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MEMS technology
 Researchers Use Microstereolithography 3D Printers to Print Objects 400X's ...
- Without the use of these highly sophisticated 3D printers, development of these metamaterials and their complex 3D micro-scale geometries would be near impossible, to impossible. “Now we can print a stiff and resilient material using a desktop machine ...
2014-06-20 3DPrint.com - MEMS technology
 New manufacturing techniques must be developed before soft machines ...
- Soft machines could make possible new types of soft microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS. Current MEMS such as miniature accelerometers and gyroscopes found in consumer electronics, automotive airbags and other products are made of solid ...
2014-06-19 Next Big Future - MEMS technology
 Apple invents iPhone camera lens actuator made of artificial muscle
- To that end, Apple proposes a micro electromechanical system (MEMS) design using an EAP layer having a frusto-conical shape as seen in the illustration below. Situated at the tip of the artificial muscle structure is an opening to be used as the camera ...
2014-06-19 Apple Insider - MEMS technology
 Startup can power trillions of sensors in everyday objects
- ... that he developed with his Ph.D. advisor, UVM physics professor Junru Wu, Ph.D. The "MEMS" device—for microelectromechanical systems—converts mechanical energy into electricity using a special "piezoelectric" material that generates a charge at ...
2014-06-19 Phys.Org - MEMS technology
- How to turn MEMS, 3D stacking technologies and CMOS
- So MEMS, CMOS and 3D technologies are now again combined in order to empower optics into silicon (does it remember you something that happened between 1998 and 2001?). The big difference with the optical ...
2014-06-19 - MEMS technology
 Introducing the Vacuum Transistor: A Device Made of Nothing
- Most likely, the techniques currently used to package various microelectromechanical sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, can be applied to vacuum-channel transistors without too much fuss. Admittedly, a great deal of work remains to be done ...
today IEEE Spectrum - MEMS technology
- XIMEA & imec Bring Smallest Hyperspectral Imaging Camera to Market
- By applying narrow-band spectral filters at pixel-level using semiconductor thin-film processing, imec's technology enables hyperspectral image sensor solutions with extreme compactness, low weight, high reliability and proven capabilities to be mass ...
2014-06-20 Robotics Tomorrow - MEMS technology
MEMS business
- Ximea and Imec combine hyperspectral resources
- By applying narrow-band spectral filters at pixel-level using semiconductor thin-film processing, Imec's technology enables hyperspectral image sensor solutions that are compact, low weight, and reliable to be mass produced at low cost in volume. Ximea ...
today IMVEurope - MEMS business
- X-Fab builds two new MEMS fabs
- X-FAB Silicon Foundries has expanded its MEMS manufacturing capabilities in Erfurt and Itzehoe with two new dedicated MEMS fabs with cleanroom space totaling more than 2000 square metres. MEMS devices manufactured at X-FAB include pressure ...
2014-06-20 ElectronicsWeekly.com - MEMS business
- High-Quality Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Patents for Sale by ICAP ...
- ICAP Patent Brokerage announces for sale two portfolios of patents disclosing methods and systems in optical MEMS switch technology from Xerox Corporation and PARC, a Xerox company. These IP packages are available via sealed bid with a bidding ...
today DigitalJournal.com - MEMS business
- Deals of the day: Aeroflex bought for $1.5 billion
- (NYSE:ARX), a Plainview, NY–based provider of microelectronic components and test and measurement equipment. The deal is valued at approximately $1.46 billion (including $540m of assumed debt), or $10.50 per share (26.1% premium over last Friday's ...
2014-06-20 Fortune - MEMS business
- Apple matters to MEMS microphone suppliers
- In a byzantine supply chain that revolves around the needs of Apple, the global market for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone chips is split into dual segments that are dominated by two suppliers: Knowles Corp. and Infineon Technologies ...
2014-06-20 evertiq.com - MEMS business
 Knowles, Infineon dominate MEMS microphone market
- Knowles of the U.S. in 2013 was the biggest supplier of packaged MEMS microphones ready for assembly on printed circuit boards, according to IHS Technology. Germany's Infineon, meanwhile, was the leader one layer below, supplying bare MEMS dies to ...
2014-06-19 ElectronicsWeekly.com - MEMS business
Nanotechnology
- Etching nanoscale spikes into silicon enables more sunlight ...
- The Rice lab of chemist Andrew Barron found a simple way to etch nanoscale spikes into silicon that allows more than 99 percent of sunlight to reach the cells' active elements, where it can be turned into electricity.
2014-06-20 - Nanotechnology
- Applicability of the classic elastic models at the nanoscale
- Classic elastic models based on continuum assumptions have been widely used to model the mechanical behaviors of various materials and structures at the macro- and micro-scale. When the characteristic size of materials and structures decreases down to ...
today nanotechweb.org - Nanotechnology
 Cost-efficient nanoengineered silicon improves solar cell efficiency
- By etching nanoscale spikes into the silicon, the team was able to improve the efficiency of their solar arrays significantly. This relatively simple, engineering solution allowed for 99 percent of the light to reach the cells' active elements. It ...
today Knovel - Nanotechnology
Nanotech business
 Israeli nanotechnology startup raises $2 million
- TEL AVIV – Fulcrum SP Materials Ltd., an Israeli startup using nanotechnology to create stronger yet lighter materials for applications in aerospace, law enforcement, wind power and more, raised $2 million of funds and named a new chief executive, a ...
2014-06-20 USA TODAY - Nanotech business
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