MEMS technology

3D-printed ‘bionic skin’ could give robots and prosthetics the sense of touch

In particular, novel strategies have been developed to enable the intimate biointegration of wearable electronic devices with human skin in ways that bypass the mechanical and thermal restrictions of traditional microfabrication technologies. Here ...

kurzweilai.net: 2017-05-26 - MEMS technology

MEMS Sensors Help Safeguard Passengers

Thus, it should be carefully considered in the design process. Also keep in mind that a new MEMS market is emerging: nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). Due to their sensitivity, these nanometric devices are able to get very small sensors to detect ...

Electronic Design: 2017-05-25 - MEMS technology

Diode-Pumped Lasers: Performance, Reliability Enhance Applications

High reliability, repetition rate and pulse-to-pulse stability make this type of laser suitable for many demanding applications such as micromachining, marking and 3D stereolithography. Footprint and volume of the overall laser system can be further ...

Photonics: 2017-05-31 - MEMS technology

Fractionating DNA—from hours to minutes

The chip, moreover, is easy to produce and cheap. The UT scientists published their results in Microsystems and Nano Engineering, a Nature publication. The new chip is capable of fractionating DNA fragments within just a few minutes, while conventional ...

Phys: 2017-05-29 - MEMS technology

Sensor provides early detection of asthma

Researchers discussed their device in a study published last week in the journal Microsystems & Nanoengineering. As a “portable non-invasive approach for measuring indicators of inflammation and oxidative stress in the respiratory tract by quantifying a ...

Health Data Management: 2017-05-31 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Ten fascinating photonics tales from May 2017

3. Fiber laser industry leader IPG Photonics acquired OptiGrate, whose volume Bragg grating-based components improve performance, miniaturization, and cost reduction of ultrafast lasers for micromachining, medical, and other applications. 5. Catch up on ...

laserfocusworld.com: 2017-05-31 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

2-D materials lose heat more easily when encased

A theoretical model that explains how heat flows from graphene could help improve the design of nanoscale devices, say A*STAR scientists. Graphene is a two-dimensional carbon crystal just one atom thick. This strong, electrically conductive material is ...

Phys: 2017-05-31 - Nanotechnology

Neutrons provide the first nanoscale look at a living cell membrane

A research team has performed the first-ever direct nanoscale examination of a living cell membrane. In doing so, it also resolved a long-standing debate by identifying tiny groupings of lipid molecules that are likely key to the cell's functioning.

Science Daily: 2017-05-24 - Nanotechnology

Quantum Dots Where You Want Them

Quantum light emitters, or quantum dots, have only shown up randomly in nanoscale-thin semiconductors—that is, until now. A group based in the United Kingdom has created planned, spectrally stable arrays of quantum light emitters in semiconductor ...

osa-opn.org: 2017-05-31 - Nanotechnology

Copper embedded in carbon nano-spikes can turn carbon dioxide into ethanol

The catalysts take a waste product of coal used in power plants and other hydrocarbon combustion reactions, in the presence of electrical energy, and create liquid fuel. Their finding was a surprise. They had been studying only the first step of a reaction ...

Nano werk: 2017-05-30 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Prysmian to test nanotechnology in power grid applications

Italian cable maker Prysmian has signed an agreement aimed at testing the use of nanotechnology in power applications. The technology co-operation agreement with US-based carbon nanotube products maker Nanocomp Technologies specifies co-operation on ...

Power Engineering: 2017-05-30 - Nanotech business

Featured Event

Event Calendar

IMS 2017 2017-06-04 - 2017-06-09 Honolulu, Hawaii International Microwave Symposium
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
2017FLEX Monterey 2017-06-19 - 2017-06-22 Monterey, California Flexible Electronics - Accelerating to Manufacturing
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
Napa Microsystems Workshop 2017 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-23 Napa, California The fourth workshop in the Transducers Research Foundation's Napa Institute Series
European MEMS Summit 2017-09-20 - 2017-09-22 Grenoble, France MEMS with all Senses
uTAS 2017 2017-10-22 - 2017-10-26 Savannah, Georgia The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
IEEE Sensors 2017 2017-10-29 - 2017-11-01 Glasgow, Scotland, UK Sensor and sensor systems practitioners come together to interact and network with colleagues.
MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-02 Napa Valley, California Exchange ideas, engage with competitors, network and relax with colleagues
MEMS 2018 2018-01-21 - 2018-01-25 Belfast, Northern Ireland The 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems