Technology
Ajinomoto and the
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Industry (AIST) jointly
developed a technology for low cost production of film pressure sensors. They developed
an organic material that generates electricity if pressurized and combined it
with the substrate of a plastic on which an electric circuit is printed to
produce a film pressure sensor. Because multiple sensors can be aligned
vertically and horizontally, it will be easy to build a product with a large
area. According to AIST, it will be possible to build a sensor that stretches wall-to-wall,
offering such applications as a bed that prevents bedsore and a vehicle seat
that provides a high level of comfort.
Because the new
film pressure sensor is printable, the production cost can be reduced to less
than several hundredths. It currently costs more than 100,000 yen to produce a
10 cm square pressure sensor, but the newly developed technology can produce a
pressure sensor of the same size at a cost from several hundredths to several
thousandths of the present cost thanks to the simple production process and
lower material cost. If the new film sensor is put on the room or a floor
wall-to-wall, it will be possible to monitor the life of an elderly person
living alone.
A printable
flexible film pressure sensor
jointly developed by Ajinomoto and AIST
jointly developed by Ajinomoto and AIST
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