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MEMS technology

thumbnailMore bounce to the ounce: Mini-robot attracts attention
The intent is to apply microfabrication technology to make it even smaller, said University Distinguished Professor Ning Xi of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, who directs the department's Robotics and Automation Laboratory.
today MSU News - MEMS technology
thumbnailNew motor can cut space exploration costs
The result is an outcome of the MICROTHRUST ('Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based electric micropropulsion for small spacecraft to enable robotic space exploration and space science') project, which is supported under the Space Theme of the ...
today Cordis News - MEMS technology
Raising the prospects for quantum levitation
If the models stand up to further scrutiny, possible applications could include levitating the gyroscopes in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and keeping the various components of nanomachines from sticking together.
today Science Daily (press release) - MEMS technology
Mold packaging meets metal TSV for 5-10x density of conventional substrates
April 19, 2012 -- Pure-play MEMS foundry Silex Microsystems brought its Met-Via full-wafer-thickness through silicon via (TSV) technology into Chip Architectures by Joint Associated Labs for European Diagnostics (CAJAL4EU), where it is being used to ...
today ElectroIQ - MEMS technology

MEMS business

thumbnailDARPA seeks to wean smart weapons off GPS with hybrid inertial navigation ...
DARPA released a broad agency announcement (DARPA-BAA-12-44) Monday for the Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator (C-SCAN) program, which seeks the co-integration of inertial navigation sensors with different kinds of physics on one micro-scale ...
yesterday Military & Aerospace Electronics - MEMS business
2012 Sensors Expo to Showcase Latest Measurement and Sensing Technologies
Some of the noted exhibitors include Dexter Research Center, American Swiss Products, EM Microelectronic, Mike Technology, Libelium, Nanjing Wotian Technology, Micronas, Ocean Optics, Pico Technology, RMT, Omron Electronic Components, ROHM, Sensirion, ...
today AZoSensors - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Next Make constructs peer-to-peer learning opportunities
Nanoscale films developed at MIT promote bone growth, creating a stronger seal between implants and patients' own bone. This photo gallery requires the Flash Player plugin and a web browser with JavaScript enabled. Last February, a crowd of more than ...
today MIT News - Nanotechnology
New coating for hip implants could prevent premature failure
Nanoscale films developed at MIT promote bone growth, creating a stronger seal between implants and patients' own bone. MIT's Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.
yesterday MIT News - Nanotechnology
thumbnailFirst atomic-scale real-time movies of platinum nanocrystal growth in liquids
In the graphene liquid cell, opposing graphene sheets form a sealed liquid nanoscale reaction chamber that is transparent to an electron microscope beam. The cell allows nanocrystal growth, dynamics and coalescence to be captured in real time at atomic ...
today Phys.Org - Nanotechnology
thumbnailShedding light on nature's nanoscale control of solar energy
(Nanowerk News) Nature's process for storing solar energy occurs in light-absorbing protein complexes called photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs). Across billions of years of evolution, Nature has retained a common light-absorbing hexameric cofactor ...
today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
thumbnailResearchers Develop Flexible Thermoelectric Fibers Using Nanotechnology
By Cameron Chai A team of researchers from the Purdue University has developed a coating technique using nanotechnology to recapture waste energy from cars, power plants and factories. This image shows glass fibers coated with a thermoelectric material ...
today Azom.com - Nanotechnology
Imaging complex domain wall structures in magnetic nanostripes
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used the scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA) technique to provide the first direct images of ...
today Phys.Org - Nanotechnology
Beauty is in the moth's eyes
If you wear glasses, you are probably reading this article by looking through a tiny, transparent layer of nanomaterial. Anti-reflective coatings (ARCs), based on nanomaterials that reduce the amount of reflected light, are used in most optical devices ...
today Phys.Org (press release) - Nanotechnology
thumbnailCoating for hip implants could prevent premature failure
This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging and conducted at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research with support from the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT.
today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNew microscope captures nanoscale structures in dazzling 3D
“We can actually see the internal 3D structure of materials at the nanoscale,” said Brookhaven physicist Jun Wang, lead author of the paper and head of the team that first proposed this TXM. “The device works beautifully, and it overcomes several major ...
today Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

MEMS Executive Congress US 2012
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Event Calendar

M2M Forum Webinar: Market Pull vs. Technology Push
2012-04-27
Online 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
LOWER cost and SHORTER time without reinventing the wheel
M2M Forum 2012 (MEMS Industry Group)
2012-05-08 - 2012-05-09
Pittsburgh PA
Focus on Technical Challenges to MEMS Commercialization
MEPTEC MEMS Technology Symposium 2012
2012-05-23
San Jose CA
MEMS Business Forum 2012
2012-05-24
Santa Clara CA
The premier MEMS business development and networking event
Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2012
2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07
San Francisco CA
Hilton Head Workshop 2012
2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07
Hilton Head Island, SC
A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
Visit MNX at this event.
Sensors Expo & Conference 2012
2012-06-06 - 2012-06-07
Rosemont (Chicago) IL
Providing over 25 Years of Technical Innovation & Thought Leadership
IMS 2012 International Microwave Symposium
2012-06-17 - 2012-06-22
Montreal Canada
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of both the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the International Microwave Symposium
ACTUATOR 2012
2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20
Bremen, Germany
International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems
TechConnect World Summit & Innovation Showcase
2012-06-18 - 2012-06-21
Santa Clara CA
Increase your Innovation Pipeline!
SEMICON West 2012
2012-07-10 - 2012-07-12
San Francisco CA
Connect to Buyers, Grow your Business!
45th Int'l Symposium on Microelectronics
2012-09-09 - 2012-09-13
San Diego CA
Bringing Together The Entire Microelectronics Supply Chain!
MEMS in Motion Collaboration Summit
2012-09-12 - 2012-09-13
Palm Springs, CA
Collaboration & Networking on Steroids!
SENSORS Tech Forum '12
2012-10-01 - 2012-10-03
Anaheim, CA
The Sensors Technology Industry Is Abuzz... Find Out What All the Buzz is About
AVS 59th International Symposium and Exhibition
2012-10-28 - 2012-11-02
Tampa Florida
MEMS Executive Congress US 2012
2012-11-07 - 2012-11-08
Scottsdale AZ
PowerMEMS 2012
2012-12-02 - 2012-12-05
Atlanta, Georgia
The 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
SPIE Photonics West 2013
2013-02-02 - 2013-02-07
San Francisco CA
The Conference and Marketplace for the Photonics, Biophotonics, and Laser Industry

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