MEMS technology

3D-printed programmable release capsules

"There has been tremendous prior work on utilizing microfluidics, particle encapsulation, and stimuli-responsive materials to address some of these challenges," he adds. "Our findings offer a novel perspective by offering a 3D printing based approach ...

yesterday Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Researchers develop the first flexible phase-change random access memory

(Nanowerk News) Phase change random access memory (PRAM) is one of the strongest candidates for next-generation nonvolatile memory for flexible and wearable electronics. In order to be used as a core memory for flexible devices, the most important ...

yesterday Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Micro-mirrors will help make ultrafast X-ray moving images

The Argonne team has designed a microelectromechanical system (MEMS), etched from a silicon wafer, which incorporates a diffracting mirror that is fabricated with a pair of hinges on either side that allow it to oscillate in a see-saw motion. A set of ...

yesterday The Engineer - MEMS technology

Wearables Get Their Own MEMS

Ultra-low power followed by ultra-small size are the two most important aspects of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors used in wearables. MEMS manufacturer mCube Inc. (San Jose, California) discovered this in its research and has set out to ...

today EE Times - MEMS technology

Synova Unveils Compact Laser-MicroJet Cutting System With Up to 5 Axes

Customers benefit from Synova's unique expertise as an industrial micro-machining solutions provider leveraging its knowledge and experience spanning various industries with a common need for high precision and expanded hardware/software capabilities ...

yesterday SYS-CON Media (press release) - MEMS technology

How Can Our Bodies Be Used as Passwords?

The idea is to apply a temporary tattoo that has ultra-thin flexible microelectronic beneath, which stretches along with the skin. An interesting explanation by one of its developers is that they believe teens would rather wear tattoos than bracelets ...

today Newswire - MEMS technology

Researchers create tiny pump that provides continuous and spontaneous ...

... over, preventing the drop from entering, much less pushing other liquid up.. They suggest it could be used as a design for advanced materials and in developing new kinds of technology applications in microfluidics, microdetectors or with ...

yesterday Phys.Org - MEMS technology

MEMS business

New Types of Memory Semiconductors around Proverbial Corner

“Any further microfabrication beyond 10 nm requires a reduction in capacitor size for smaller cells, but the thin film cannot be reduced in thickness any longer, and the adoption of high-k materials and suitable electrodes doesn't seem to be possible ...

today BusinessKorea - MEMS business

Laser World of Photonics

Also to be discussed in the sessions will be printed photovoltaics, laser printing of nanoparticles, ultrafast laser techniques and micromachining. An industry forum on laser technology for those in business management, investment, marketing and ...

yesterday Photonics.com - MEMS business

Fairchild Out "Smarts" Dumb MEMS

PORTLAND, Ore. — Fairchild has been quietly perfecting microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies since it first licensed the Sandia (National Laboratories) Ultra Planar Multilevel MEMS Technology (SUMMiT) for foundry services back in 2001.

today EE Times - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

World's thinest light bulb is here

This is primarily because light bulb filaments must be extremely hot - thousands of degrees Celsius - in order to glow in the visible range and micro-scale metal wires cannot withstand such temperatures. By measuring the spectrum of the light emitted ...

today The Statesman (press release) - Nanotechnology

Graphene electrodes revolutionize the scaling of piezoelectric NEMS resonators

In this context, micro and nanoelectromechanical system (MEMS and NEMS) are important for several advanced applications for instance in radio frequency (RF) wireless communications, sensors and switches. The two principal components common to most ...

today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2015-06-14 - 2015-06-17 Washington, DC Nanotech, Microtech, Biotech, Cleantech
National SBIR/STTR Conference 2015-06-15 - 2015-06-17 Washington, DC National Innovation Summit
Testing of MEMS Inertial Sensors 2015-06-18 Online, 11:30am EDT Test by Utilizing IEEE P2700 Standard for Sensor Performance
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
MicroTAS 2015 2015-10-25 - 2015-10-29 HICO, Gyeongju, Korea The 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
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
SPIE Photonics West 2016 2016-02-13 - 2016-02-18 Moscone Center San Francisco, California, USA Photonics West, the #1 laser, photonics, biomedical optics conference