MEMS technology

Laser Micro-Machining Heads decrease manufacturing downtime.

December 16, 2015 - Targeting semiconductor manufacturing and repair applications, complete laser micro-machining heads have integrated DPSS Jewel ND:Yag laser, uni-body all-in-one form factor, as well as mechanical and optical design. Models offer ...

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

Scientists Create Designer Crystals with Vapor for Next-Generation Electronics

The designer crystals or MOFs are the most porous materials in the world, and they are estimated to boost the efficiency and processing power of microelectronic devices if applied to electronics. CSIRO researcher Dr. Mark Styles explained that "Just ...

today I4U News - MEMS technology

3D MicroPrint: Laser Sintering Technology to 3D Print Tiny Metal Parts

... for 3D printing tiny metal components for potential applications in industries like watchmaking, cars, and medicine. The enterprise is a collaboration between two companies based in Germany: 3D-Micromac AG, a provider of laser micromachining ...

yesterday Lifeboat Foundation (blog) - MEMS technology

Scripps News at 2015 AGU Fall Meeting

Bock's prototype early warning system utilizes MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) accelerometers developed at Scripps and deployed at existing GPS tracking stations. The ground movements that occur as a consequence of the earthquake can be ...

2015-12-14 Scripps Oceanography News - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Scanlab Acquires Next Scan Technology, Increases Polygon Scanner Stake

USP lasers are used for ultraprecise micromachining of diverse materials, as cold ablation allows particularly fine, targeted material removal. To achieve industrial-scale productivity, USP lasers are combined with ultrafast scanners, such as polygon ...

2015-12-14 Photonics.com - MEMS business

CES debut for CEA-Leti

“Leti is well known in the industry as a strategic partner for companies that come to us to help them apply tomorrow's microelectronic technologies in their products, ranging from consumer markets to biotech, security, transportation and the Internet ...

yesterday Electronics Weekly - MEMS business

Apple has taken over Qualcomm's IMOD Mirasol display lab in Taiwan

But rather than moving around dye like an E-Ink screen, IMOD uses tiny moving mirror-like elements, referred to as being a micro-electro-mechanical system, or MEMS (also known as a "micro-machine"). The downside to IMOD has historically been that it ...

2015-12-14 Apple Insider - MEMS business

The Mother Of All Innovation Challenges

Innovation runs across the biosensor value chain from materials and MEMS (microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems) to manufacturing, power supply, software, devices, and business models. But interestingly, there are not a lot of patents in ...

yesterday Forbes - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

To stop cancer's spread, take out its nanoscale communication channels

A study by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), published in Nature Communications ("Physical nanoscale conduit-mediated communication between tumor cells and endothelium modulates endothelial phenotype"), offers a new view of ...

today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology breakthrough revolutionizes laser printing

(Nanowerk News) A nanotechnology breakthrough from DTU revolutionizes laser printing technology, allowing you to print high-resolution data and colour images of unprecedented quality and microscopic dimensions (Nature Nanotechnology, "Plasmonic ...

today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale 'one-way-street' for light developed

He added, “Unfortunately, for technical reasons, devices using the Faraday effect cannot be constructed at the nanoscale. But researchers are often seeking to build optical integrated circuits, similar to their electronic equivalents,” added ...

today Optics.org - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

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.
IEEE-NEMS 2016 2016-04-17 - 2016-04-20 Matsushima Bay and Sendai, Japan The 11th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems
TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2016-05-22 - 2016-05-25 Washington, DC TechConnect World Innovation Conference co-locates with the largest global innovation program in physical and life sciences. The joint programs include the Nanotech 2016 Conference, the National Innovation Summit, and the National SBIR/STTR Conference.
Hilton Head Workshop 2016 2016-06-05 - 2016-06-09 Hilton Head, South Carolina A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
uTAS 2016 2016-10-09 - 2016-10-13 Dublin, Ireland The 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
Micro Photonics International Congress Expo 2016-10-11 - 2016-10-13 Messe Berlin Germany Innovation and Miniaturization in Photonics
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems