MEMS technology

FMS 2015: Toshiba Develops 8-Stack, 16-Stack TSV for NAND

During their keynote at FMS, Toshiba also announced that they'll be producing the world's first 8-stack and 16-stack TSV (Through-Silicon-Via) NAND packages. Thanks to TSV NAND stacking, Toshiba is able to attain performance up to 1.2Gbps throughput ...

2015-08-12 Custom PC Review - MEMS technology

SMI Launches MEMS Ultra-Low Pressure Sensor

SMI launches the new SM9543 MEMS ultra-low pressure sensor for the stringent medical and industrial markets. With an industry leading performance at ultra-low differential pressure of +/- 0.07 PSI , design engineers will appreciate the high level of ...

yesterday Benzinga - MEMS technology

How to protect planes and passengers from explosions on the surface of the sun

Modern aircraft are heavily reliant on computerised systems (avionics), but research has shown that the microelectronic chips used in these systems are increasingly vulnerable to being upset or damaged by radiation encountered high in the atmosphere.

today Phys.Org - MEMS technology

'Lab-on-a-Disc' reduces time to detect, identify bacteria in urine

The “Lab-on-a-Disc” platform is a centrifugally driven device that includes a spindle motor and microfluidic chips made of polydimethylsiloxane (Sylgard 184, Dow Corning). The diagnostic screening begins with microfluidic chips being stored in a vacuum ...

2015-08-12 Healio - MEMS technology

Gas-Sensing MEMS Interferometer Connects to Smartphones

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developed the device, which is based on Fabry-Perot interferometers and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). It channels light through a sample and determines its composition based on the wavelength of ...

today Photonics.com - MEMS technology

Microfluidics Device Models Cancer Better

AIM Biotech's microfluidics device (shown here) has an array of culturing sections, each with three chambers: a middle chamber for hydrogel and any cell type, and two side channels for culturing additional cell types. Image: MIT Replicating how cancer ...

today Laboratory Equipment - MEMS technology

Nanotechnology

Black phosphorus surges ahead of graphene - Nanowerk

A Korean team of scientists tune BP's band gap to form a superior conductor, allowing for the application to be mass produced for electronic and optoelectronics devices. The team reported a tunable band gap in BP, effectively modifying the semiconducting material into a unique state of matter with anisotropic dispersion.

yesterday - Nanotechnology

New optical chip lights up the race for quantum computer

The microprocessor inside a computer is a single multipurpose chip that has revolutionized people's life, allowing them to use one machine to surf the web, check emails and keep track of finances. Now, researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in Japan, have pulled off the same feat for light in the quantum world by developing an optical chip that can process photons in an infinite number of ways.

yesterday - Nanotechnology

A nanoscale color filter

There has been tremendous interest in trying to scale down micron-sized photonic components to the nanoscale, such that they can become compatible with nanoscale electronic components. One of the key components to photonics is the optical filter.

yesterday Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Scientists achieve major breakthrough in thin-film magnetism

Magnetism in nanoscale layers only a few tens of atoms thick is one of the foundations of the big data revolution – for example, all the information we download from the internet is stored magnetically on hard disks in server farms dotted across the World.

yesterday - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale surface-treatment technology for medical implants combats infections

The BioTy antimicrobial surface coating technology exhibits unique surface characteristics on a nanoscale that have the potential to significantly reduce hospital-associated infections, says the company. Initial research shows [the coating's] great ...

yesterday OrthoSpineNews - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

Workshop on Enabling Future Health Care 2015-08-23 - 2015-08-26 Napa, California the Role of Micro and Nano Technologies
MEMS Industry Group Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-08 - 2015-09-11 Shanghai, China Navigating challenges and opportunities for MEMS and sensors at the front and back ends of the supply chain.
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 MEMS and Sensors: Enabling the Connection to the Physical World
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 Creating a TSensors-Based Abundant Future
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
MEMS Technical Congress Europe 2016 2016-03-07 - 2016-03-08 Munich, Germany Delivering Technical Solutions, Together.