08.24.16
One year after US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced a $75-million award from the US Department of Defense (US DoD) to advance the manufacturing ecosystem and workforce for flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) in the US, NextFlex will commemorate the official opening of its manufacturing facility in San Jose with an event that will include formal remarks by officials. NextFlex executive director Malcolm Thompson will highlight real world examples of FHE, technology and NextFlex member companies and academia will offer demonstrations of FHE technology that will change the way people live.
The opening will be held Aug. 31, 2016 at 10 a.m. PST at NextFlex headquarters, 2244 Blach Place 150, San Jose, CA.
FHE promises to transform powerful, traditionally bulky electronics into formats that bend, stretch, fold and conform to the contours of our world, whether a human body, a vehicle, infrastructure and other objects. The next generation of electronics will reveal smarter and lighter consumer wearables; health monitoring devices, including intelligent patches and bandages for medical treatments; structural monitoring to protect and optimize buildings, vehicles, bridges, and more; and “soft” robotics, including advances flexible electronics for prosthetics that can assist, restore, or enhance physical capabilities.
The opening will be held Aug. 31, 2016 at 10 a.m. PST at NextFlex headquarters, 2244 Blach Place 150, San Jose, CA.
FHE promises to transform powerful, traditionally bulky electronics into formats that bend, stretch, fold and conform to the contours of our world, whether a human body, a vehicle, infrastructure and other objects. The next generation of electronics will reveal smarter and lighter consumer wearables; health monitoring devices, including intelligent patches and bandages for medical treatments; structural monitoring to protect and optimize buildings, vehicles, bridges, and more; and “soft” robotics, including advances flexible electronics for prosthetics that can assist, restore, or enhance physical capabilities.
