MEMS technology

Smaller and smarters MEMS and electronics for bullets that can monitor a building during urban warfare

Its mission focuses on making armament systems more precise, energy efficient, scalable and effective by reducing the size of critical components in sub-systems such as safe and arm devices, electronics packages, power supplies and inertial measurement ...

Next Big Future: 2017-02-08 - MEMS technology

Quantum effects: Heat flow in atomic bottlenecks

They then had to measure these two variables simultaneously at varying diameters of the junction. To do so, they built a special microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device consisting of a thin, silicon nitride membrane of a few hundreds of micrometres ...

Nature: 2017-02-06 - MEMS technology

3D Printer Tackles Microfluidic Prototyping

TOPAS COC is recognized as the industry standard in microfluidics and diagnostics because of its clarity, purity, chemical resistance, and UV transparency, according to Timothy Kneale, president of TOPAS Advanced Polymers. As the first commercially ...

machinedesign.com: 2017-02-09 - MEMS technology

Diamond photonics and NV centers enabled by femtosecond laser writing

He is now a research associate with IFN. He is the winner of the prestigious SIR Italian project, to study laser microfabrication of quantum photonics in diamond. His h-index is 22 and he has over 50 papers. Belén Sotillo received her PhD at the ...

SPIE: 2017-02-08 - MEMS technology

Scientists develop 'lab on a chip' that costs 1 cent to make

Microfluidics, electronics and inkjet technology underlie a newly developed all-in-one biochip that can analyze cells for research and clinical applications. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a way to produce a cheap ...

Science Daily: 2017-02-07 - MEMS technology

Lego like silicon electronics fabricated with hybrid etching masks

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Bulk micromachining techniques are commonly used for making high aspect ratio structures used in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), dynamic random access memory (DRAM ...

Nano werk: 2017-02-06 - MEMS technology

Researchers apply textile fabrication principles to the production of microactuators

The EU funded POLYACT project set out to address these limitations through the microfabrication of polymer microactuators. By exerting power in the same manner as that of muscles and motors, these actuators when patterned could then be exploited for soft ...

Phys: 2017-02-07 - MEMS technology

Silicon Designs adds new features to its 2210 accelerometer

Silicon Designs is veteran-owned small business and industry expert in the design, development and manufacture of highly rugged industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer chips and modules. Accelerometers is an electromechanical device used to measure ...

roboticsandautomationnews.com: 2017-02-08 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Breakthrough in 3-D Micro-Printing Leads to Exciting Opportunities

This development will change the way we are able to use 3-D printers on a micro scale. Although we have had the ability to perform 3-D printing on this level in the past, the cost to do it was a prohibitive factor. This breakthrough is expected to cut down ...

Engadget: 2017-02-04 - MEMS business

The exciting, terrifying landscape of the Internet of Things

Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS (because who wants to type that word out again?) are microscopic sensors and other elements that are practically invisible but can be crammed into different devices and hooked-up to onboard computers. These sensors ...

The Hill Times Online: 2017-02-08 - MEMS business

Veeco to acquire Ultratech for $815m

Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA (which provides MOCVD, MBE, ion beam, wet etch single-wafer processing and other thin-film process technologies) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ...

Semiconductor Today: 2017-02-02 - MEMS business

Fingerprint sensors experience explosive growth

Following the information company's commentary on market expectations for access control in 2017, the latest IHS Markit Microelectromechanical Systems and Sensors Intelligence Service report has found that fingerprint sensors will reach nearly one billion ...

ITWeb: 2017-02-03 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Magnetic carbon with minute patterns

(Image: Swati Sharma) Normally, pure carbon is not magnetic. Use of carbon in nanotechnology, hence, has concentrated on its electron transport properties so far. Among the few existing examples of magnetic carbon production, none has found a direct route ...

Nano werk: 2017-02-08 - Nanotechnology

Blueprint for a microwave trapped ion quantum computer

The modules control all operations as stand-alone units, are constructed using silicon microfabrication techniques, and are within reach of current technology. To perform the required quantum computations, the modules make use of long-wavelength radiation ...

Lifeboat: 2017-02-01 - Nanotechnology

Lenses made from nanomaterials get closer to replacing glass

The latest ultrathin "metalenses" can now handle multiple colors. Researchers recently showed off breakthrough nanomaterial "metalenses" that could replace bulky glass optics. There was one problem, though -- it only worked on a single color at a time ...

Engadget: 2017-02-08 - Nanotechnology

Scientists Measure Single Quantum of Heat

By experimentally confirming this law, it can now be used with confidence to predict and to explore nanoscale thermal and electrical phenomena affecting materials down to the size of few atoms or a single molecule. “Although the Wiedemann–Franz law is ...

IEEE Spectrum: 2017-02-06 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

What Life Will Be Like in 2022 (As Predicted by IBM)

Nanotechnology Will Revolutionize Medicine: With nanotechnology comes more accurate diagnosis’ in the comfort of your home at a much lower cost than you’ve ever seen. IBM explains, “New medical labs on a chip will serve as nanotechnology health ...

trendintech.com: 2017-02-08 - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

INERTIAL '17 2017-03-27 - 2017-03-30 Kauai, Hawaii The 4th IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors & Systems
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 Working Together to Solve Technical Challenges and Increase Value across the MEMS and Sensors Supply Chain
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2017-05-14 - 2017-05-17 Washington, DC Accelerating the Commercialization of Global Innovation
ADAS Sensors 2017 2017-05-17 - 2017-05-18 Detroit, Michigan Annual Conference & Exhibition
ASE 2017 2017-06-14 - 2017-06-15 Detroit, Michigan Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo
Transducers 2017 2017-06-18 - 2017-06-22 Kaohsiung, Taiwan The 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
Sensors Expo and Conference 2017 2017-06-27 - 2017-06-29 San Jose CA
MEMS Testing & Reliability 2017 2017-08-01 Santa Clara, CA Workshop and Exhibition
MEMS Manufacturing 2017 2017-08-02 - 2017-08-03 Santa Clara, CA Annual Conference and Exhibition