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This Future Tech TOE depicts trends across smart pills and ingestible sensors. Endoscopic imaging, real-time sensing, targeted drug delivery, and surgery appear as the key applications and areas of growth. Drivers and challenges, convergence of innovation, global adoption, intellectual property trends and market support are also illustrated. The co...

The advent of nanotechnology (particularly nanoparticles) is expected to boost the nanomedicine market. It is expected to impact in early diagnosis of diseases, preventive intervention, and prophylaxis of chronic as well as acute disorders. In essence, complete development and commercialization of nanoparticles are said to significantly revolutioni...

This issue of Microelectronics TOE covers recent developments in visible light communication (VLC). Innovations profiled include modified light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs with position finding capability by Disney Research and ETH Zurich, an open-source VLC platform by IMDEA Networks Institute, VLC under low luminance conditions by Dartmouth Colleg...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TOE depicts trends across food waste recycling. This issue features overall regional trends in the adoption and development of food waste recycling technologies, drivers and restraints for the adoption of these technologies, patent trends and selected significant patents with respect to food waste recycling. The corres...

This edition of Genetic Technology TOE profiles across startup companies across the life sciences industry. The corresponding patent scenario is also depicted along with industry interactions. The Genetic Technology TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) presents the latest R&D developments and advances with an emphasis on opportunities to profit in ...

The offshore energy industry is a capital intensive engineering segment with installations expected to perform at high levels of operating efficiencies for periods of up to 20 years depending on the magnitude of operation. Parts and components designed for such installations such as the wind turbine blades of offshore wind farms and platforms of th...

Packaging materials are widely used for protecting, preserving, transporting, and distributing products safely. Paper-based packaging materials are most widely used across most industries due to their recyclable nature and low-cost manufacturing, while rigid packaging materials (which include glass and plastics) are steadily gaining traction in the...

This Sensor TOE highlights innovations and improvements in detection of explosives, including nanobionic plant-based sensors, nanosensors to detect TNT, drone-operated laser-based explosives detection, chemical detection of tributyl phosphate. Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related innovations and developments on...

This issue of Advanced Manufacturing TOE identifies advancements in 3D scanners for 3D printing, including 3D depth sensing scanners, handheld 3D scanners, laser- and camera-based 3D scanners, and rotating platform 3D scanners. The Advanced Manufacturing TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) covers global innovations and developments related to manu...