MEMS technology

System Bits: Nov. 3

Bioengineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new method of 3D printing that allows production of complex micro-scale objects smaller than the width of a human hair. The technique that uses ...

2015-11-03 SemiEngineering - MEMS technology

Dolomite creates unique microfluidics chip for creation of single cell libraries

This new chip allows researchers to use droplet-based microfluidic methods to help explore the behaviour of thousands of individual cells, providing a rapid and easy way to screen for new or cryptic cell types. The Single Cell RNA-Seq Chip – a ...

2015-11-04 Cambridge Network - MEMS technology

Second harmonic generation in a high-Q crystal microresonator fabricated by ...

In particular, a study fabricated high-Q on-chip sub-millimeter LN microresonators using femtosecond laser micromachining, followed by focused ion beam (FIB) milling and high temperature annealing to improve the Q factor to be 2.5×105 [J. Lin, et al., Sci.

2015-11-05 Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Using microfluidic devices to sort stem cells

Now a team of Northwestern Engineers has developed a microfluidic device to sort neural stem cell populations, making them easier to study. This new tool could lead to a better understanding of how stem cells function, bringing the world one step ...

yesterday Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Graphene-on-MEMS Makes Better Night-Vision Sensor

Graphene can be used to improve infrared vision systems so that they do not need the bulk and cost of cooling apparatus, according to a research paper published in Nano Letters. The work – performed by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of ...

2015-11-06 EE Times - MEMS technology

Implantable Insulin Pump Now Possible With MEMs Technology

“The Nanopump” as they call it, is based on MEMs (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) technology. If you are new to MEM's, this is a tech that lets you reduce the size of components inside of a device. I'd say that it allows you to “miniaturise” devices ...

2015-11-06 WT VOX - MEMS technology

Scientists working on new contacts to give you night vision like the Predator

The proposal calls for a layer of graphene with a silicon microelectromechanical system (MEMS). This could essentially do all the work of those complicated, bulky headsets. The research mirrors some previous work from a group at the University of ...

yesterday Blastr - MEMS technology

MEMS business

In-ear specialist Sensorcom captured by aerospace supplier

Sensorcom's work in the fields of ear anatomy, sensitivity and physiology, combined with plastics, microelectronic design and assembly capability, has created a highly specialised product range engineered to address the growing need for hearing ...

yesterday PSNEurope - MEMS business

New Hampshire firm acquires Mound Laser

Mound Laser & Photonics Center Inc. has been acquired by a New Hampshire-based medical device manufacturer, company officials announced Tuesday. Kettering-based Mound Laser was purchased by Resonetics, a laser micromachining company ...

2015-11-03 Dayton Daily News - MEMS business

Five Startups to Pitch at MEMS Executive Congress

Microfluidic Foundry LLC (San Pablo, California and Beijing, China), was founded in 2011, and is developing a MEMS chip that acts as Pitot tube to read pressure, flow rate for pipeline flow monitoring as well as for wind and moving speed measurement.

2015-11-03 EE Times - MEMS business

What's the Internet of Things? And How does it Jam With the Cloud?

Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved through micro electro-mechanical systems, wireless technology and of course, the internet. IoT could be anything from a person who has a heart monitor implant to an automobile which has a built in sensor designed to ...

2015-11-07 Cloudwards - MEMS business

Oculus Originator Gives Away MEMS Version

... (VR) Kickstarter campaign (which Facebook bought for $2.4 billion), Jack McCauley is now giving away the license to a better VR headset that beats the top two- - Oculus and Valve-- by using a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) laser "head" finder.

yesterday EE Times - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Surgeons Get Help from 3D-printed Nanotools

The height of the panda is approximately 50 micrometers, or half the width of a human hair.” The Hamlyn Centre's work on microrobotics and microfabrication was made possible with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ...

yesterday Controlled Environments Magazine - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale Lenses Increase Field of View

Tiny silicon nano-wire towers make up dark regions of the flexible Fresnel zone lenses. Each individual lens resembles a bull's-eye of alternating light and dark. Arrays of lenses formed within a flexible polymer bend and stretch into different ...

2015-11-05 Controlled Environments Magazine - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

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