Zinergy attended IEEE FLEPS 2019 which was held in in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central. Dr Dilek Ozgit, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Zinergy UK, gave a talk on a light and flexible “wear-and-forget” companion device called Re-Patch for ambient assisted living. Developed in a joint effort between two Cambridge based start-ups namely Cambridge Innovation Technologies Consulting (CITC) Ltd. and Zinergy UK Ltd., this medical device uses sensors to measure various health and environmental parameters. The patch has the capacity to communicate wirelessly with a monitor and is powered by RFID when close to the base station. The read range is extended by incorporating an ultra-thin zinc-based battery and a supercapacitor both developed by Zinergy UK. IEEE FLEPS 2019 is intended to provide a forum for research scientists and engineers throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, and applications in the area of flexible and printable sensors and systems.

On the 12th of April, Zinergy’s project “Advanced Rechargeable Ultra-Thin Flexible Zinc Batteries” was awarded the third prize from the final of the 3rd China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition.   The 3rd China (Shenzhen) Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Competition is closely linked to the industrial development of Shenzhen, which set up the five industry competitions of Internet and mobile internet (information technology), biology and life science, electronic technology, advanced manufacturing, materials and energy (including energy saving and environmental protection). Also, this competition organised the three professional competitions of Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and financial technology.    This competition was officially launched on December 1, 2018. A total of 1,850 projects were registered, which the total number of registrations were increased by 27% year-over-year the highest record achieved this year. In March 2019, the 10 overseas competitions were held in Sydney, Australia, Toronto, Canada, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Japan, Madrid, Sweden, Stockholm, Boston, USA, Silicon Valley, London, United Kingdom. Finally, 137 projects got the opportunities to participate in the finals of the five industry competitions on the 9th and the finals of the three professional competitions on the 10th in Shenzhen. After the finals of the five industry competitions and the three professional competitions, 24 finalist fiercely competed for the final prizes.   

Zinergy UK joined the London, U.K. Division of The Third China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition. Our project “ Advanced Rechargeable Ultra-Thin Flexible Zinc Battery” has won the Second Prize. Our winning team together with other winners from 10 divisions ( Sydney, Toronto, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Madrid, Stockholm, Boston, Silicon Valley, London) will attend the final around to compete the final prizes 1.8M RMB in total. China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition aims to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship resources and help foreign innovation and entrepreneurship projects to connect with Chinese hi-tech industrial resources and expand the Chinese market for mutual benefits and win-win results. This competition is open to all foreign innovation and entrepreneurship projects with no restrictions on competitors’ nationality. Bonus of this competition totally reaches RMB 11.2 million, which includes individual bonus up to RMB1.4 million (Government subsidies and venture capital investments are not included). A venture capital pool of RMB 25 billion has been set up by 40 investment institutions, which helps support outstanding projects. Equal opportunities of social investment are going to be distributed via the platform to all participants which are going to be invited to the Conference on International Exchange of Professionals in Shenzhen as well.