every pixel to create a rich and colorful effect, especially when you need pixel-perfect precision. You can use it to make industrial drawings, or to add fine brushstrokes to a portrait.

Creating never be easier like now.
Mpen can help you to take notes and outline ideas, just like writing on the paper. You can add handwriting or painting beside the text, and also use the focus function to search handwriting notes. you can use Mpen not only to create songs, animated short films, take notes, but also to draw CAD. In addition, there are many excellent apps on Windows that can help you deal with more transactions. Such as OneNote, Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, Sketchable, Bluebeam Revu, Drawboard, Staffpad.

Leave your mark on pictures,documents and more

You can use Mpen to add comments on PDF files, photos, web pages and the screenshot that you want to mark.

At the same time, you can also outline the PPT directly to enrich your speech.

Pingtech ping pong spin practice racket

Posted by – November 15, 2019

Pingtech http://www.gogotak.com implements weights and sensors to practice spinning the ball in ping pong.