MEMS technology

Why one small company thinks it has the key to extending Moore’s Law

We normally talk about chips built on conventional CMOS, but there are other types of manufacturing — analog, MEMS, and RF, to name a few. Even devices built on CMOS may not benefit from smaller nodes if, for example, they have a minimum pad size that a ...

Extreme Tech: 2016-10-25 - MEMS technology

Droplet-based testing of biochemical reactions in 10,000 different conditions – simultaneously!

Microfluidics is the technology of fabricating devices with micro channels for work with fluids of very small volume (microliters to picoliters) being utilized for a wide range of applications such as inkjet printers, biochemical assays, chemical synthesis ...

biotechin.asia: 2016-10-26 - MEMS technology

Ultrafast lasers enable micromachining in thin glass

Scientists are investigating how to use ultrashort-pulse (also known as ultrafast) lasers to etch microstructures into thin glass. There are possible applications in analytics (lab on a chip) and especially in electronics and the consumer sector.

Indrustrial Laser Solutions: 2016-10-25 - MEMS technology

Indium phosphide on silicon template for optoelectronics

Sophia University in Japan has developed a wafer bonding process that produces a thin layer of indium phosphide (InP) on silicon (Si) template that was used for the production of ~1.2μm-wavelength laser diodes (LDs) by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy ...

Semiconductor Today: 2016-10-24 - MEMS technology

Biomedical MEMS Implants Inorganic-Based, Polymer-Based, and Protein-Based Transducers

Dr. Allen will be discussing his work with bioimplantable sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, that can communicate information from within the body to guide medical treatment of disease. Examples of his work include a ...

wyss.harvard.edu: 2016-10-21 - MEMS technology

3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensors

Lind is also a researcher at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. "Our microfabrication approach opens new avenues for in vitro tissue engineering, toxicology and drug screening research," said Kit Parker ...

Science Daily: 2016-10-25 - MEMS technology

The beating 'heart-on-a-chip': Miniature 3D printed organ could one day put an end to animal testing

Our microfabrication approach opens new avenues for in vitro tissue engineering, toxicology and drug screening research,' co-author Kit Parker, Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, added. Organs-on-chips, also known as microphysiological ...

Daily Mail: 2016-10-24 - MEMS technology

Mapping Buried Magnetism

Photo: Denis Paiste/Materials Processing Center In a sandwich of extremely thin ... show how the intensity of blue light coming out of a thin film of europium sulfide/bismuth selenide changes as the sample is rotated. Measuring this blue light, or second ...

scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com: 2016-10-26 - MEMS technology

Display powered by office lights being developed by Microsoft

Microsoft engineers are developing a display powered by photovoltaic technology ... It is fitted with a thin flexible panel on the back, which is attached to a thin-film battery. The technology, which is currently at prototype stage, is being developed ...

The Institution of Engineering and Technology: 2016-10-25 - MEMS technology

MEMS Oscillators Offer Precision Timing

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Timing and synchronization of components and subsystems are necessary for many electronic systems, typically relying upon the stability of a reference oscillator. Until now ...

mwrf.com: 2016-10-19 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Micralyne Appoints New COO to Drive Supply of MEMS/Sensors for IoT

EINPresswire.com/ -- Manufacturing Operations Industry Vet Darrell Mathison joins Micralyne as Chief Operating Officer EDMONTON, AB--(Marketwired - Oct 24, 2016) - Micralyne Inc., a leading manufacturer of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS ...

EIN Newsdesk: 2016-10-26 - MEMS business

micro photonics 2016: A new congress and trade fair on biophotonics and microoptics

More than 1000 attendees came to see the 80 exhibitors from the fields of micro-optics, microsystem technology, and optoelectronics ... Dr. Nikolay Ledentsov, CEO, VI Systems; and Dr. Henning Schröder, Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und ...

laserfocusworld.com: 2016-10-25 - MEMS business

TE Connectivity and 3D Glass Solutions Announce a Joint Collaboration on ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM--(Marketwired - October 20, 2016) - 3D Glass Solutions, Inc. (3DGS), a world-class ... TEL), on the development of electronic interconnect devices using glass-based System-in-Package (SiP) technology. This agreement leverages 3DGS' patented ...

Marketwired: 2016-10-20 - MEMS business

3D printing ideal for high-mix, low-volume micro-manufacturing

Jay Rogers, Chief Executive of Local Motors, discusses the evolution of his micro-scale OEM, and how additive manufacturing is well suited to deal with the demands of the future. By Xavier Boucherat The Phoenix, Arizona-based Local Motors has attracted ...

automotiveworld.com: 2016-10-26 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanoscale image reveals new details about formation of marine shells

(Nanowerk News) Unseen out in the ocean, countless single-celled organisms grow protective shells to keep them safe as they drift along, living off other tiny marine plants and animals. Taken together, the shells are so plentiful that when they sink they ...

Nano werk: 2016-10-25 - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

Event Calendar

MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress US 2016 2016-11-09 - 2016-11-11 Scottsdale, Arizona CAPTURING VALUE FROM MEMS AND SENSORS
Defense Innovation 2016-11-29 - 2016-12-01 Austin, TX Co-Located with Defense Energy and SBIR/STTR
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Photonics West 2017 2017-01-28 - 2017-02-02 Moscone Center San Francisco, California, USA The world's largest multidisciplinary event focusing on photonics
IEEE-NEMS 2017 2017-04-09 - 2017-04-12 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA The 12th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2017-05-14 - 2017-05-17 Washington, DC Accelerating the Commercialization of Global Innovation