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U.S. grant for printed electronics could be boon for Clemson, region

September 16, 2015

Charles ‘Chip’ Tonkin (left), Steve Foulger and Liam O’Hara, examine flexible hybrid electronics produced on a Clemson press.

Charles ‘Chip’ Tonkin (left), Steve Foulger and Liam O’Hara, examine flexible hybrid electronics produced on a Clemson press.

Imagine bandages that detect infections, flexible paper light bulbs that screw into a light socket or food containers that notify you of an allergen inside. Now imagine all of this technology is created on a printing press and that Clemson University is on the cusp of helping bring it to mainstream America.

Those technologies and Clemson’s expertise in helping produce them are at the root of a recently announced $75 million grant that the federal government hopes will put the U.S. on the forefront of flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) manufacturing.

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