MEMS technology

Optical Method Uses Laser Beams to Remotely Measure Free-Field Sound ...

However, this method can only be used to calibrate a limited number of microphones of specific types and dimensions, and cannot be applied to new types of device such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The unit of sound pressure, the pascal, ...

today AZoOptics.com (press release) - MEMS technology

SEM Measurements are Affected by Variations in Gate's 3D Shape During ...

As microchip feature dimensions approach atomic scale, it becomes formidably difficult to measure their size and shape. According to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, within the next couple of years the typical length of a ...

yesterday AZoNano.com - MEMS technology

Ruggedized Tire Pressure Sensor Raises Bar

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tire pressure monitoring is now mandated by the governments of many countries around the world, making passenger cars and light trucks the biggest market for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that go inside the tire to monitor ...

yesterday EE Times - MEMS technology

Research advances security and trust in reconfigurable devices

FPGAs are integrated circuits whose hardware can be reconfigured – even partially during run-time – enabling users to create their own customized, evolving microelectronic designs. They combine hardware performance and software flexibility so well that ...

today Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Creating Plug-Like and Parabolic Flow Profiles in a Microfluidic Channel

Microfluidics concerns the design and manufacture of devices and processes for handling small fluid volumes on the nanoliter or picoliter scale. The devices range in dimension from the millimeter down to micrometer scale. These devices have greatly ...

yesterday News-Medical.net - MEMS technology

MEMS business

New report sheds light on the Global sensors market drivers and trends 2014 to ...

Various sensor types include bio-sensors, image sensors, pressure sensors, chemical sensors, position sensors, load and force sensors, flow sensors, temperature sensors, level sensors, microelectromechanical (MEMS) sensors and miscellaneous sensors.

today WhaTech - MEMS business

Ash Carter's Idea of Disruptive Innovation: Unplug the Military From GPS

Rather than relying on satellite signals, every device would be equipped with a micro-electromechanical chip that would include an inertial navigation system, small accelerometers and precision clocks. Today this technology is in smartphones, and it ...

2015-04-27 National Defense Magazine (blog) - MEMS business

Creating an Uber model for IoT – Stream shares the vision

Just as large scale deployments require resilient and easy to manage connectivity, these micro-scale deployments will also require this same service level. More so in fact, as their technical resources will be limited, though they can benefit from ...

today M2M Now - MEMS business

Army Boasts Hottest Space Tech, Says Space Command

“We'll do that in part by advancing microelectromechanical systems technology for small inertial navigation units, small accurate accelerometers, and precision clocks – all on a chip,” he said. “Today this technology is in our smartphones – that's how ...

yesterday Breaking Defense - MEMS business

Robert Bosch Engineering set to build MEMS-based products

We are building products where MEMS is used, like telematics and robotics (example: the Bosch Autonomous Lawn Mower),” he said. MEMS is the technology of very small devices and it merges at the nano-scale into nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) ...

yesterday Deccan Herald - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanoscale Blocks and DNA “Glue” Used to Build 3D Superlattices

All things truly come full circle as scientists take child's play to its tiniest and most complex level. Using Nanoscale building blocks and DNA “glue,” scientists have discovered how to construct 3D "superlattice" multicomponent nanoparticle arrays.

yesterday ENGINEERING.com - Nanotechnology

Chile Nanotechnology for preserving food

A new nanotechnology presented yesterday in Chile extends the shelf life of food for export up to 30 percent through the development of packages with components from leaves and native fruits. "What we do is we incorporate active nano-composites of ...

yesterday FreshPlaza - Nanotechnology

Instantaneous physico-chemical analysis of suspension-based nanomaterials

High-throughput manufacturing of nanomaterial-based products demands robust online characterization and quality control tools capable of continuously probing the in-suspension state. But existing analytical techniques are challenging to deploy in ...

today Nature.com - Nanotechnology

Mass and shape of single molecules revealed

"But when a molecule lands on a vibrating NEMS device, this extra mass reduces the many vibration frequencies of the device. The way the frequencies change depends on the mass and shape of the molecule, so we can now tell a lot about how it looks and ...

2015-04-27 Science Daily - Nanotechnology

Researchers Have Developed First Liquid Nanoscale Laser

The good thing about the nanoscale laser is that it can be reorganized in real time and it only means that varieties of colors can be produces easily by using the laser. Other feature of the nanolaser that makes it different from others is its ...

yesterday Chinatopix - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

Event Calendar

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
MEMS Technical Congress 2015 2015-05-06 - 2015-05-07 Hilton Boston Back Bay Co-creating the MEMS and Sensors Ecosystem for the Next Decade
International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2015) 2015-05-17 - 2015-05-22 Phoenix Arizona The Epicenter of RF/Microwave
Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo 2015 2015-05-20 - 2015-05-21 Detroit, MIchigan Annual Conference and Exhibition
MEMS Technology Symposium 2015-05-20 San Jose, CA Enabling the Internet of Things
Internet of Things Technology Symposium 2015-05-21 San Jose, CA Analytics. Applications. Hardware. Software.
40th Annual NIST Time and Frequency Seminar 2015-06-02 - 2015-06-05 Boulder, CO
Design Automation Conference (52nd DAC) 2015-06-07 - 2015-06-11 San Francisco, CA The premier conference for design and automation of electronic systems
Sensors Expo & Conference 2015-06-09 - 2015-06-11 Long Beach Convention Center, CA Sensing Technologies Driving Tomorrow's Solutions
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
Workshop on Enabling Future Health Care 2015-08-23 - 2015-08-26 Napa, California the Role of Micro and Nano Technologies
MIG Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 Shanghai, China Stay tuned for more details!
European MEMS Summit 2015 2015-09-17 - 2015-09-18 Milan, Italy European MEMS Summit will focus on MEMS technologies, manufacturing and business challenges
Swiss ePrint 2015, 3rd edition 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-02 Neuchatel, Switzerland The Swiss Conference on Printed Electronics and Functional Materials
MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06 Napa, CA Stay tuned for more details!
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications