Annual losses are likely to be comparable to the current annual level of U.S. exports to Asia--over $300 billion.

A new study reveals that in 2020 printed electronics will become part of our lives with products like electronic skin, electronic human tissues and organs, or architectural urban elements which react to external stimuli.

"In the next 10 years, data science will have more to do with improving medicine than anything you will ever learn in medical school or anything currently being researched in the laboratory," said Frost & Sullivan Partner Reenita Das during her keynote presentation at the 12th International BIOtech Exhibition and Conference.

The three-year, $6 million collaborative program will support research being conducted by 29 faculty members at 18 U.S. universities. Their work focuses on a variety of aspects of resilient circuit and system design for future computing applications.

Printed electronics is already being employed in numerous industries today, including automotive, medical technologies, and consumer electronics. With projects such as the OE-A Roadmap and Demonstrators, the OE-A facilitates cooperation among its members worldwide and illustrates the future additional potential this technology has in a very targeted approach.

Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2.2% year over year to $295 billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor Application Forecaster (SAF).

Industry consultant Gray McQuarrie, CEO of Grayrock & Associates, joins Guest Editor Dan Beaulieu to discuss ways to eliminate the barriers (DAMs) to progress and promote success in any company or organization. He advises companies to "not just survive," but "change the game."

System-on-chip (SoC) technology held promise for cost and size reduction, but locking everything into silicon didn't provide flexibility for designers. "SoC took too much time and it was very expensive," says Dr. Choon Lee, corporate VP of product management at Amkor Technology. "It's easier to just put readily-available chips in a package. That's cheaper, quicker, and gives you more flexibility to change components and functionality."

It's not easy to stop thinking about your own needs and start thinking about the client's. In fact, it goes against the grain of human nature. And yet, it's the magic bullet that makes everything else fall into place. Joseph and JoAnn Callaway, authors of "Clients First," explain precisely how to make the shift.

Last week nearly 100 delegates attended the Henry Ford College in Loughborough for the first-ever "Research to Industry Conference: R2i." The aim of the event was to enable academic researchers to network with industrialists and forge new links that could help move their work from academia toward commercial exploitation.

Dan Feinberg expected a slowdown in activity at CES; usually, after the first few days the crowds thin somewhat, but not this time. No official attendance numbers have been released, but he estimates that this is a record show with perhaps near 150,000 visitors in attendance.