PARC at 2010 FlexTech
PARC will be actively participating in the upcoming 2010 FlexTech.
* Feb 2 Keynote session: "Moving technologies from the lab to real-world applications" by Mark Bernstein, CEO of PARC.
* Feb 3 "Flexible Printed Sensor Tape based on Solution Processed Materials" and "Sensing of blast events with flexible sensor tapes" - discussion of current projects by PARC technologists.
* Feb 2-4 PARC will be at booth 204 showcasing services in material characterization and optimization, application development, and system prototyping. Come by to see samples and learn about what PARC can do for your product road-map.
Flexible and Printed Electronics at PARC
PARC has been engaging in works related to both flexible and printed electronics for long time. And, PARC is a global organization that can provide both the technical (hard and soft) infrastructure and commercialization capabilities for our partners in this emerging technology area.
For more information on PARC's work in flexible and printed electronics.
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Showing posts with label business development. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications
The Textbook
Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications
Given PARC's work in flexible and printed electronics. It is little surprise that we also write the textbook on this topic. And, this is my reference reading material before attending Printed Electronics USA 2009.
Printed Electronics at PARC
Here are some of the areas that we are working on right now:
- PEN substrate
- Ink-jet printing (nanoparticle)
- Polymer dielectrics
- Polymer semiconductor
In our facility, we support different print head technologies and can customize to each project's specific needs. So far, we have done work with Microfab, Spectra, and Xerox print heads.
Sensors and applications
An area that we are seeing a lot of interests in is printed flexible sensors. We have a project that measures acceleration, pressure, acoustic, and thermal status then incorporates memory and CMOS (logic) into a single printed sensor tape. The initial work is for DARPA but it would have wide civilian applications once the technical kinks have been worked out.
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Flexible Electronics: Materials and ApplicationsGiven PARC's work in flexible and printed electronics. It is little surprise that we also write the textbook on this topic. And, this is my reference reading material before attending Printed Electronics USA 2009.
Printed Electronics at PARC
Here are some of the areas that we are working on right now:
- PEN substrate
- Ink-jet printing (nanoparticle)
- Polymer dielectrics
- Polymer semiconductor
In our facility, we support different print head technologies and can customize to each project's specific needs. So far, we have done work with Microfab, Spectra, and Xerox print heads.
Sensors and applications
An area that we are seeing a lot of interests in is printed flexible sensors. We have a project that measures acceleration, pressure, acoustic, and thermal status then incorporates memory and CMOS (logic) into a single printed sensor tape. The initial work is for DARPA but it would have wide civilian applications once the technical kinks have been worked out.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Printed Electronics USA 2009 Report
PARC's Printed Electronics
PARC participated in PEUSA09 as technical presenter, facility tour sponsor, and exhibitor. Come to this annoucnement if you like to download the assets that you have seen in the show.
PEUSA09 Field Report
Several people commented that printed electronics seem to have developed a robust vendor/supplier base. And, as people stake out their claim in the upstream value-chain, the next step would be for early adopter consumers/buyers to set the application directions.
Beyond the traditional application of OLED (organic light-emitting diode - bendable display screen), flexible and disposable sensors seem to be another area that can be high value-add yet difficult to achieve with traditional silicon based solutions.
Looking at the value-chain, "system integrators" services probably will play an important match making role for the immediate future as the buyers often do not have the development capabilities in-house for printed electronics while the suppliers may be too limited, albeit very in-depth, on the modules and materials.
Not surprisingly, these are the services (characterization & optimization, application development, and full-system prototyping) that PARC offers. More importantly, we have had a lot of interesting conversations with both vendors and buyers to work with PARC.
If you are interested in what PARC can do for you in printed electronics, pls contact PEUSA09@parc.com
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PARC participated in PEUSA09 as technical presenter, facility tour sponsor, and exhibitor. Come to this annoucnement if you like to download the assets that you have seen in the show.
PEUSA09 Field Report
Several people commented that printed electronics seem to have developed a robust vendor/supplier base. And, as people stake out their claim in the upstream value-chain, the next step would be for early adopter consumers/buyers to set the application directions.
Beyond the traditional application of OLED (organic light-emitting diode - bendable display screen), flexible and disposable sensors seem to be another area that can be high value-add yet difficult to achieve with traditional silicon based solutions.
Looking at the value-chain, "system integrators" services probably will play an important match making role for the immediate future as the buyers often do not have the development capabilities in-house for printed electronics while the suppliers may be too limited, albeit very in-depth, on the modules and materials.
Not surprisingly, these are the services (characterization & optimization, application development, and full-system prototyping) that PARC offers. More importantly, we have had a lot of interesting conversations with both vendors and buyers to work with PARC.
If you are interested in what PARC can do for you in printed electronics, pls contact PEUSA09@parc.com
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
How many computer do you need in a room?
Million instructions per second (MIPS)
It is one of those inevitabilities working in technology. I recently found myself surrounded by 5 computers in my office. Two desktops and three laptops.
One desktop is my official office machine. I also have an official laptop for mobile computing, viz working from home. I acquired a second desktop to test out some beta software where I don't want to accidentally compromise my official machine. Then, I am testing two laptops right now because I am managing a conference where PARC is attending.
How many keyboards can one person handle?
I think the first take away is that I need to train my toes to type since two hands simply are not sufficient for the task. The second take away for me is that I am probably in possession of more computing power on my finger tip than the entire world had until the 1970's. Final take away? I need to get a life. :-)!
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It is one of those inevitabilities working in technology. I recently found myself surrounded by 5 computers in my office. Two desktops and three laptops.
One desktop is my official office machine. I also have an official laptop for mobile computing, viz working from home. I acquired a second desktop to test out some beta software where I don't want to accidentally compromise my official machine. Then, I am testing two laptops right now because I am managing a conference where PARC is attending.
How many keyboards can one person handle?
I think the first take away is that I need to train my toes to type since two hands simply are not sufficient for the task. The second take away for me is that I am probably in possession of more computing power on my finger tip than the entire world had until the 1970's. Final take away? I need to get a life. :-)!
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Monday, November 23, 2009
PARC at Printed Electronics USA 2009
Printed Electronics USA
A leader in Printed Electronics, PARC offers three unique capabilities to industry partners:
* Material Characterization: Characterizing and optimizing material performance in devices and circuits for printed electronics market materials suppliers;
* Application Development: Designing circuits and fabricating proof of concept, including sensors and display elements for clients exploring specific applications; and
* Full System Prototyping: Integrating complete systems containing printed electronics and conventional thin film components and/or standard silicon circuitry.
Please visit PARC at Booth 12 or contact PEUSA09@parc.com for more information. For more information on PARC's Printed Electronics capabilities, please visit www.parc.com/peusa09.
Jet-Printing: From Drops to Electronic Devices
Dr. Jurgen Daniel will be presenting in the conference on December 3rd at 12:05pm, discussing how to use jet-printing to fabricate flexible backplanes for driving displays and sensor-tapes for recording blast events in the battlefield.
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A leader in Printed Electronics, PARC offers three unique capabilities to industry partners:
* Material Characterization: Characterizing and optimizing material performance in devices and circuits for printed electronics market materials suppliers;
* Application Development: Designing circuits and fabricating proof of concept, including sensors and display elements for clients exploring specific applications; and
* Full System Prototyping: Integrating complete systems containing printed electronics and conventional thin film components and/or standard silicon circuitry.
Please visit PARC at Booth 12 or contact PEUSA09@parc.com for more information. For more information on PARC's Printed Electronics capabilities, please visit www.parc.com/peusa09.
Jet-Printing: From Drops to Electronic Devices
Dr. Jurgen Daniel will be presenting in the conference on December 3rd at 12:05pm, discussing how to use jet-printing to fabricate flexible backplanes for driving displays and sensor-tapes for recording blast events in the battlefield.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Digital Distribution as a Competitive Advantage for Media Companies
The trouble with the digital world
The issues confronting many media companies in the world of internet, in general, and news aggregation, in particularly, is well known by now. The traditional business model of setting up the infrastructure to serve a particular geographic region is no longer seem as a compelling advantage.
Physical distribution of digital content as an advantage
Just thinking out loud. At the most basic level, while internet is considered "virtual", there is still a physical/geographic limitation on the actual routing of bits and byte. For example, by providing coverage outside of homes and offices in a region, this would deter others from setting up parallel infrastructure. Furthermore, by linking into regional advertising base, a media company can provide very fine-grained data for advertisers which would be worth a lot more than just general IP based information.
In other words, could this be a form of digital distribution that is highly defensible?
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The issues confronting many media companies in the world of internet, in general, and news aggregation, in particularly, is well known by now. The traditional business model of setting up the infrastructure to serve a particular geographic region is no longer seem as a compelling advantage.
Physical distribution of digital content as an advantage
Just thinking out loud. At the most basic level, while internet is considered "virtual", there is still a physical/geographic limitation on the actual routing of bits and byte. For example, by providing coverage outside of homes and offices in a region, this would deter others from setting up parallel infrastructure. Furthermore, by linking into regional advertising base, a media company can provide very fine-grained data for advertisers which would be worth a lot more than just general IP based information.
In other words, could this be a form of digital distribution that is highly defensible?
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Content as Network
Hero Worshiping
It is kind of rare to meet your hero in person. Rarer yet is to be able to work with your hero on a regular basis.
So, it is a pretty mind blowing for me to say that I sit only a few doors down from Van Jacobson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Jacobson) who is the primary contributor to TCP/IP which in term provides the foundation for internet as we know it today.
Content Centric Networking (CCN)
Van is leading the effort for content centric networking (CCN). This is a high level talk that he gave a while back that explains what he has in mind.
CCN for the rest of us
Naturally, if you are not fully conversant with the 7 layers of network protocol hierarchy, e.g. business development folks like me, too need an answer on what is CCN.
This is what I say, we are working on the next generation of internet. :-p!
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I hope to explore the roadmap and implications of CCN in periodic entries. Suffices to say, the CCN group is very busy at work right now.
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It is kind of rare to meet your hero in person. Rarer yet is to be able to work with your hero on a regular basis.
So, it is a pretty mind blowing for me to say that I sit only a few doors down from Van Jacobson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Jacobson) who is the primary contributor to TCP/IP which in term provides the foundation for internet as we know it today.
Content Centric Networking (CCN)
Van is leading the effort for content centric networking (CCN). This is a high level talk that he gave a while back that explains what he has in mind.
CCN for the rest of us
Naturally, if you are not fully conversant with the 7 layers of network protocol hierarchy, e.g. business development folks like me, too need an answer on what is CCN.
This is what I say, we are working on the next generation of internet. :-p!
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I hope to explore the roadmap and implications of CCN in periodic entries. Suffices to say, the CCN group is very busy at work right now.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
New Models for Increasing Innovation
PARC on Innovation - an eBroadcast
From Concept to Commerce: New Models for Increasing Innovation
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 2pm EST/11am PST
http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/ebroadcast.pag?eventid=164160027
Learn:
* Why and when to partner with an external Innovation services company
* How to leverage an external Innovation Partner to create new lines of revenue
* What qualities to look for in an Innovation Partner to meet your diverse needs
Perspectives from a Senior Emerging Technology Analyst, a successful corporate Innovator, and a leading Innovation Partner on how to move from entrenched product offerings and market applications to new growth-based innovation models.
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From Concept to Commerce: New Models for Increasing Innovation
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 2pm EST/11am PST
http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/ebroadcast.pag?eventid=164160027
Learn:
* Why and when to partner with an external Innovation services company
* How to leverage an external Innovation Partner to create new lines of revenue
* What qualities to look for in an Innovation Partner to meet your diverse needs
Perspectives from a Senior Emerging Technology Analyst, a successful corporate Innovator, and a leading Innovation Partner on how to move from entrenched product offerings and market applications to new growth-based innovation models.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Parked at PARC
Having worked at Fortune 500 firms that dominate global markets and nascent startups that tackle emerging opportunities, I, for the most part, do not get starry-eyed easily. Nevertheless, when Mark called to offer me a business development position with PARC, what I was really thinking of was the list of people that I should tell after the call!!
Yeah, I am a geek.
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Yeah, I am a geek.
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