2018 NextFlex Innovation Day Tops Expectations The NextFlex team extends our sincere thanks to all who attended our third Innovation Day on August 9th. The day exceeded our wildest expectations, with more than 400 members, educators, government partners and supporters participating to see the latest and greatest in FHE-enabled applications, …
By Emily McGrath, Deputy Director of Workforce Development, NextFlex NextFlex hosted five high school interns for six weeks this summer in partnership with the Silicon Valley Organization’s Strive Internship program. Students came from a variety of schools across the San Jose Unified and East Side Unified High School Districts, representing …
Winning projects will include innovations in FHE devices processing, e-textiles, 3D electrical design, and power source integration. NextFlex®, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, today released Project Call 4.0 (PC 4.0)—the latest call for proposals to fund projects that seek to further the development and adoption of FHE. Response …
(UPDATE: Project Call 4.0 has now been released. To view the call, please CLICK HERE.) Project Call 4.0 (PC 4.0) is scheduled for release on Monday, August 6, 2018. Here’s what’s in store: PC 4.0 will continue to focus on the areas identified in the Flexible Hyrid Electronics (FHE) Roadmap …
NextFlex Innovation Day has Grown to Innovation Week! The excitement is building. If you haven’t already RSVP’d to attend, plan now to join us August 6-10, 2018, for “Innovation Week” — a week of meetings and activities designed to grow the FHE manufacturing supply chain, make critical decisions about the …
Last week, Massachusetts celebrated the grand opening of the UMass Lowell Fabric Discovery Center, an advanced manufacturing research and development center that will focus on innovation in textile and electronic integration, aiming to advance and integrate technologies from three Manufacturing USA institutes: NextFlex, AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America), and …