{"589113":{"#nid":"589113","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four projects lay groundwork for next-gen flexible electronics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour projects set to move forward at the Georgia Institute of Technology aim to lay the groundwork for manufacturing next-generation flexible electronics, which have the potential to make an impact on industries ranging from health care to defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe projects, which will take place over the next two years and have a budget of more than $9 million, are backed by NextFlex, the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, a group of private companies, universities, several state and local governments and not-for-profit organizations with a mission to advance flexible electronics manufacturing in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech are partnering with Boeing, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, General Electric, and DuPont as well other research institutions such as Binghamton University and Stanford University on the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFlexible electronics are circuits and systems that can be bent, folded, stretched or conformed without losing their functionality. The systems are often created using machines that can print\u0026nbsp; components such as logic, memory, sensors, batteries, antennas, and various passives using conductive ink on flexible surfaces. Combined with low-cost manufacturing processes, flexible hybrid electronics unlock new product possibilities for a wide range of electronics used in the health care, consumer products, automotive, aerospace, energy and defense sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/588905\/new-projects-create-foundation-next-gen-flexible-electronics\u0022\u003ERead the entire article here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Projects have budget of more than $9M, backed by NextFlex "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENextFlex, the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is a group of private companies, universities, several state and local governments and not-for-profit organizations with a mission to advance flexible electronics manufacturing in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Projects have budget of more than $9M, backed by NextFlex "}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2017-03-22 16:49:18","changed_gmt":"2017-03-22 16:49:18","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"589112":{"id":"589112","type":"image","title":"Next-Gen Flexible Electronics","body":null,"created":"1490201259","gmt_created":"2017-03-22 16:47:39","changed":"1490201259","gmt_changed":"2017-03-22 16:47:39","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224479","name":"NextFlex electronics.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/NextFlex%20electronics.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/NextFlex%20electronics.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":71830,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/NextFlex%20electronics.jpeg?itok=zkTSVSPA"}}},"media_ids":["589112"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Ejosh.brown@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josh.brown@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}