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thumbnailFuture iPhone may use MEMS actuator for fast, efficient autofocus
While current iOS devices employ traditional voice coil motors for camera autofocusing duties, Apple is looking into a unique MEMS solution that could lead to much slimmer and more power-efficient handset designs. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
today Apple Insider - MEMS technology
Electrothermally actuated microelectromechanical systems ...
Electrothermally actuated microelectromechanical systems based omega-ring terahertz metamaterial with polarization dependent characteristics. Chong Pei Ho, Prakash Pitchappa, Yu-Sheng Lin, Chia-Yi Huang, Piotr ...
Terahertz TeraView today - MEMS technology
thumbnailNew imaging system brings lobster-eye design down to scale
Creating the device at a small scale meant overcoming formidable hurdles in micro-scale fabrication. To accurately mimic the workings of the lobster eye, the researchers had to arrange an array of mirror boxes—each about 60 microns deep and 20 microns ...
2014-04-25 Phys.Org - MEMS technology
thumbnailSuperconducting Qubit Array could be a non-Dwave quantum computer ...
Superconductivity is a useful phenomenon in this regard, because it allows the construction of large quantum circuits and is compatible with microfabrication. For superconducting qubits, the surface code approach to quantum computing is a natural ...
2014-04-26 Next Big Future - MEMS technology
thumbnailApplications of Silicon in MEMS Devices
MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) are microdevices that are developed using techniques from integrated circuit processing. Capabilities of MEMS include mechanical, fluidic, electrical and thermal functions. Their small size enables their use in ...
today AZoNano.com - MEMS technology
thumbnailMobile Sensor Hubs Now Seen as the 'Future of Sensing'
... that offload tasks from power-hungry application processors and let mobile devices like smartphones and tablets run longer on a single battery charge are now “reaping gargantuan gains thanks to the global microelectromechanical systems (MEMS ...
yesterday Mobile Marketing Watch - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Knowles Reports Q1 2014 Financial Results
Knowles has a leading position in micro-electro-mechanical systems microphones, speakers and receivers which are used in smartphones, tablets and mobile handsets. Knowles is also a leading manufacturer of transducers used in hearing aids and other ...
yesterday MarketWatch - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

thumbnailNanotechnology Could Make a Printable Smartphone Possible
A new version of “spaser” technology being investigated could mean that mobile phones become so small, efficient, and flexible they could be printed on clothing. A team of researchers from Monash University's Department of Electrical and Computer ...
2014-04-25 Controlled Environments Magazine - Nanotechnology
thumbnailOptical traps on chip manipulate many molecules at once
Wang and colleagues developed a new type of optical trap, drawing on nanophotonics – in this case, using light as nanoscale controllers – as well as on-chip electronics and microfluidics to make a low-power, stable device that can be fitted to ...
today Cornell Chronicle - Nanotechnology
Nanomaterial Outsmarts Ions
Ions are an essential tool in chip manufacturing, but these electrically charged atoms can also be used to produce nano-sieves with homogeneously distributed pores. A particularly large number of electrons, however, must be removed from the atoms for ...
2014-04-26 Space Daily - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNew MIT building to be a hub for nanoscale research
Starting in 2018, researchers from across MIT will be able to take advantage of comprehensive facilities for nanoscale research in a new building to be constructed at the very heart of the Cambridge campus. The 200,000-square-foot building, called “MIT ...
today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanoporous Material Combines the Best of Batteries and Supercapacitors
The research community has wearied of claims that some new nanomaterial enables a “supercapacitor," when in fact the energy storage device is not a supercapacitor at all, but a battery. However, in this case, the Rice University researchers, led by ...
today IEEE Spectrum - Nanotechnology
thumbnailProperties of water at nanoscale will help to design innovative biomedical and ...
(Nanowerk News) Scientists from Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy) and Houston Methodist Research Institute (Houston, USA) have just proposed a novel understanding of unexpected water properties at the nanoscale in the close proximity of solid surfaces.
today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology
Harvard Scientists Create Nanoscale MRI
Researchers at Harvard have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that can generate nanoscale images, and could eventually reveal the atomic structures of individual molecules. Details regarding the project have been released in an ...
yesterday Med Device Online (press release) - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

MEMS Portugal 2015

Event Calendar

IEEE SF Bay Area MEMS Chapter
2014-04-30
Qualcomm Cafe, Santa Clara, CA - 7:45pm
MEMS WARS: A New Hope - Dr. Kurt Petersen, Palios Inc.
MicroManufacturing Conference & Exhibits
2014-05-06 - 2014-05-08
Hartford, CT
MIG M2M Forum 2014
2014-05-20 - 2014-05-21
Berkeley, CA
The MEMS Supply Chain - It Takes a Village
12th Annual MEPTEC MEMS Technology Symposium
2014-05-22
San Jose, CA
Advances in MEMS - Foundations in Design, Process, Packaging and Test
Medical MEMS and Sensors 2014
2014-05-28 - 2014-05-29
Detroit, Michigan
Design Automation Conference (DAC 2014)
2014-06-01 - 2014-06-05
San Francisco, CA
IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS2014)
2014-06-01 - 2014-06-06
Tampa Bay, FL
For technologists involved in all aspects of microwave theory and practice
Hilton Head 2014
2014-06-08 - 2014-06-14
Hilton Head Island, SC
A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
Microtech 2014
2014-06-15 - 2014-06-19
Washington, DC
Addressing advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies and business practices.
Sensors Expo & Conference
2014-06-24 - 2014-06-26
Rosemont, IL
MicroTAS 2014
2014-10-26 - 2014-10-30
San Antonio, TX
AVS 61st International Symposium and Exhibition
2014-11-09 - 2014-11-14
Baltimore, MD
Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing
The 28th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
2015-01-18 - 2015-01-22
Estoril, Portugal
Transducers 2015
2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25
Anchorage, Alaska

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