MEMS technology

Comparison of the Bosch and a Cryogenically Cooled Deep Silicon Etch Processes

The importance of nanoscale etching has greatly increased and finds usage in nano imprint lithography, storage media etc. MEMS structures range in depth from around 10µm to 500µm with typical openings of more than 1µm. Nanoscale normally refers to ...

today AZoNano.com - MEMS technology

Smallest workshop promises big benefits in nanomanufacturing

"When I was student, I often heard, 'We can do micromachining on any substance as long as it is silicon,'" Sundaram said. "But in the real world we need technologies to micromachine a variety of materials. This was my motivation to explore ...

today Nanowerk LLC - MEMS technology

BC researchers create gecko-like climbing robot

The prototype robot uses dry adhesives — composed of an array of micro-scale fibres which look similar to flat-topped mushroom caps — that rely on weak but attractive forces occurring between molecules. The robot appears in the British journal Smart ...

today CANOE - MEMS technology

NASA Researching Real-Life Tractor Beams

It's on the micro-scale, but optical tweezers work by using rings of light to heat air molecules, which in turn traps a particle in the center and allows researchers to move it about. Other techniques including optical solenoid beams and bessel beams ...

today Gizmodo UK - MEMS technology

MEMS business

INESC TEC Develops Microelectronic Device to Prevent Bedsores

The device called MovinSense is a microelectronic device which detects the movements of the patients and alerts nursing staff so that they can change the position of the patient. The device is fitted to the chest of the patient who has no or very ...

yesterday AZoNano.com - MEMS business

3D Systems Acquires Huntsman's Stereolithography Product Line

Digitalis(R) is a new MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) rapid manufacturing printer currently in advanced stages of development and validation that is capable of manufacturing large numbers of parts simultaneously at high speed and accuracy. ...

today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business

Intel turns away from TV chips, says IHS

Trident Microsystems ranked third with 6% share. The rest of the market was split up between two groups, IHS indicated. Approximately 27% was held by vertically-integrated manufacturers - also known as "captive" suppliers - including Samsung ...

today Digitimes - MEMS business

Capella Microsystems, Inc. Announces All-In-One Optical Sensor for Smartphones

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capella Microsystems, Inc. today announced their All-In-One (AIO) optical sensor which has an Ambient Light Sensor (ALS), a Proximity Sensor (PS), and a high power infrared Light Emitting Diode (LED) all integrated into a single ...

today Business Wire (press release) - MEMS business

MEMSIC Launches Thermal MEMS-Based Two-Axis Digital Accelerometer

By Cameron Chai MEMSIC has unveiled the world's smallest, completely-integrated MEMS two-axis digital accelerometer called the MXC6226XC. The MXC6226XC, which employs MEMSIC's proprietary MEMS thermal accelerometer technology that has no moving ...

yesterday AZoNano.com - MEMS business

National Cancer Institute announces public-private industry ...

National Cancer Institute announces public-private industry partnership on translation of nanotechnology in cancer. ... nanotechnology, nanotechnology links, nanomaterials, nanomaterial database, nanotechnology news ...

yesterday - MEMS business

Tekedia » MEMS Pressure Sensors Find Heavy Use In Assorted ...

mems sensor MEMS Pressure Sensors Find Heavy Use In Assorted Applications A MEMS pressure sensor is a membrane element that deflects under pressure. The deflection can be measured by either a Wheatstone bridge ...

Tekedia Editors yesterday - MEMS business

Drop plate for low-volume measurements

... the Thermo Scientific Multiskan GO UV/Vis microplate and cuvette spectrophotometer, as well as the Thermo Scientific Varioskan Flash spectral scanning multimode reader. This extends their capabilities to include micro-scale absorbance measurements. ...

yesterday Scientist Live - MEMS business

Samsung's Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) promises ultra-Fast ...

By using advanced 3D interconnect technology, the HMC combines logic and DRAM processes into a single package. HMC will break through a memory wall that once blocked the full utilization of multi-core, multi-threaded ...

Stacy Bruce today - MEMS business

Measurement Specialties Acquires Gentech International

MEAS uses multiple advanced technologies -- piezo-resistive silicon sensors, application-specific integrated circuits, micro-electromechanical systems ("MEMS"), piezoelectric polymers, foil strain gauges, force balance systems, fluid capacitive devices ...

today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business

MEMS pressure sensors revenue to cross $1.8b by 2014: IHS

Revenue for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) pressure sensors will reach to $1.85b by 2014, according to a report from IHS. The report, IHS iSuppli MEMS & Sensors Market Tracker, said growth this year will be more modest at 6.6%, but it predicted ...

today Computer Business Review - MEMS business

Invensas Acquires ALLVIA 3D-IC Packaging Technology

The majority of the 64 acquired patents and patent applications from ALLVIA relate to 3D-IC, including through-silicon via (TSV) technology and silicon interposer technology, which is often known as 2.5D. Future generation memory and mobile products ...

today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

How the "Hairy Ball Theorem" Could Transform Nanotechnology

This strangely-named theorem has a rarefied theoretical background, arising from a perfectly round ball covered with perfectly fine hair. Despite that, it has real-world applications, including the ability to build gold nanowires ...

Esther Inglis-Arkell yesterday - Nanotechnology

Robot Venus flytrap developed as basis for artificial muscles

Mohesen Shahinpoor, who has been developing these nanomaterials for years, plans to continue studying these carnivorous plants to learn more about how their lobes close so quickly — the goal is to continue to increase his nanomaterial's response time. ...

today This Is My Next - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale carbon-based future for transistor technology

By Isaac Leung on 1 November 2011 TWO notable pieces of news will be covered by the 2011 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, to be held 5 to 7 December 2011 at the Hilton Washington Hotel. Both papers will be presented at the meeting, ...

yesterday Electronics News - Nanotechnology

Waxing lyrical about the practical use of eucalyptus resin

WHEN the nanotechnology expert Gerrard Poinern saw the beautiful silver foliage of a eucalyptus known as the Rose of the West, it reminded him of beer. Dr Poinern knew that beer foam was usually white because of its tiny reflective bubbles and he ...

today Sydney Morning Herald - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

UC Researcher Explores Possibility of Nanoscale Machining Facility

One challenge in this phase is that materials do not behave in the same manner at a nanoscale since their properties change at that level. According to the professor, finding out the difference between the properties of the material in the normal scale ...

yesterday AZoNano.com - Nanotech business

Nanotechnology Christmas gift: A $8000 tie with gold nanocoating

(Nanowerk News) True luxury has only one color – gold. A nanometer-thin layer of pure gold now lends ties and pocket handkerchiefs that authentic gold sheen, thanks to a new Empa-developed process. The yarn, which is coated using a high-tech plasma ...

today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotech business

The IV International Nanotechnology Forum, RUSNANOTECH 2011 started in Moscow

Demand for innovations is the main topic of the VI International Nanotechnology Forum. The primary issue we're talking about is how the government can stimulate this demand: from ordering basic research and further R&D via ministries, state agencies ...

yesterday Nanowerk LLC - Nanotech business

Russian-Finnish partnership to commercialize NanoLab, a nanotechnology ...

Strong players in nanotechnology research and educational laboratory design have joined forces As an internationally recognized nanotechnology research and education institution ETU has developed a cost-effective, multi-disciplinary Nanotechnology ...

yesterday Nanowerk LLC - Nanotech business

Balancing between Skepticism and Optimism in Nanotech

Sometimes the seeming conflict between the overflowing optimism for nanotechnology and then the biting skepticism aimed at it creates confusion in its wake. The skepticism surrounding nanotechnology in no small part stems from the belief—as Tim Harper ...

today IEEE Spectrum - Nanotech business

Featured Event

Event Calendar

International Systems-on-Chip Conference 2011-11-02 - 2011-11-03 Newport Beach, CA System on Chip Platforms for Embedded Systems
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.
American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2011 2011-11-07 - 2011-11-08 Chicago IL Network with 150 + senior level manufacturing professionals from many disciplines.
MEMS Devices Driving Healthcare Applications 2011-11-09 Webinar - 11:00 AM ET, 8:00 AM PT
3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging 2011-12-12 - 2011-12-14 Burlingame, California Today's Manufacturing Advances, Tomorrow's Impact and Opportunity
2012 Consumer Electronics Association - MEMS TechZone 2012-01-10 - 2012-01-13 Las Vegas NV MEMS has an official home at CES
SPIE Photonics West 2012 2012-01-21 - 2012-01-26 San Francisco CA The world's leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics conference
IEEE MEMS 2012 2012-01-29 - 2012-02-02 Paris, France Focus on Strategies for Reducing Time and Cost of MEMS Testing
MM / MEMS / NANO Live USA 2012-03-07 - 2012-03-08 Rosemont (Chicago) IL
MEMS Executive Congress 2012 2012-03-20 Zurich, Switzerland MEMS Industry Group event co-located with Smart Systems Integration
MicroManufacturing and NanoManufacturing 2012-03-28 - 2012-03-29 Boston, MA The Power of Connecting. Your Next Customer is Here!
Hilton Head Workshop 2012 2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07 Hilton Head Island, SC A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
Sensors Expo & Conference 2012 2012-06-06 - 2012-06-07 Rosemont (Chicago) IL Providing over 25 Years of Technical Innovation & Thought Leadership
ACTUATOR 2012 2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20 Bremen, Germany International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems
SEMICON West 2012 2012-07-10 - 2012-07-12 San Francisco CA Connect to Buyers, Grow your Business!

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