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3D printing technology goes from clinic to catwalk

Dutch designer Iris van Herpen unveiled a new piece at the Paris Fashion Week for Haute Couture created using 3D printing technology from Belgian company Materialise. The design was made using a cutting-edge application of the technology, which is creating a small revolution in fashion and design in the same way that it has already […]

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Vgi’Fall will make growing older safer

Unique Vigiā€™Fall fall detection solution could help save 500,000 hospitalisations and 40,000 premature deaths caused by falls in Europe every year. Solution expected to create 100 qualified jobs and to be used by 3 million elderly in Europe over the next 3 years. The FallWatch Consortium brings together a wealth of European technology and expertise […]

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Optix makes breakthrough in explosives detection

The Optix consortium has successfully developed and tested a portable prototype capable of detecting extremely small quantities of explosives at a 20-metre distance, providing police and security forces with an invaluable asset in the fight against bomb attacks. No other research organisation or company has to date achieved similar results which places the European industry […]