MEMS technology

DARPA's Video Countdown of Top Technologies of 2014

But before we take more of a look at the future, we wanted to highlight a countdown that sums up 2014, posted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Via millions of hits on the agency's YouTube channel (SIGNAL Media, by the way, ...

2014-12-31 Signal Magazine - MEMS technology

How bacteria control their size

Instead of examining populations of cells growing in a flask or test tube, the Jun group instead used a microfluidics device called a “mother machine” to follow hundreds of thousands of individual cells from birth to division. They found that rather ...

today Washington University in St. Louis News - MEMS technology

11 Technologies That Could Shape The Future

They are called micro-electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS. MEMS could help reduce waste heat and power consumption in medical devices, aviation systems and other industrial products. But the researchers are also working on miniaturized applications ...

2015-01-01 Manufacturing.net - MEMS technology

MEMSensing Launches the World's Smallest Commercial 3-Axis Accelerometer ...

5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MEMSensing Microsystems Co., Ltd. ("MEMSensing"), a pioneer in MEMS sensor design and products development in China, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC", NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) jointly ...

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Bosch Sensortec launches combo MEMS solution

Bosch Sensortec GmbH is a fully owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, dedicated to the consumer electronics world offering a complete portfolio of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors and solutions that enable mobile devices to feel and ...

today M2M Magazine - MEMS technology

Optical microscopy measures up as life-science devices miniaturize

Editor's pick: The miniaturization of life-science devices is following a technology trend similar to that of the semiconductor and microelectronic industries. Optical microscopy measures up as life-science devices miniaturize. The miniaturization of ...

2014-12-30 Today's Medical Developments - MEMS technology

New Detection Principles & Technical Evolution for MEMS & NEMS

It uses a thick layer for inertial mass (MEMS) and a thin layer for the gauge (NEMS). Beyond this, many R&D labs are investigating new approaches for new detection principles, i.e. nano-optics, SMR/SNR, and FM detection. However, these are often very ...

today Digital Journal - MEMS technology

Potomac Photonics' laser micromachining builds micro-fixtures for ...

Halethorpe, MD - At the Center for Cardiovascular Simulation (CCS) at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Michael Sacks' group is working with laser micromachining company Potomac Photonics to provide advanced cardiovascular simulations that could ...

2014-12-29 Industrial Laser Solutions Magazine - MEMS technology

Local patients among the first to receive life-saving 'Cardio Mems' device

George was just one of five patients at the Indian River Medical Center to receive a new wireless heart monitoring device called “Cardio Mems.” It's implanted into an artery and sends heart data to his nurses every day. Before Cardio Mems, nurses could ...

2014-12-30 WPTV.com - MEMS technology

MEMS business

CES Trends: Privacy, Security and the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things, which encompasses networked devices ranging from smart thermostats to cellphone-controlled door locks and ultra-small micro-electromechanical systems, is expected to generate $300 billion in product and service revenues by 2020, ...

today Sci-Tech Today - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

'Glowing' new nanotechnology guides cancer surgery, also kills remaining ...

A new system developed at Oregon State University to improve cancer surgery uses a nanoparticle called a dendrimer to carry a drug into cancer cells, that can set the stage for improved surgery and also phototherapy. Credit: Oregon State University.

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Nanoscale neighbors: First use of transformation optics to accurately analyze ...

Pendry notes that researchers are only now beginning to explore the consequences of nonlocality in nanoscale surface phenomena, and are in the process of building reliable models. "The nanoscale forces in our paper are just one instance of where it's ...

2015-01-02 Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Detecting extraterrestrial life through nanoscale vibrations

(Nanowerk News) Looking for life on other planets is not straightforward. It usually relies on chemical detection, which might be limited or even completely irrelevant to alien biology. On the other hand, motion is a trait of all life, and can be used ...

2014-12-29 Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Watching nanoscale assembly live

Watching nanoscale assembly live. 1 hour ago by Max Ryadnov. Watching nanoscale assembly live Enlarge. A shortened time-lapse sequence of fluorescent micrographs showing a growing protein filament (centre), with the bright round aggregate (left) used ...

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Nanotech business

2015: The Year of the Trillion Dollar Nanotechnology Market?

Looking back at the original National Nanotechnology Initiative forecasts, the biggest economic contributions of nanotechnology came from materials ($340bn), electronics ($300bn), pharmaceuticals ($180bn), chemicals ($100bn), transportation ($70bn) and ...

2015-01-02 AZoNano.com - Nanotech business

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International CES 2015 2015-01-06 - 2015-01-09 Las Vegas, NV The global stage for innovation
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.
MEMS Executive Congress Europe 2015 2015-03-09 - 2015-03-10 Copenhagen, Denmark
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
Medical MEMS and Sensors 2015 2015-04-29 - 2015-04-30 Santa Clara, California Annual Conference and Exhibition
M2M Forum 2015 2015-05-06 - 2015-05-07 Boston, MA More information will be available soon!
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
MEMS Manufacturing 2015 2015-08-05 - 2015-08-06 Santa Clara, California Annual Conference and Exhibition
MIG Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 Shanghai, China Stay tuned for more details!
MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06 Napa, CA Stay tuned for more details!