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The European Commission (EC) signed a €150 million ($163.12 million) grant agreement to continue funding the Graphene Flagship's research and innovation on graphene and related materials from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2023.
With this signature, the EC continues its commitment to support the €1 billion ($1.08 billion) Flagship project, which began in 2013.
"Although we will keep supporting fundamental research on graphene and related materials, in this new phase our project will focus on advancing industrial applications," said Jari Kinaret, director of the Graphene Flagship. "One-third of the €150M will be dedicated to high-TRL applications, which will probably hit the market within the next few years.
"Moreover, with this new Core 3 agreement, we renew our consortium and welcome around 25% new partners, most of them leading industries in Europe in key sectors," Kinaret continued. "Together, we will achieve a more sustainable future and achieve our ultimate goal – bringing graphene to the market."
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Bring it on .
26/2/2020
21:22 forestfred: :-) AECOM's annual Global Challenge spurs tech innovation among employees Permission granted by AECOM, Kourtney Easterly By Jenn Goodman Published Feb. 26, 2020 Like many large contractors, AECOM challenges its employees to come up with technological innovations that can benefit its projects and its clients. For four years now, the Los Angeles-based firm, the fourth-largest contractor in the country by revenue, has hosted an annual Global Challenge, in which participants have 25 days to develop and submit ideas through an online system. That's followed by a peer-voting process designed to explore the concepts' viability through market research, early-stage testing, business planning and prototyping. CONSTRUCTION DIVE Want news like this in your inbox? Sign Up This year’s challenge, which got underway earlier this month, is focused on addressing issues in the areas of urbanization, infrastructure, data strategy, generative and efficient design, resilience and ecosystem restoration and protection. Participation is open to all of the company's 56,000 employees. Past teams have included engineers, architects, scientists, planners, consultants, administrators, analysts and functional experts, according to Todd Orenstein, vice president of AECOM Ventures. The winners of the competition receive resources to accelerate their solutions from concept to minimum viable product and commercialization, Orenstein said. The most successful groups have been multidisciplinary teams that combine deep technical expertise with marketing know-how and commercial savviness, he added. “It’s one thing to say you think a solution will be really valuable to a client, it’s another thing to show evidence that a client is willing to pay for it,” he said. Since launching the Global Challenge AECOM has implemented more than a dozen ideas. These include: The web-based Rosetta platform that improves energy portfolio planning. A machine learning model using immersive imagery to classify infrastructure assets. New technology to optimize and predict maintenance needs for sewer and wastewater projects. The 3D printed CNCT Arch that streamlines installation of railway data communications systems (shown in photo above). The predictive analysis Mobilitics tool that helps cities plan for the adoption of connected and automated vehicles.? Making an impact In addition to the Global Challenge, AECOM has implemented other ways to encourage in-house solutions, including Mindblazer competitions that look for rapidly implementable ideas that can help a specific team or project. A group called Innovation Agents meets once a month to facilitate conversations across offices and specialties. “It’s really all about generating smaller ideas that we can implement really quickly and have a big impact,” said AECOM's Orla Pease, vice president, Digital & Innovation DCS Americas. Another program that encourages employees to create one-minute videos about their ideas innovation
Fatherelmer
Spot on there are trolls 24-7 on the other board mob handed .
I think it’s worth every self respecting shareholder fighting back against these foul creatures on what ever board they infest .
Versarien are a great British company with a great team and Ceo .
These trolls contribute nothing and offend many shareholders with there continued attacks on what Vrs and it’s share holders stand for .
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Fatherelmer
Good to see you are still very much with us nice to see another long time investor contributing .
The detractors won’t ever have a balanced conversation as we all know .
Could do with you adding some balance to the other board it’s bombarded with detracting unbalanced idiots with a agenda .
Wish you well good you see your posts .
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Jdubya
I think so too .
The whole graphene world is evolving and Vrs are right at the front .
So we will get our slice of the pie.
Quality product is always in demand .
Relaxed here .
For me it’s not if but when.
Dyor
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Burtons
I remember that also I think Victrex were also there as well as airbus and other big players it was looking at paek polymers performance ect I think
Would be nice if victrex And the others too came through like airbus have started to .
With have re -look up as it appears it’s starting to pay off. Victrex are huge also
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RobinH
A very Good point.
I think it’s very easy to forget that it’s just not easy to get a place at the table with these global companies, and all from different sectors too !!
You have to have something to bring to the table .
I remember a good few years ago we would have maybe not have got in through the front doors such companies, and now we are talking and collaborating with major global players and governments etc.
When you stop and think about it for a minute that’s just incredible in such a short time frame for a small company .
It shows the huge huge credibility Vrs and NR have now gained globally and the company they now keep .
Very positive indeed and a great position to be in for a such a young company in a short space of time .
Full credit to Nr and the vr team it’s interesting and exciting to see what happens next , in our next phase of development .
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Evening folks
Lth and Relaxed here.
Vrs are very well placed to deliver just look at all the Rns and listen to the recent pod cast by our ceo .
No need to debate with the detractors you will never win .
Trust me I have tried .
Stick to your belief and your strategy sit back and let the industrial revolution unfold .
Dyor
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Change is on the way who would have thought it 5 years ago .
Electric Plane Just Flew for 15 Minutes
Electric, Flied
For the first time, a commercial aircraft powered entirely by electricity successfully completed a test flight.
The plane, a joint project between engineering firm magniX and charter airline Harbour Air, took off from Vancouver and flew 15 uninterrupted minutes, according to The Guardian. There’s still plenty of work to be done extending the range of electric aircraft, but this is a promising glimpse into the future of environmentally-friendly transportation.
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Wanaka
I have done my research and continue to do so .
yes hoping of course but believing in my investment also and my research .
I’m happy on my choice and the future potential on my investment .
And as for not delivering I feel differently to you about that
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From a 10p so up to £1.87 high in 6 -7 years and now 80p .
Top fund managers don’t seem to have done that from what I have seen advertised .
I would call that delivery for the time in the market .
lots of people felt the same at 10p 30p 50p and so on and sold out with a profit or a loss their choice .
time will be the judge nothing has changed on the companies potential for growth .
Graphene is becoming more talked about I feel .
Please do you’re own research as always .
Good luck
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Ditto
RobinH
Had a small top up yesterday about 90p and a bigger one today at 79p just could not help myself crazy prices in my opinion .
Dyor
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For what’s its worth I believe in the vrs team and ceo and their verified global product being part of our future and will live by that wether people are buying or selling its early days for our full potential to be realised yet .
We are at the start of our new journey even if you been in for many years already .
How far could vrs go I recon the government and large global see massive potential.
It’s like we were a town football team then went into division 4
And now have the potential and opportunity for the premier league .
If just one of the global collaborations produce results then the company and shareholders are made in my opinion .
Dyor of course .
Prices going up and down people buying selling same old same old .
in my view graphene is its commercial infancy still wether the results are good or bad or what ever the prospects of this company are amazing .
Here’s to the 4th industrial revolution .
It’s what you believe in or don’t that’s makes the difference.
Lots of speculation buts lots going on
Were panning for gold with the only verified gold in the world premium quality .
Good luck to all .
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DGD999
Thanks for your kind words.
I have always tried to be constructive ,though like many others our passion in supporting and defending Vrs and our ceo and team Against the detractors can get the better of us all at times .
I do miss the interaction with Vrs family members on the other board .
But unfortunately I don’t make the rules .
Very happy to contribute and add value where I can .
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GROLLTEX SHIPS ‘WORLD’S SMALLEST GRAPHENE STRAIN SENSOR’ TO LARGE EUROPEAN PARTNER
Posted By Graphene Council, The Graphene Council, Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Grolltex, has shipped the first version of its patented single atom thick strain sensor to a large European sensor maker partner. The company calls this sensor device, ‘the smallest, most sensitive sensor in the world’ as the base sensing material is only one atom thick and the sensor performance is such that it is capable of measuring the contractive strength of individual heart cells called ‘cardiomyocytes’, providing an important parameter on heart cell health.
“Our strain sensor is very versatile because it is small, flexible, robust and with a gauge factor of up to 1300, it is incredibly sensitive. This means it can be used in a wide variety of applications”, said Jeff Draa, Grolltex CEO. “For example, it can be layered into the skins of airplanes to sense micro stress in the fuselage or be used as a wearable blood pressure monitor in a skin patch configuration. The prototype we delivered to our European partner was designed to measure any environmental pressure or strain that a silicon microchip might experience while sitting in its packaging. This can be important information for many defense or autonomous vehicle related device designs”.
Grolltex, short for ‘graphene-rolling-technologies’, is the largest commercial producer of single layer or electronics grade graphene in North America. The company is lately focusing more of its efforts on servicing sensor markets in the life science and biology areas and seeing continually more adoption of graphene as a sensing material for such uses as DNA sequencing and new drug discovery. Monolayer graphene films are today seen as the most promising futuristic sensing materials for their combination of surface to volume ratio (the film is only one atom thick) and its conductivity (the most conductive substance known at room temperature).
“For advanced sensor makers that operate at the nano-scale, there is no better material to design your device with than single layer graphene”, said Draa. “The applications and devices that our customers are designing with this material are enabling many previously unobtainable measurements and single layer graphene is now available and affordable for industrialization”. Grolltex makes the raw materials for nano-sensing as well as designing specific sensor devices and packaging for many critical, next generation applications. “We are seeing an explosion of activity in the micro-sensing world as sensor makers are picking up on the versatility and measurement performance benefits of this single atom thick material”.
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Changing the subject an old report 100 billion market
Check out the full article as only part here MAS mentioned
Dublin, April 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Smart Textiles in Apparel: Markets, Applications and Technologies" report to their offering.
This new report 'Smart Textiles in Apparel: Markets, Applications and Technologies' examines the markets for textile based wearable technologies, the companies producing them and the enabling technologies. This is creating a 4th industrial revolution for the textiles and fashion industry worth over $100 billion by 2025.
Advances in fields such as nanotechnology, organic electronics (also known as plastic electronics) and conducting polymers are creating a range of textile-based technologies with the ability to sense and react to the world around them. This includes monitoring biometric data such as heart rate, the environmental factors such as temperature and The presence of toxic gases producing real time feedback in the form of electrical stimuli, haptic feedback or changes in color.
The report identifies three distinct generations of textile wearable technologies:
First generation is where a sensor is attached to apparel and is the approach currently taken by major sportswear brands such as Adidas, Nike and Under Armour
Second generation products embed the sensor in the garment as demonstrated by products from Samsung, Alphabet, Ralph Lauren and Flex.
In third generation wearables the garment is the sensor and a growing number of companies including AdvanPro, Tamicare and BeBop sensors are making rapid progress in creating pressure, strain and temperature sensors.
Third generation wearables represent a significant opportunity for new and established textile companies to add significant value without having to directly compete with Apple, Samsung and Intel.
The report predicts that the key growth areas will be initially sports and wellbeing followed by medical applications for patient monitoring and fashion. Technical textiles, fashion and entertainment will also be significant applications with the total market expected to rise to over $100 billion by 2025 with triple digit compound annual growth rates across many applications.
The rise of textile wearables also represents a significant opportunity for manufacturers of the advanced materials used in their manufacture. Toray, Panasonic, Covestro, DuPont and Toyobo are already suppling the necessary materials, while researchers are creating sensing and energy storage technologies, from flexible batteries to graphene supercapacitors which will power tomorrows wearables. The report examines the markets, details the latest advances and their applications.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Introduction
How to Use This Report
Wearable Technologies and the 4Th Industrial Revolution
The Evolution of Wearable Technologies
Defining Smart Textiles
Factors Affecting The Ado
NEWS RELEASE 9-DEC-2019
European industries lead new Graphene Flagship projects to shape EU's future
The Graphene Flagship and leading European industries will co-fund a total of 92 million EUR to catalyse the commercialisation of graphene-enabled products.
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GRAPHENE FLAGSHIP
Lo
Listened to the podcast again as you say foot wear was mentioned so sports protection and maybe fashion types to come .
So lots of stuff to look forward to with ongoing development as graphene evolves commercially .
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I Found a article on the graphene info site interesting read footwear .
If clothing happens footwear is got to be on the graphene agenda.
Check out the latest news on the graphene info site
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Lots of unknown sectors may pop up yet
Inov-8 adds graphene to its X-Talon range of footwear
The collaboration between the University of Manchester and British sportswear brand Inov-8, which started in 2017 and has already produced the G-Series range of graphene-enhanced shoes and a pair of hiking boots which utilize graphene, has now expanded even further.
Inov-8's new graphene-enhanced shoes image
Since launching in 2008, the X-Talon has been Inov-8’s best-selling off-road footwear collection. Now, the brand announced that they have evolved the range with the graphene-enhanced X-Talon G 235.
Ffred
Good post FatherE
Nice to see you are still with us .
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