The Eurecat Mataró technology center has shown LOPEC, the reference event in printed electronics held in Munich, innovative solutions for medical care, prevention and health monitoring, as well as for the supervision of water quality and detection of contaminants, and for the new generation of automobiles, with a prototype that has been awarded the prize for the best demonstrator awarded at the fair.
In the field of health, the technology center presents low-cost printed biosensors for the determination of certain analytes in biological samples such as saliva, blood and sweat.
The manufacturing of electronic devices using printed electronics, which allows printing on flexible substrates such as plastic or paper, “opens the door to mass production of low-cost, high-efficiency electronic devices, making them ideal for medical applications.” ”, says the head of Technology Transfer of the Functional Printing and Integrated Devices Unit of Eurecat, Cristina Casellas.
In the field of sustainability, Eurecat presents platforms for monitoring water in diverse environments, from drinking water supply systems to marine waters, which allow quality analysis and the detection of contaminants. In this sense, Eurecat has shown the progress made in the Fiware4water and Seawizard innovation projects, among others.
As part of the LOPEC fair, the technology center also shows an intelligent plastic surface that is only 3 millimeters thick that has an interface that allows users to interact and communicate with a machine, software or intuitive system with built-in LED lighting and sensors. capacitive, which is expected to be integrated into the central electronic control system of the new generation of automobiles.
The prototype has been presented at the oe-a competition 2024, held within the framework of the fair, and has been awarded the public award for best demonstrator. The innovation has been created in the Púlsar project, which has been developed in the Eurecat plastics pilot plant, specialized in functional printing and integrated devices.
