MEMS Express from MNX

MEMS technology

Piezoelectric MEMS boosts vibration harvester

The research team said a penny-sized piezoelectric MEMS could generate enough electricity to power medical implants in the body and wireless sensors on motor vehicles. The energy harvester market for wireless sensor networks is expected to $450 million ...

today ECNmag.com - MEMS technology

CASSIDIAN and its partners test indoor location system of first responders

Information about body positions – upright, sitting, lying down – and the workers' activity is determined using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) analysis and is transmitted to a command post by the PMR system. The required sensors are integrated ...

today defpro - MEMS technology

Students Design Next-Generation Glaucoma Treatment at Stevens Institute of ...

Their solution is a Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microchannel – a long serpentine canal a mere 100 microns wide, that winds along a plate. Fluid from the eye flows through a channel about the width of a human hair. The width and length of the ...

today PR.com (press release) - MEMS technology

Tiny robots self-assemble with a single command - robots use electrostatic power

"We can try to combine cells and materials in microfabrication systems to come up with structures and assemble them in particular ways using the techniques Igor has developed," says Khademhosseini. He envisions fabricating the gels and cells on top of ...

today Next Big Future - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Apple Becomes Second Largest Buyer of Consumer/Cell Phone MEMS Sensors in 2010

El Segundo, Calif., April 29, 2011—Apple Inc. in 2010 rose one rank to become the world's second largest buyer of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors for consumer electronics products and cell phones, as it snapped up parts for products ...

today Telecom Reseller (press release) - MEMS business

Growth at Top 20 MEMS foundries lags market, as IDMs capture volume consumer ...

Silex Microsystems saw robust 85% growth to some $37 million in sales, to become the largest of the pure play independents, largely on demand for its via-first, highly doped silicon TSV technology. Sales at Asia Pacific Microsystems jumped some 60%, ...

today Global SMT & Packaging Magazine - MEMS business

MEMS Oscillator devices for flash memory based storage drives

SiTime Corporation has introduced complete portfolio of MEMS oscillators targeted at Solid State Drives (SSDs). SiTime says its all-silicon MEMS oscillators can withstand shocks of 50000 G, vibrations of 70 G, and are 10 times more reliable than legacy ...

today EE Herald - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Global Conference on Nanotechnology Innovations and Market Trends

Professor Lorke said that nanotechnology was a bridge between macroscopic and quantum worlds. Two routes to the nanoscale, the top-down and bottom-up methods, made them applicable in multiple sectors. Products and systems in the top-down approach are ...

today AZoNano.com - Nanotechnology

Small scale, big responsibility

How does the use of nanotechnologies create challenges, such as how to determine when a material can be considered a nanomaterial? Nanomaterials are used due to their specific properties at the nanoscale. Exposure to nanomaterials through inhalation, ...

yesterday Public Service - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

EIPBN, the "3-Beams", Conference, is the premier conference on the science and technology of nanopatterning. Originally fabricated by either electron, ion, or photon beams, (the 3 beams), the technology of nanoscale manufacturing now also includes nanoimprint technology, and engineering molecular structures that grow and replicate themselves. This conference is the place to hear the newest techniques and the latest advances.

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Event Calendar

MEPTEC 9th Annual MEMS Symposium 2011-05-19 Wyndham San Jose, CA MEMS - Driving Innovation. Existing Technologies Enable Future Innovations Visit MNX at this event.
EIPBN 2011 ("3-Beams") 2011-05-31 - 2011-06-03 Las Vegas NV World's Leading Symposium on Lithography and Nanofabrication Visit MNX at this event.
Transducers' 11 2011-06-05 - 2011-06-09 Beijing, China The 16th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
Sensors Expo & Conference 2011 2011-06-07 - 2011-06-08 Rosemont, IL Focused on sensors and sensor integrated systems, providing over 25 years of technical innovation and thought leadership. Visit MNX at Booth 94.
Microtech Conference & Expo 2011 2011-06-13 - 2011-06-16 Boston MA Uniting innovators to bring microtechnology from laboratory to marketplace
COMS 2011 2011-08-28 - 2011-08-31 Greensboro NC Commercialization of Micro - Nano Systems Visit MNX at this event.
MEMS Executive Congress 2011 2011-11-02 - 2011-11-03 Monterey, CA Connecting the MEMS supply chain with MEMS end-users Visit MNX at this event.