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Obu City announced on December 17, 2024 a care-facility pilot of a urine-detection system developed by SUMINOE. The plan places a cloth sensor connected to a transmitter inside…
Hamamatsu City announced a collection-to-product trial for used diapers on December 13, 2024. The work was intended to test steps towards recycling recovered materials into new products.
Asahi Kasei Microdevices announced on November 13, 2024 that it would show a batteryless smart-diaper concept at CES 2025, scheduled for January 7–10 in Las Vegas.
aba and BioSilver announced on July 1, 2024 that they would begin connecting the monitoring displays for Helppad 2 and the aams care-monitoring system from early July.
Nippon Shokubai announced on May 29, 2024 that its Indonesian subsidiary had begun manufacturing and marketing ISCC PLUS-certified acrylic acid, acrylates and SAP. The superabsorbent product identified in…
Penn State reported on March 11, 2024 on flexible sensors developed with researchers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The work uses titanium-dioxide films…
Impress Watch reported on March 5, 2024 that Toray had developed a urine-detection sensor integrated into a diaper. The report describes work with diaper manufacturer Koyo and a…