The representatives of the Holst center, within the framework of which the developments were carried out, are coming to Israel to examine the possibilities of cooperation with Israeli technology companies. The delegation, which includes other senior representatives from the Netherlands, representing a variety of hi-tech and life sciences entities, will hold a meeting with Israeli industry tomorrow, May 28 at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv during the morning hours
The hottest technological innovations and developments in the global arena, developed at the Dutch Holst Center, will be presented this week in Tel Aviv, as part of a meeting held by the Brabant Development Authority (BOM), during which cooperation and investment options in Israeli technology companies will be examined. Among the innovations: the ECG sticker. which adheres to the body and can transmit data - in real time - on the heart condition of patients to smartphones, the world's first GPS solution - in one chip - intended for navigation inside buildings and the first procedure of its kind in the world to produce environmentally friendly photovoltaic-organic cells, which can be planted in building materials, for example.
The sticker developed by Holst includes an EKG chip. (ECG) with extremely low power consumption, and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmitter. The sticker, which also includes a component to reduce background interference, sticks to the patient's body and provides ongoing information on the patient's heart condition, whether it is stationary or mobile. The processing of the information collected from the heart is carried out in the sticker itself and the data is transmitted to the treating doctor's smartphone. The system, capable of detecting arrhythmias and epileptic seizures, can operate for a month using one battery during data collection and about a week with continuous data transmission. Another innovation developed at the center as part of the Body area network program, in collaboration with Panasonic, is a wireless EEG 'helmet' that regularly transmits data from eight channels of the patient's brainwaves. Due to extremely low power consumption, it can transmit up to 70 hours without recharging.
The GPS solution on a chip, the first in the world for closed buildings, is based on radio transmission technology developed at Holst in collaboration with the chip company BlinkSight, and it allows real-time tracking and monitoring of people and objects in closed buildings - with an accuracy of up to 10 cm. It consumes very little energy, operates on several frequencies for worldwide use and does not interfere with other wireless transmissions. The chip can be integrated into a variety of commercial and consumer applications, such as tags, sensors and mobile systems (such as locating thousands of items that move quickly - in real time). It can be integrated into smartphones and a variety of micro-systems that will form the basis of what is now known as the internet of things - which will add intelligence to almost every object around us, work independently with minimal electricity and provide valuable information about the environment in which we operate.
Other technologies that will be presented include the ability to print electronic components on flexible materials. One of the applications already developed at the center is the Smart Blister, a flexible metal sticker that can be affixed to medication packages in order to receive information about the use of the medication and transmit the information to the parties treating the patient. Other uses of the technology will be in the areas of wearable computing and providing valuable information about the wearer's health, as well as flexible screen technologies. Another innovation is a flexible sticker (which includes an ICU sensor and an RFID communication component) that can be attached to food components in order to receive current data on them. The sensor that will be integrated into a flexible tag will be attached to transport containers and will provide valuable information on the 'expiration' dates and the freshness of the transported food and will thus significantly reduce the amount of food that is currently destroyed around the world.
Another solution is technology for the production of organic photoelectric cells (OPV) that can be incorporated into flexible materials, which will be used to charge a variety of mobile systems, such as phones, packaging and tags, and even in building materials, so that they will be completely independent in producing the energy required to operate them (exposure to the sun will charge them with the required electricity to activate).
Holst Center located in HTC (an R&D center that hosts over 100 hi-tech companies) is an independent open-innovation R&D center that develops generic technologies in two key areas: for wireless sensor systems with extremely low power consumption and electronic components designed for large flexible areas. The fact that the Holst Centre, supported, in part, by the Dutch government, allows it to demonstrate continuous growth and business partners from around the world, who come there to share ideas and above all to share development efforts, costs and the risks involved in R&D, while reducing the time to market for generations New and promising products.
According to Jan Pelle, director of BOM, who will head the Dutch delegation to Israel, the goal of the meeting is to encourage and invest in the cooperation between the technology and life sciences industries in Israel and those in the Netherlands. "There is a lot of compatibility between the Israeli technological industry and the Dutch hi-tech and biomed clusters and we came here to support the creation of such a collaboration. We invite the Israeli companies to join us, contribute their knowledge and take part in the development of some of the hottest technologies in the world today," says Pele.
During the visit, BOM will offer investment support and loans of up to 2.5 million euros to Israeli entities and companies that decide to expand their activities to the region. The BOM Foreign Investments arm will offer companies assistance in locating foreign investors, assistance in contact with the local and regional authorities and exposure to the activities currently carried out in its territory. (See previous news - The Dutch investment fund BOM Capital is coming to Israel - looking for technology and biomed companies)
