MEMS technology

How the body can become a battery

The device in development would be implanted a few millimeters underneath the skin, and contain microelectronic circuits. Blood sugar levels are monitored continuously, and the data can transmit to a smartphone or other device for reading. The ...

today Technical.ly Baltimore - MEMS technology

2D superconductivity: Electric tuning of many-body states

Charge carriers in strongly correlated electron systems can be manipulated electrically in a device made of atomically thin materials. Subject terms: Superconducting properties and materials•; Two-dimensional materials. Were there a list of great ...

yesterday Nature.com - MEMS technology

Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to ...

"There was some prior work on this type of system, but the problem was that the systems were too bulky, because they require tons of different processing," says Dongsuk Jeon, a postdoc at MIT's Microsystems Research Laboratories (MTL) when the work was ...

today Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Health By Design

Dr. Nanus has been working with pharmacologist Dr. Evi Giannakakou, and engineer Dr. Brian Kirby, on employing liquid biopsies for a particular purpose: they're doing a proof-of-concept study using a microfluidic device to detect prostate cancer ...

today Cornell Chronicle - MEMS technology

Researchers Exploit Leidenfrost Effect to Control Movements of Liquid Droplets

The discovery, say Zuankai Wang of the City University of Hong Kong and Manoj Chaudhury of Lehigh, has the potential to improve technologies that involve microfluidics, heat transfer, heat exchange, micro-heat exchange, water management and thermal ...

yesterday AZoM - MEMS technology

Google's Quantum Dream Machine

Not only can he dive into the esoteric math, but he loves to build things. Operating even a single qubit is a puzzle assembled from deep quantum theory, solid-state physics, materials science, microfabrication, mechanical design, and conventional ...

2016-02-01 MIT Technology Review - MEMS technology

3D Touch Opens A New Dimension Of User Interaction

One approach is combining haptics with microfluidics (the manipulation of fluid) to change the physical properties and functionality of the touchscreen — presenting users with a sort of 3D interface. Phorm's morphing touchscreen already uses this ...

2016-02-01 TechCrunch - MEMS technology

Inkjet Printed Polyimide Films for Capacitors

Capacitors that were 10 mm × 10 mm in size with polyimide layers of less than 1 μm had high capacitance values of 2.82 ± 0.64 nF. This work shows that inkjet printing provides a versatile and efficient method for fabricating microelectronic devices.

today MaterialsViews (press release) (registration) - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Apple to Order over 1 Billion MEMS Microphones for the iPhone Alone in 2016 ...

According to a recently published IHS report, Apple will purchase more than one billion MEMS microphones in 2016 for the iPhone. Apple shifted from three MEMS microphones in the iPhone 6 line to four in the iPhone 6S line. The move to four microphones ...

yesterday Patently Apple - MEMS business

Rapidly Changing Technology Will Expedite the Global MEMS for Mobile Devices ...

The demand for MEMS has risen in the wake of a shorter product replacement cycle for mobile devices. Technological advances have also compelled original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to reduce product size and enhance product performance, thus ...

today Business Wire (press release) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanoscale lattice is world's smallest

Only visible under a microscope, the smallest lattice in the world is made up of struts and braces that are 0.2 µm in diameter (Photo: J. Bauer / KIT). Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have created a tiny lattice they claim is ...

yesterday Gizmag - Nanotechnology

Building a better nanopore

The capabilities and applications of nanopore sensors can also be extended by merging them with other key areas of nanotechnology. In a Commentary on page 106, Ulrich Keyser explores the potential of combining solid-state nanopore sensing and DNA ...

yesterday Nature.com - Nanotechnology

Novel nanotechnology technique makes table-top production of flat optics a reality

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a simplified approach to fabricating flat, ultra-thin optics. The new approach enables simple etching without the use of acids or hazardous chemical etching agents. "Our ...

2016-01-30 Space Daily - Nanotechnology

Metal 3D Printing Gets Down to Nanoscale

Cytosurge AG has announced that it has developed a new process for printing metal components on the nanoscale. The technology driving this new 3D micromanufacturing process, FluidFM, has been around for a while, but, until now, it's been used ...

yesterday ENGINEERING.com - Nanotechnology

Spintronics: Nanomagnonics around the corner

Now writing in Nature Nanotechnology, two research groups report complementary ways of controlling the propagation direction of spin waves at the nanoscale, which may lead to advances in the circuitry on magnonic chips. Both approaches can produce ...

2016-02-01 Nature.com - Nanotechnology

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A Technical Review of MIPI I3C for the MSIG Community 2016-02-11 Online, 11:30am EDT
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.
Intro to MEMS Reliability 2016-03-21 Online, 11:30am EDT How to Fix Problems Before They Happen
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
Flexible Sensors 2016 Workshop 2016-04-26 Santa Clara, California
Medical MEMS & Sensors 2016 2016-04-27 - 2016-04-28 Santa Clara CA MEMS and sensor technologies for medical diagnostic applications
ADAS Sensors 2016 Workshop 2016-05-19 Detroit, Michigan
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
Automotive Sensors and Electronics 2016 2016-06-15 - 2016-06-16 Detroit, MI Annual Conference and Exhibition
Sensors Expo & Conference 2016-06-21 - 2016-06-23 San Jose CA INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS. EXPERT INSTRUCTORS. AUTHORITATIVE CONTENT. TOMORROW'S SOLUTIONS.
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