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thumbnailInventor's corner: Bio-inspiration
Dr Pantelis Georgiou is a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, whose research involves the application of microelectronic technology to create novel medical devices. He has developed a Wellcome Trust funded bio-inspired ...
today Imperial College London (blog) - MEMS technology
thumbnailLithography challenges for leading edge 3D packaging applications
John Slabbekoorn, Andy Miller, imec, Leuven, Belgium The lithography challenges associated with TSV fabrication for various devices structures are investigated. The use of TSV technology was first commercialized by CMOS image sensor manufactures for ...
yesterday ElectroIQ - MEMS technology
thumbnailRapid Testing Of Food Quality
Another advantage of what is called Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology is that the devices produced are much more robust than their handmade counterparts. At the Sensor+Test tradeshow being held in Nuremberg from May 22 to 24, ...
yesterday Photonics Online - MEMS technology
thumbnailSmart sensor could lead to flying 3D eye-bots
A CMOS sensor developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg lies at the heart of the anti-collision technology. “The sensor can measure three-dimensional distances very efficiently,” says ...
today R & D Magazine - MEMS technology
thumbnailMiddle Ear MEMS Microphone Could Restore Hearing
Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a MEMS microphone that can be implanted in the middle ear to restore hearing and requires no clunky external electronics. The device improves upon conventional cochlear implants, which have restored ...
yesterday IEEE Spectrum - MEMS technology
thumbnailTwo Blind Men Receive Some Sight Through Eye Implants
A 0.12-inch square microelectronic chip with 1500 light-sensitive pixels was surgically implanted behind the retina, where a cable runs to a control unit under the skin behind the ear. When light enters the eye and reaches the chip, it stimulates the ...
today RedOrbit - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Hanking starts building Chinese MEMS wafer fab
Hanking Group, a mining and metal processing conglomerate in the north-east of China, has begun building what could become a major wafer fab for the manufacture of microelectromechanical systems. LONDON—Hanking Group (Shenyang, China), ...
today EDN.com - MEMS business
Industry-Unique Sensors from STMicroelectronics Enable High-Shock Detection in ...
May 3, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for consumer and portable ...
today IT News Online - MEMS business
Optical transceiver market to reach $3.3bn in 2016
The 100G coherent transceiver market is set to surge as supply floods the market in 2012, led by network equipment manufacturers (NEMs). "2012 will be a pivotal year for 100G design activity, with many new equipment vendors fielding production ...
today Semiconductor Today - MEMS business
AppliedSensor to Debut Intelligent Air Quality Duct Kit at Sensor + Test 2012
The MOS sensor employs micro-electronic mechanical systems metal oxide semiconductor sensing technology to determine the presence of a wide variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air. The sensor is mounted over a TO-39 header with a protective ...
today AZoSensors - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Light Touch Keeps a Grip On Delicate Nanoparticles
This new approach, which one researcher likens to "attracting moths," promises to give experimenters the trapping time they need to build nanoscale structures and may open the way to working with nanoparticles inside biological cells without damaging ...
today Science Daily (press release) - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanomaterials and nanotechnology journal welcomes submissions for Volume 2
(Nanowerk News) InTech open access publisher is pleased to announce the opening of Volume 2 of the scientfc journal Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology. This represents an excellent opportunity to invite contributons of original manuscripts to be ...
yesterday Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanotechnology – Coming Soon to a Dentist Near You?
It looks like the “new world of innovation” that has been anticipated by nanotechnology enthusiasts since the discovery and popularization of the famous, soccer-ball look-a-like Buckminsterfullerene molecule in the late 1980s is starting to go ...
yesterday Technorati - Nanotechnology
thumbnailResearchers develop sensitive radiation surveillance method
The team at the Georgia Institute of Technology claim their prototype, which combines rare-earth elements and other materials at the nanoscale, improves sensitivity, accuracy and robustness. Scintillation detectors and solid-state detectors are two ...
today The Engineer - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNIST Develops Laser Feedback Method for Nudging Nanoparticles Just Enough
The example of the Lycurgus Cup, as a paradigm of nanotechnology, has always bothered me. Yes, the glass of the cup changes colors depending on the light because of the presence of nanoparticles. But the effect was known to the Romans, and while they ...
today IEEE Spectrum - Nanotechnology
thumbnailScientists have created nanoscale submarines, for use in gathering up oil ...
... are all in the works, a group of scientists recently announced the results of their research into another possibility – oil droplet-gathering microsubmarines. Scientists have created nanoscale submarines , for use in gathering up oil droplets in the .
yesterday Gizmag - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

thumbnailNanotech creating Rust Belt jobs for everyone
"Here" is Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Keefe, who describes himself as blue collar, is supporting an army of PhDs creating the world's next generation of computer chips. "I felt I was way over my head, but once I started doing ...
yesterday CBS News - Nanotech business

Featured Event

Sensors Tech Forum '12
SENSORS Tech Forum is the one event that is as creative and dynamic as the market it serves. Our focus, concept and application-specific deliverables offered to engineers, technical managers and others allied to the field is what sets us apart.

Event Calendar

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
SPIE Advanced Lithography 2013
2013-02-24 - 2013-02-28
San Jose, CA
The world's premier semiconductor lithography conference and exhibition

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