This week at LOPEC, the preeminent event in printed electronics held in Munich, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing innovative solutions for medical care, prevention and health monitoring, overseeing water quality and detecting pollutants, and for the new generation of cars with a prototype which has won the best demonstrator award presented at the fair.
In healthcare, the technology centre is unveiling low-cost printed biosensors for determining certain analytes in biological samples such as saliva, blood and sweat.
The manufacture of electronic devices using printed electronics, which allows printing on flexible substrates such as plastic or paper, “paves the way to mass production of low-cost, high-efficiency electronic devices, making them ideal for medical applications,” says Cristina Casellas, Head of Technology Transfer in Eurecat’s Functional Printing and Embedded Devices Unit.
In sustainability, Eurecat is displaying platforms for water monitoring in a range of environments from drinking water supply systems to marine waters which enable quality analysis and the detection of pollutants. Here Eurecat has shown the progress made in innovation projects including Fiware4water and Seawizard.
Plastronics for the new generation of cars, winner in the oe-a competition
As part of the LOPEC fair, the technology centre has also showcased a smart plastic surface just 3 millimetres thick which has an interface that allows users to interact and communicate with a machine, software or intuitive system with built-in LED lighting and capacitive sensors which is expected to be embedded in the central electronic control system of the new generation of cars.
The prototype has been entered for the oe-a competition 2024, which is held as part of the fair, and has picked up the audience award for the best demonstrator.
The innovation has been created as part of the Púlsar project which has been run at Eurecat’s plastronics pilot plant specialised in functional printing and embedded devices.
