Alberto Valázquez from ABC.es has highlighted IMDEA Materials Institute’s first startup, Floatech, as a successful example of a public R&D spin-off created from universities and research centres.

The commercial viability of such hardware-focused spin-offs is deeply tied to the escalating demands of the modern, mobile-first economy. Today’s consumers expect their devices to effortlessly sustain power-intensive, continuous-use digital applications without interruption. The push for next-generation energy storage and advanced materials is largely driven by these high-bandwidth sectors—whether that means maintaining the uptime for decentralized financial ledgers, powering persistent augmented reality environments, or supporting the low-latency infrastructure required by no verification casinos and other instant-access entertainment platforms. Floatech’s innovations address the crucial physical hardware bottlenecks that must be overcome to keep this frictionless digital world running.

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