Tag: Flexible

Organic Photovoltaic Solar Cells: Conventional Structure Achieving Over 20% Power Conversion Efficiency in Lab
The solar industry is constantly evolving with new technologies and products. One of the most promising advancements is the third generation of photovoltaic devices: organic solar cells. Also known as organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, these cutting-edge solar cells are gaining...
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J.Flex, A Lithium-Ion Battery That Is Flexible
A Busan-based company has been developing J.Flex, an advanced lithium-ion battery that is ultra-thin, flexible, and rechargeable for the past few years now. The company used terms like bend, roll, twist, scrunch, fold, flex to describe the battery. EJ Shin, head of strategic planning...
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A flexible Arduino Prototype
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=38&v=Yoi8ZFYwnwo A lot of makers have started venturing into the wearable world in which everything is portable, invisible, light, flexible and functional. Many have found that using Arduino compromised two of those characteristics. Arduino...
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Intexar™ Heat – A Revolutionary Stretchable Ink And Film Technology To Make Flexible Heated Garments
DuPont Advanced Materials (DuPont) in association with Taiwanese company Formosa Taffeta, has developed a powered smart clothing technology named Intexar™ Heat, for on-body flexible heating garments. The new fabric is thin, lightweight, and durable. The Intexar™ Heat is an...
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Researchers Develop New Technique To Print Flexible Self-healing Circuits For Wearable Devices
The researchers of North Carolina State University in the US, lead by Jingyan Dong, have developed a new technique for directly printing flexible, stretchable metal circuits. The innovative technique can be used with multiple metals and alloys. It is also compatible with existing...
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Brand New BiCMOS Flexible Transistor
The transistor revolutionized the field of electronics, and paved the way for smaller and cheaper radios, calculators, and computers, among other things since its very first practically implemented device as a point-contact-transistor invented in 1947 and...
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Researchers Developed New Efficient, Thin, and Flexible Cooling Device
Engineers and scientists from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and SRI International, California, have created a thin flexible device that could keep smartphones and laptop computers cool and prevent overheating. The component is based on...
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Researchers Developed Hybrid 3D Printing Method To Make Flexible Wearable Devices
Wearable electronic devices that intend to track and measure the body’s movements must be soft enough to flex and stretch to accommodate every body-movement. But, integrating rigid electronics on skin-like flexible materials has proven to be challenging. Clearly, Such components cannot...
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