Download Back Issues of the i-Step Newsletter

Since our first issue in January 2006, i-Step Newsletter has been informing customers of breakthrough technologies occurring around the world. We've covered innovations such as portable water purification, self-cleaning buildings, biometric identification, and technologies for the home and wardrobe.

Below are past issues of our newsletter to download.

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2016 Issues
  • October

    Featured Articles
    Smart pill medical tests
    Temperature Sensors with plug-and-play setup
    Ultrasonic Sensors
    Advanced Exoskeletons
    Download (748 KB PDF)
  • April

    Featured Articles
    Factory 4.0
    3D Smart Sensor
    Augmented Reality Helmet
    Download (1.4 MB PDF)
2015 Issues
  • July

    Featured Articles
    Vertical Farming
    Incremental Encoders
    Vortex Flow Meters
    Diamonds in Electronics
    Download (1.7 MB PDF)
  • April

    Featured Articles
    Smart Buildings
    IO-Link Technology
    3D Printing with Integrated Electronics
    Download (873 KB PDF)
2014 Issues
  • December

    Featured Articles
    Exoskeleton
    Touch-sensitive sensors
    Next-gen Pressure Sensor
    Ultra-fast charging batteries
    Download (886 KB PDF)
  • August

    Featured Articles
    Project Tango
    Inclination Sensor
    Mini Temperature Transmitter
    Device Reads to the Blind
    Download (844 KB PDF)
  • February

    Featured Articles
    Possibilities of Graphene
    Easier RFID
    O5D Time-of-Flight Sensors
    Nanoparticles test for blood clots
    Post-it Note Flash Drives
    Download (719 KB PDF)
2013 Issues
  • June

    Featured Articles
    All-electric car - no plugs
    High-performance O6
    Temperature Sensor for Food and Beverage Industry
    Robo-builder
    The New i-Step Blog
    Download (932 KB PDF)
  • January

    Featured Articles
    Technology Reducing Health Care Costs
    Infrared Temperature Switch
    Easiest Opto You'll Ever Set
    Shape-shifting Smartphone Screen
    The Two-Wheeled Untippable C-1
    Download (653 KB PDF)
2012 Issues
  • November

    Featured Articles
    Augmented Reality Apps
    Basic HMI and Controller
    Magnetic Inductive Flow Meter
    Self-charging Battery

    Download (625 KB PDF)
  • July

    Featured Articles
    Hydrogen Fuel Cells
    Mechatronic Flow Switch
    Pixel Counter Inspection Sensor
    Smart T-shirts
    Touch-free Measurement of Brain Activity

    Download (474 KB PDF)
  • February

    Featured Articles
    Effortless Learning
    Stainless Steel Pressure Transmitter
    Guided Wave Radar Level Measurement
    Orangutans with iPads
    3D Printers Making Bone Replacements

    Download (848 KB PDF)
2011 Issues
  • September

    Featured Articles
    The Future of Li-Fi
    Quick Response RTDs
    Simple Error-proofing
    Electronic Tattoos

    Download (832 KB PDF)
  • May

    Featured Articles
    Autonomous Driving
    AC OG Cube Photoelectric
    Stainless Steel Metal Face Inductive Sensors
    Monitor Bridges Before Failure
    Liquid Salt Extracts Oil from Sand

    Download (780 KB PDF)
  • January

    Featured Articles
    Smart Farming
    Industrial Memory Plug
    Point-Level Sensor Ignores Build-Up and Residue
    Plasma Silicone Antenna

    Download (1000 KB PDF)
2010 Issues
  • October

    Featured Articles
    The Ocean on Tap
    High Performance M8 Cordsets and Wiring Blocks
    ifm Vision Sensors
    Life Raft Makes Drinking Water from Sea Water
    Laser-Powered UAVs

    Download (984 KB PDF)
  • June

    Featured Articles
    The Future of Real Time Monitoring
    Plug-and-Play RTD Temperature Transmitter Module
    Electronic Pressure Sensing Solutions
    3-D on Mobile Devices

    Download (813 KB PDF)
  • January

    Featured Articles
    Reliable Pressure Detection in Pneumatics
    Update of Past Articles
    Tiny But Powerful Photoelectrics
    PNP to NPN Converter Cordset

    Download (780 KB PDF)
2009 Issues
  • October

    Featured Articles
    Intelligent Toilet
    100% Stainless Steel Pressure Sensor
    Stronger alternative to Velcro
    Watermelon Juice as Fuel
    Affordable Flow Technologies

    Download (516 KB PDF)
  • July

    Featured Articles
    Passwords in the Human Ear
    Evolved Pressure Guage
    Real Time Maintenence
    Breathing Batteries

    Download (520 KB PDF)
    Download for Mobile Industry (415 KB PDF)
  • April

    Featured Articles
    Radar technology to stop frost damage
    3D image sensor
    Liquid batteries to store green power
    Magnetic inductive flow monitoring

    Download (632 KB PDF)
  • January

    Featured Articles
    3D holographic conferencing
    Cell phone safety device
    Wind power for the home
    Temperature sensing with quick setup

    Download (632 KB PDF)
2008 Issues
  • November

    Featured Articles
    Cattle with WiFi and GPS
    Sensors for aggressive media
    Ethernet and AS-i
    Paper transistors
    Water repelling metals

    Download (761KB PDF)
    Download for Mobile Industry (553KB PDF)
  • August

    Featured Articles
    Mesh Networks
    Technologies form Minority Reports
    ARM cylinder sensors
    efector Metris flow meter

    Download (352 KB PDF)
  • June

    Featured Articles
    Lithium-ion batteries
    Flat speaker technology
    Knee brace harvests energy
    Submersible transmitter for level

    Download (644 KB PDF)
  • April

    Featured Articles
    Multi-use contact lens
    Solar without panels
    Robotic prosthetic arm
    AS-i air box
    Inductive Prox

    Download (653 KB PDF)
  • February

    Featured Articles
    Biodegradable plastic
    Smudge-free material
    RFID pill
    efector-v
    OG-Cube

    Download (455 KB PDF)
    Download for Mobile Industry (415 KB PDF)
2007 Issues
  • October

    Featured Articles
    Visualizing energy consumption
    Sports technology
    Smart patch
    Two-sided touch screen
    Octavis multi-plexed system
    SM magmeter

    Download (532 KB PDF)
    Download for Mobile Industry (504 KB PDF)
  • July

    Featured Articles
    Silicon solar cells
    Brain-machine interface
    Pump diagnostic sensor
    Plant safety sensors

    Download (316 KB PDF)
  • May

    Featured Articles
    Protective bio-coating technology
    3-D models in a few hours
    Plastic sheet provides wireless power

    Download (888 KB PDF)
  • March

    Featured Articles
    Innovator of the year
    Solar skin
    Zero ink printing technology

    Download (556 KB PDF)
  • January

    Featured Articles
    A sense of touch in virtual reality
    Vibrating wings could shake off ice
    Body-wired headphones
    Vascular patterns: a new means of identification

    Download (500 KB PDF)
2006 Issues
  • October

    Featured Articles
    Converting street vibrations into electricity
    Beyond the pedometer
    Wireless wonder chip
    Robotic hands with artificial skin

    Download (456 KB PDF)
  • July

    Featured Articles
    Farewell to keywords
    Perpendicular magnetic technology enhances hard drives
    Aluminum foam

    Download (232 KB PDF)
  • May

    Featured Articles
    Turning necessity into innovation
    A leg up for crutch design
    Virtual keyboard
    High tech under the hood

    Download (428 KB PDF)
  • March

    Featured Articles
    A new era of smart clothes
    Bendable battery with super-fast charging capability
    From cell to screen
    Soft helmet turns hard in crash

    Download (288 KB PDF)
  • January

    Featured Articles
    Home smart home
    Scrubbing bubbles hit the street
    Holographic memory
    Counting calories?
    Concrete gets flexable

    Download (416 KB PDF)