MEMS technology

Device May Detect Urinary Tract Infections Faster

A Lab-on-a-Disc platform developed by a German and Irish team of researchers combines modern microfluidic techniques with fast optical diagnostics to dramatically cut the time to detect bacterial species that cause urinary tract infections—a major ...

today Infection Control Today - MEMS technology

MEMS-based force sensor is 'world's smallest'

The Japanese sensor-maker Alps Electric has developed what it claims is the world's smallest force sensor, with potential applications for position control in industrial equipment and robots. The HSFPAR sensor uses MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems ...

today Drives & Controls - MEMS technology

Microresonators could bring optical sensors, communications

Researchers have solved a key obstacle in creating the underlying technology for miniature optical sensors to detect chemicals and biological compounds, high-precision spectroscopy, ultra-stable microwave sources, and optical communications systems that transmit greater volumes of information with better quality.

yesterday - MEMS technology

Drones knocked out of the air by sound waves

Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) gyroscopes are used within drones to provide balance and stability while airborne. Experiments showed that these gyroscopes can be manipulated with external sound frequencies to disrupt their operation.

2015-08-10 International Business Times UK - MEMS technology

Photonics-enhanced polymer labs-on-chips

We can overcome these shortcomings using other polymers, thanks to recent advances in high-aspect ratio polymer-based microfabrication techniques supported by replication technologies, offering realistic opportunities for mass production. Indeed, these ...

yesterday SPIE Newsroom - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Challenges for MEMS, sensors, and semiconductors

Leading industry experts participated in the joint SEMI-MEMS Industry Group (MIG) workshop during SEMICON West 2015 to discuss industry challenges – and potential solutions and collaborative approaches – in the MEMS, sensors and semiconductor ...

yesterday ElectroIQ (blog) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanoscale building blocks and DNA 'glue' help shape 3D architectures

(Nanowerk News) Scientists developed a novel way of assembling ordered crystals composed of nanoparticles. In this process, nanoparticles in the shape of cubes, octahedrons, and spheres coordinate with each other to build structures. The shapes are ...

yesterday Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

DARPA Funds Programmable Nanoscale Switches for Next-Generation Electronics

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) website reports that two of DARPA's Young Faculty Award (YFA) recipients have developed nanoscale electronic switches with reprogrammable features, similar to those at play in inter-neuron ...

2015-08-10 Hacked - Nanotechnology

Graphene's Promise Persists

“Before our work, superb mechanical properties of graphene were only able to be shown at a micro scale,” says Vlassiouk. “We have extended this to a larger scale, which considerably extends the potential applications and market for graphene.

yesterday R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology

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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!
NMDC 2015 2015-09-13 - 2015-09-16 Anchorage, Alaska 10th IEEE- Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference
WESTEC 2015 2015-09-15 - 2015-09-17 Los Angeles, CA WESTEC 2015 Event to Address Key Manufacturing Issues and Unveil Technological Breakthroughs
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!
Wearable Sensors and Electronics 2015 2015-11-16 - 2015-11-17 Santa Clara, CA. Bringing Together the Wearable Ecosystem
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
T-Sensors Summit 2015-12-09 - 2015-12-10 Celebration, FL
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