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MEMS technology

So far, Illumina has demonstrated digital microfluidics on silicon with the help of researchers from the CEA-Leti. Illumina hopes to launch in July devices that can assay as many as 16 samples in silicon, using technology it acquired, he added. Another ...

today EE Times - MEMS technology

ST automotive accelerometer makes call in an emergency

"ST's long-standing interest in augmenting peoples' lives and our leadership in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) have again come together in an important sensor that could potentially help consumers." The major parameters in estimating the ...

2014-06-06 CIOL - MEMS technology

Si Introduces Low Power 32 kHz SiT1552 MEMS ...

With its tiny footprint and ultra-low power consumption, the SiT1552 MEMS TCXO enables a paradigm shift in the size and battery life of wearable electronics and Internet of Things (IoT); such benefits are not available from ...

2014-06-06 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for DARPA Program ...

DARPA's Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator (C-SCAN) program aims to integrate micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and atomic inertial guidance technologies into a single inertial measurement unit, ...

2014-06-06 - MEMS business

Ziptronix & EVG Improve Wafer Alignment

Unlike in copper wafer bonding, one of the common technologies used by the semiconductor industry for 3D integration, the bond occurs between both the dielectric and the conductive surfaces. Enquist said this bonds the entire substrate interface area.

today EE Times - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanoscale salt baskets up close (w/ Video)

To me this is an expression of the power of the nanoscale where we are confronted with the limits of our capacity to change materials. We can come up with new ways to manipulate and weave unnatural baskets, but it's the scale at which we find out the ...

2014-06-06 Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Seeing how a lithium-ion battery works - Nanowerk

It's one of the success stories of nanotechnology.” “Compared to traditional lithium-ion, [lithium iron phosphate] is environmentally friendly, and very stable,” Niu says. “But it's important for this material to be well understood.”.

today - Nanotechnology

Novel nanocarbon architecture makes a superior bifunctional electrocatalyst

The researchers point out that this work also provides a structural platform toward the design of three-dimensional (3D) interconnect materials with extraordinary electron pathways as well as tunable surface/interface that can be used in areas, such as ...

today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

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Hilton Head 2014 2014-06-08 - 2014-06-14 Hilton Head Island, SC A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
InvenSense Developers Conference 2014-06-11 - 2014-06-12 Santa Clara, CA
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
ICMEMSS 2014 2014-12-18 - 2014-12-20 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, INDIA International Conference on MEMS and Sensors
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