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Wearable ultrasound from Nijmegen senses your ballooning bladderIn 2014, a urologist from Twente needed a solution to measure bladder content from outside of the body. The answer: an external wearable ultrasound device. Now, Novioscan’s first product has successfully hit the market, with a follow-up expected in early 2020. |
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How ASMI became the key supplier of semicon ALD equipmentTwenty years ago, a small Finnish company called Microchemistry held the key to continuing Moore’s Law. From twelve contenders, it picked ASM International to scale up – to the great delight of Intel. |
In other news |
| Russia joins race to make quantum dreams a reality (Nature) |
| A battery based on seawater, free of heavy metals (IBM) |
| Chinese chip companies get the most government support, says OECD (Electronics Weekly) |
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Why care about purpose in business?Business can’t just be about making money. We have the obligation to hold ourselves to a higher standard. What’s the purpose of your company? With Christmas and New Year upon us, I encourage all of us to reflect on why we do what we do. |