MEMS technology

Could IoT Provide Gun Control?

The project – known as micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) – utilizes Nano devices created by engineers that can affect a weapon's operation. MEMS capabilities could be built into U.S. weapons within three to five years and the market for this ...

yesterday EnterpriseTech - MEMS technology

Thin-Film Fast-Acting SMD Chip Fuses protect portable electronics.

September 23, 2015 - Along with current ratings from 0.15–5 A, fiberglass-enforced epoxy thin-film SMD chip fuses of T0603FF series offer low DCR (0.0095–2.200 Ω) and high in-rush current withstanding capability. Features include thin-film process ...

today ThomasNet News (press release) (blog) - MEMS technology

MEMS Technology and Manufacturing on the Microscale

To achieve the physical dimensions, techniques such as surface micro-machining, bulk micro-machining, deep reactive ion etching (DRIE), and molding are required. Figure 2. MEMS devices. Historically, MEMS devices have been manufactured using ...

yesterday EE Times - MEMS technology

NUS scientists develop new liquid-based tactile sensors

The new first-of-its-kind microfluidic sensor, on the other hand, developed by a team of scientists from NUS' Faculty of Engineering, is small, flexible and durable. It can be used for a variety of applications, including soft robotics and prosthetics ...

today TODAYonline - MEMS technology

'Invisibility Cloak' Hides Irregularly Shaped Microscopic Objects

The cloak already developed on the microscopic scale could also be used to hide the layout of microelectronic components or for other security encryption purposes. “A phase shift provided by each individual nanoantenna fully restores both the wavefront ...

2015-09-21 Manufacturing.net - MEMS technology

Sweat patch could monitor blood glucose levels, bypass finger pricking

There are roughly 800 biomarkers in sweat, while advances in a technology called "microfluidics" allow for minute amounts of liquid to be manipulated by sensors and valves. The sweat patch from Eccrine Systems, a Cincinnati firm, absorbs sweat from an ...

today Diabetes.co.uk - MEMS technology

New device promises expedited results for detecting liver toxicity

“We used the concept of lab on a chip, which compresses the entire function of a laboratory diagnostic test onto a tiny microfluidics chip, to create a lab in a needle,” Stephen T.C. Wong, PhD, chair of the department of systems medicine and ...

today Healio - MEMS technology

Chip scale packages: Lumileds debuts new LED, Plessey integrates optics into CSP

But Plessey said it can selectively shape that silicon substrate, using technique similar to those used in MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) chip-level processes, to create reflector-like optics. Plessey has developed a way to customize primary ...

yesterday LEDs Magazine - MEMS technology

MEMS business

'Lab-on-a-Chip' Technology Cuts Costs of Lab Tests for Variety of Diseases

The lab-on-chip device, which employs microfluidics technology, along with making tests more affordable for patients and researchers, opens doors for new research because of its capability to perform complex analyses using 90 percent less sample fluid ...

yesterday Lab Manager Magazine - MEMS business

Not Enough Money in MEMS, Own the Data, Says InvenSense CEO

"We do plan to bring end-to-end solutions to market in multiple vertical markets," he told delegates at the European MEMS Summit, an event that was organized by SEMI on September 17 and 18 in Milan, Italy. "It requires a lot of investment but we have ...

yesterday EE Times - MEMS business

TSMC Discusses Next MEMS, Monolithic Mics

Joosse was speaking at the European MEMS Summit, organized by the SEMI trade association in Milan, September 17 and 18, and laid out the strengths in MEMS that TSMC wants to play to and the next platforms that TSMC will offer, MEMS microphones ...

yesterday EE Times - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Exploring catalytic reactions at the nanoscale

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) has emerged as a powerful and reliable technique for characterising surfaces at the nanoscale, combining the high chemical sensitivity of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and nanoscale spatial resolution of ...

2015-09-21 Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology technique could make hydrogen fuel cells more efficient

(Nanowerk News) With the growth of wind and solar energy and the increasing popularity of electric vehicles, many people in the U.S. may have forgotten about the promised “hydrogen economy.” But in research labs around the world, progress continues.

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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.
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems