MEMS technology

Would you like to play this 3D-printed 'zoolophone'?

"Our algorithm could lead to ways to build less noisy computer fans, bridges that don't amplify vibrations under stress, and advance the construction of micro-electro-mechanical resonators whose vibration modes are of great importance," he said. The ...

yesterday TechRadar - MEMS technology

New Wearable Device Can Measure Your Blood Flow

Rogers and his colleagues have been developing epidermal electronic monitoring systems, which they make via established microfabrication techniques, for several years (see “Making Stretchable Electronics”). The blood flow sensing system represents the ...

today MIT Technology Review - MEMS technology

InvenSense Announces Ultrasonic Fingerprint Imaging for CMOS-MEMS Platform

InvenSense Announces Ultrasonic Fingerprint Imaging for CMOS-MEMS Platform MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) sensor platform developer InvenSense, Inc. has launched a new ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. Called the UltraPrint, the device will be ...

yesterday findBIOMETRICS - MEMS technology

Electronic Skin May Transform the Way We Interact With Tech

But only recently has microfabrication tech caught up to humanity's cyborg dreams. Now, every few months or so, a lab comes out with a new, different design: A bunch of sensors stuck to a glove! Circuitry printed on weird sticky paper! “We're at a very ...

today WIRED - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Ziptronix and Fraunhofer collaborate on low-cost 3D integration solutions

San Jose, Calif., October 29, 2015 — Ziptronix, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera Technologies, Inc. and a leader in low temperature wafer bonding technology, today announced it has entered into a development agreement with Fraunhofer ...

today ElectroIQ (blog) - MEMS business

InvenSense Enters Automotive MEMS Market

Seeing an opportunity to capitalize on emerging markets in automotive technology, InvenSense Inc. has expanded its microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) products to evolving safety and non-safety automotive applications. With increased demand ...

today IHS Electronics360 - MEMS business

Why Isn't the Biomedical Industry Adopting MEMS?

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have made their way into numerous components since the 1990s, including biomedical devices. However, technical and business challenges remain until the full potential of these systems in the biomedical field can ...

today DesignNews - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology - the new alchemy

(Nanowerk News) Alchemy left the mainstream centuries ago, but one of its core concepts, transmuting the elements, is experiencing a revival in nanotechnology. Researchers at the University of Michigan are charting a path toward materials with new ...

today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Exploring nanodevices in real-time

Technologically, nanoscale contacts are found both in advanced microelectronic devices, as well as in emerging nanoprobe-based technologies used to make those devices. By using a nanoprobe to make contact, device manufacturers can measure and ...

yesterday Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

The world's fastest nanoscale photonics switch - Phys.org

The world's fastest nanoscale photonics switch. "Device" is a disc 250 nm in diameter that is capable of switching optical pulses at femtosecond rates (femtosecond is a one millionth of one billionth of a second). Credit: Maxim ...

2015-10-28 - Nanotechnology

Nanopores: a sequencer in your backpack

In his view, solid-state nanopores have strengths because of how they can be integrated with electronics and microfluidics, owing to their overall material stability and the option to choose and build a desired pore width. It is also possible to run ...

yesterday Nature.com - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Nanotechnology Positively Impact The Nanocapsules Market's Growth Trajectory ...

Nanocapsules are drug delivery agents within the size range of 10nm to 1000 nm that are normally composed of a capsule shell and a hollow space in which desired substance or drug molecules are embedded. The ultrafine size of nanocapsules match the ...

yesterday Medgadget.com (blog) - Nanotech business

Featured Event

Event Calendar

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
MicroNanoConference 2015 2015-12-08 - 2015-12-09 Amsterdam
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