MEMS technology

Next Generation: Microcontrolled Blood Rinsing

Next Generation: Microcontrolled Blood Rinsing. A microfluidic device can safely remove glycerol from thawed red blood cells in minutes, potentially making frozen blood more feasible for routine transfusions. By Molly Sharlach | November 25, 2014.

today Scientist (blog) - MEMS technology

Army Tests Insect-Inspired Robots

... of the Micro-Autonomous Systems Technology Collaborative Technology Alliance, or MAST CTA, of ARL's robotics enterprise, which explores ways to enhance Soldiers' situational awareness on the battlefield through basic research on micro-scale robotic ...

yesterday Product Design & Development - MEMS technology

MEMS-Based Laser Q-Switch Modules are Now Available from Mirrorcle

At the heart of the newly-developed highly efficient Q-switch module lies a micro-electro-mechanical system (“MEMS”) mirror that acts as a high-reflectance (HR) end mirror in a laser resonant cavity which can be “modulated” on demand. The MEMS module ...

today AZoOptics.com (press release) - MEMS technology

New plasma technique streamlines thin-film processing for electrodes, displays

New plasma technique streamlines thin-film processing for electrodes, displays. (Nanowerk News) Energy storage devices and computer screens may seem worlds apart, but they're not. When associate professor Qi Hua Fan of the South Dakota State ...

2014-11-21 Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Create your own Internet Thing

Inside is a Smart System-in-a-Package (SIP) module, five micro-electromechanical sensors (MEMS) and and required software. Using it is very simple: Pop in the coin-cell battery, download the WICED Sense app ( for Android or iPhone) to a mobile device, ...

yesterday Deccan Chronicle - MEMS technology

Sensors in Motion Launches MEMS-Based Inertial Nav System

Sensors in Motion (SIM) has introduced a MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical) navigation-grade inertial system (INS) that it says could transform the $8 billion/year inertial market with new products by offering price and performance specifications better ...

yesterday GPS World magazine - MEMS technology

Multiphysics invisibility cloak manipulates both electric current and heat

"Unwanted electric and thermal background disturbances are the two key noise sources that influence the performance (including lifetime) of microelectronic elements integrated in our daily-used electronic devices such as cell phone handsets or laptop ...

2014-11-21 Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Will 2015 see the emergence of a Diamond Age of Microelectronics ?

The portfolio also covers the formation of circuit elements such as transistors, capacitors and resistors, which are then connected to form complex circuits, such as logic devices and microelectromechanical systems. Finally, the patents include the ...

today Next Big Future - MEMS technology

MEMS business

It's Time to Sell InvenSense Stock. Here's Why.

Even with that 10$ haircut, InvenSense stock remains the most expensive of the three big players in micro-electro-mechanical system, or MEMS, gyroscopes, which are used for motion-tracking functions in consumer electronics. At a forward price-to ...

today Motley Fool - MEMS business

9 technologies companies will go nuts for In 2015

Breakthroughs in 3D printing are coming in 2015, which will make this form of manufacturing attractive to nearly any business. One such technology is something known "micro-scale 3D printing," according to MIT. This is where "inks" of different ...

2014-11-22 Times of India - MEMS business

X-FAB Honored with MEMS Foundry of the Year Award

X-FAB MEMS Foundry today announced it received the “MEMS Foundry of the Year” award at the Best in MEMS & Sensors Innovation Awards ceremony, as part of the MEMS Industry Group's 10th annual MEMS Executive Congress^® held in Scottsdale, ...

2014-11-21 AZoNano.com - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

New Nanomaterial Quickly Solidifies to Stop Severe Bleeding

Having just written about a young inventor's rapid hemostasis gel that can apparently stop severe bleeding, we learn of another material developed by researchers at Texas A&M, MIT, and Harvard that also works to rapidly cease the free flow of blood ...

yesterday Medgadget.com - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale Pillars and Holes Could Lead to Brighter Displays, Less Glare

To overcome this limitation, the researchers etched nanoscale pillars and holes into silicon wafers in such a way that it can, essentially, rotate light with a polarization perpendicular to its principal axis by 90 degrees. Light with polarization ...

yesterday IEEE Spectrum - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

3D ASIP 2014 2014-12-10 - 2014-12-12 Burlingame, CA 3D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging
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
SPIE Photonics West 2015 2015-02-07 - 2015-02-12 Moscone Center San Francisco Photonics West, the #1 laser, photonics, biomedical optics conference
SPIE Advanced Lithography 2015 2015-02-22 - 2015-02-26 San Jose, CA The #1 Event for Lithographic Technologies, Materials, Processing, and more.
NANOSMAT-Asia 2015 Conference 2015-03-24 - 2015-03-27 Kayseri, Turkey The 2nd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials
DTIP of MEMS/MOEMS 2015 2015-04-27 - 2015-04-30 Montpelier, France Design, Test, Integration & Packaging
Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo 2015 2015-05-20 Detroit, MIchigan Annual Conference and Exhibition
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2015-06-14 - 2015-06-17 Washington, DC Nanotech, Microtech, Biotech, Cleantech
Transducers 2015 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25 Anchorage, Alaska