MEMS technology

Hitachi develops Japan’s first ‘lensless’ camera technology

The technology using a special thin film will allow cameras to be lighter and thinner ... Another concentric circle pattern is superimposed on the shadow during image processing to get images. The processing speed is 300 times faster than traditional ...

Japan Times: 2016-11-15 - MEMS technology

Researchers Design Record-Breaking Microelectronic Device

Researchers at the UCSD Applied Electromagnetics Group have designed the first semiconductor-free microelectronic device, showing an 1000-percent increase in conductivity after being activated by a low-voltage and low-power laser. The findings were ...

The Guardian: 2016-11-14 - MEMS technology

MEMS Inertial Sensors-Based Multi-Loop Control Enhanced by Disturbance Observation and Compensation for Fast Steering Mirror System

In this paper, an approach to improve the disturbance suppression performance of a fast steering mirror (FSM) tracking control system based on a charge-coupled device (CCD) and micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) inertial sensors is proposed. The ...

mdpi.com: 2016-11-15 - MEMS technology

Materials and microfabrication processes for next-generation brain-machine devices

Transfer printing microstructures onto novel hydrogel interfaces and customised composite electrodes could increase the compatibility and information transfer between body tissue and electronic devices. 15 November 2016, SPIE Newsroom. DOI: 10.1117/2 ...

SPIE: 2016-11-15 - MEMS technology

New gold metasurface offers a semiconducting alternative

These images show the novel semiconductor-free microelectronic device made from a gold metasurface on top of a silicon wafer with a layer of silicon dioxide in between. Images: UC San Diego Applied Electromagnetics Group.Engineers at the University of ...

brazilbusiness.einnews.com: 2016-11-15 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Tech execs look to new MEMS technology for advanced designs

A ready audience of industry executives shared their wants for new MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)/sensors for use in future products, while attending a congress focused on this specific sector of the electronics industry. Recently hosted by MEMS ...

EPT: 2016-11-15 - MEMS business

Osram announces LED and laser products for automotive applications

Moreover, the company said it enables a vertical detection zone with the addition of a MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) chip from partner Innoluce (an Infineon business unit) alongside the laser diodes. The prototype includes four laser diodes that ...

LEDs Magazine: 2016-11-15 - MEMS business

SMIC, IMECAS cooperate on MEMS R&D and foundry

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS) have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for a MEMS R&D foundry platform to jointly develop MEMS sensor standard ...

Digi Times: 2016-11-16 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology enables powerful and portable sterilization equipment

Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing the foil based LEDs for portable ultraviolet (UV) lights that can be used to purify drinking water and sterilize medical equipment. In the journal Applied Physics Letters, the researchers describe how ...

Nano werk: 2016-11-15 - Nanotechnology

Scientists have designed a nanoscale computer that’s smaller than a virus

Nanoscale computers could work inside, or outside the body to help control, direct and interact with other atomic, molecular or nanoscale devices and systems While the trend for miniaturisation in consumer technology has been halted in recent years with ...

globalfuturist.org: 2016-11-15 - Nanotechnology

Acoustic Waves Used to Drive Fluids at the Nanoscale

A group of mechanical engineers at the University of California San Diego have effectively used acoustic waves to transport fluids via small channels at the nanoscale. This innovative method is a first step toward the manufacturing of small, portable ...

AZoNano: 2016-11-16 - Nanotechnology

Breakthrough in nanoscale magnetic particles paves way for targeted medicines

Chinese research in superparamagnetic crystals has applications in sectors from biomedical to automotive Researchers from China have found a way to control the movement of microscopic crystals using magnetism, opening up the possibility of more targeted ...

imeche.org: 2016-11-15 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Nanotechnology company opens office at N.C. Research Campus

BioArmor, a company that makes hand sanitizers that use nanotechnology to kill germs, is the latest new resident of the Core Lab at the N.C. Research Campus. Sal Toscano and Mike Bralkowski started the company two years ago and now manufacture the hand ...

The Business Journal: 2016-11-14 - Nanotech business

Israel, Germany, launch €30 million plan to advance nanotechnology

Aiming to advance global breakthroughs in the nanotechnology sector, the Israel Innovation Authority is inviting relevant Israeli innovators to submit proposals to pursue collaborative research projects with German partners. The Innovation Authority ...

The Jerusalem Post: 2016-11-14 - Nanotech business

Growth of Nanotechnology Dental Implant Market is due to Lower Failure Rate of Dental Implants

Dental implants have been in the marketplace for a long period of time for restoring or replacing teeth. The surgery for dental implantation is critical as there are high chances of infections in gingival tissue whenNanotechnology in Dental Implants Market ...

reports.pr-inside.com: 2016-11-15 - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

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
MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress 2017 2017-05-10 - 2017-05-11 Stanford, CA
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2017-05-14 - 2017-05-17 Washington, DC Accelerating the Commercialization of Global Innovation