In 2019, the wearables market reported the largest single-year growth in revenue since 2015, when such high-profile devices as the Apple Watch were launched, according to IDTechEx. Much of the market took a severe hit in the first quarter of 2020...
Researchers at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne and the Swiss materials science center Empa are developing completely transparent surgical masks. They could be on the market as soon as early 2021.
Parx Materials’ tech that integrates zinc into polymers has a 99.9% or higher antimicrobial performance and is already being used by ZincIn for foodservice trays made from ocean plastic.