MEMS technology

Micro-Lid for Sealing a Sample Reservoir for Micro-Extraction Systems

Fabrication is completed using typical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microfabrication processes. Micro-Lid consists of a bilayer cantilever that is thermally actuated, thereby functioning as a thermal bimetallic actuator. The bilayer cantilever is ...

techbriefs.com: 2017-03-01 - MEMS technology

DARPA’s Brain Chip Implants Could Be the Next Big Mental Health Breakthrough—Or a Total Disaster

How did a Massachusetts woman end up with two electrodes implanted into her brain? Why is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency developing a controversial, cutting-edge brain chip technology that could one day treat everything from major depressive ...

Gizmodo: 2017-03-08 - MEMS technology

Paper pumps power portable microfluidics, biomedical devices

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed inexpensive paper pumps that use capillary action to power portable microfluidic devices, opening the door to a range of biomedical tools. Biomedical engineering researchers from North Carolina State ...

Science Daily: 2017-03-08 - MEMS technology

Allegro MicroSystems – Sensor ICs supports safety-critical automotive and industrial applications

Allegro MicroSystems has introduced two new 0deg to 360deg angle sensor ICs that provide contactless high-resolution angular position information based on magnetic CVH technology. The company’s A1337 and A1338 devices have a SoC architecture that ...

Electropages: 2017-03-03 - MEMS technology

Researchers put graphene to work manufacturing optoelectronics

The team used microfluidics technology to develop a new method of engineering computer chips that’s easier and less expensive than the current methodology. Microfluidics uses minute channels to control the flow and direction of tiny quantities of fluid ...

Digital Trends: 2017-03-02 - MEMS technology

Cardiff University: Accessible 3D printed microfluidic devices

3D printing makes it possible to share the devices with other researchers, making the study of microfluidics more accessible to a wider audience. The 3D printed devices offer a cost-effective alternative to the traditional ones, which are expensive and ...

ultimaker.com: 2017-03-08 - MEMS technology

Bluetooth chip is only 4x4mm

Part of the Swatch group, EM Microelectronic announced what the company believes to be the world’s smallest Bluetooth chip. Offered in a 4x4mm QFN-28 package, in a WLCSP-21 or as a bare-die, the EM9304 is optimized for Bluetooth v4.2 low energy enabled ...

electronics-lab.com: 2017-03-06 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

How the internet of things is disrupting tech staffing: Part 1

Let’s break it down. This part is defined by a number of elements addressing device management, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), and integration and gateway skills. Here are some areas that require expertise: Device management/MEMS Integration ...

Computer World: 2017-03-07 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Characterisation of 2D Nanomaterials on Phototonic Chips

Manipulation of the nanomaterial was possible via electric and optical means and new methods in spectroscopy were invented to aid in its characterisation. Enhancing Raman Spectroscopy Raman Spectroscopy measures the spectra of scattered light to provide ...

AZoNano: 2017-03-07 - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale fibers get drug delivery just right

The fibers consist of a solid core of a model drug, ferulic acid (FA), surrounded by an insoluble polymer commonly used in biomedicine, cellulose acetate (CA). With a diameter of just 500 nm, the fibers create nano-sized reservoirs of the drug surrounded ...

materialstoday.com: 2017-03-08 - Nanotechnology

Phononic origins of friction revealed

Decreasing nanoscale friction in nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) or microelectromechanical (MEMS) system has huge implications for controlling mechanical energy losses and wear of these devices. Take carbon nanotube (CNT) based NEMS oscillators, which have ...

Nano werk: 2017-03-06 - Nanotechnology

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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
MEPTEC 2017 2017-06-06 San Jose, CA 15th Annual MEPTEC MEMS & Sensors Technology Symposium
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