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thumbnailElectronic retinas for blind in the UK, Germany and China
The wafer-thin, 3mm square microelectronic chip has 1500 light-sensitive pixels which take over the function of the photoreceptor rods and cones. The surgery involves placing it behind the retina from where a fine cable runs to a control unit under the ...
yesterday Next Big Future - MEMS technology
thumbnailNSF Gathering To Highlight Cubesats On May 24th
Opportunities are many to accelerate this technology through engineering research in an array of fields, including materials research, 3-D printing, sensor miniaturization, micro-electro-mechanical systems, systems engineering, radio science, ...
today RedOrbit - MEMS technology
thumbnailScientists Create Piezoelectric Generators from Bacteriophage Thin Films
Scientists have created bacteriophage-based microelectronic devices that can generate enough electricity to power a liquid-crystal display (LCD) when subjected to mechanical force. The prototype piezoelectric devices are composed of engineered M13 ...
today Genetic Engineering News - MEMS technology
What's for dinner? Just check the spectrometer
The micro electromechanical system (MEMS) spectrometer can probe under the surface of any food type, even when it is enveloped in thin packaging film. The user points it at a piece of fruit, for example, and it reflects back a spectrum of infrared ...
today Gizmag - MEMS technology

MEMS business

TI gives $2.2 million to re-energise electronics courses
More than 1000 students a year gain their first hands-on electronics experience in the university's Electronic Design Lab, which supports Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits and other gateway electrical engineering courses at UC Berkeley.
today Electronics Manufacture & Test - MEMS business
thumbnailIDT eliminates crystals in high-performance MEMS oscillators
May 11, 2012 -- Mixed-signal semiconductor supplier Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT, NASDAQ: IDTI), introduced a piezoelectric micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) resonator technology that does not use crystals.
2012-05-11 ElectroIQ - MEMS business
thumbnailSugar Cube-Size Spectrometer Inspects Foodstuffs
The novel device, developed at Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS, can be installed into smartphones and used in grocery stores to determine the ripeness of a piece of fruit or the tenderness of a slab of meat. The application is based ...
today Photonics.com - MEMS business
MEMS microphones shrink to grow market share
May 14, 2012 - BUSINESS WIRE -- TechNavio predicts 22% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) microphones from 2011 to 2015, mainly due to the shrinking form factor of these devices. The global MEMS microphone ...
today ElectroIQ - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

thumbnailAre Virus-Powered Cell Phones Around the Corner?
Their research, published this month in Nature Nanotechnology, envisions a future in which viruses will help us take the energy from running, slamming doors, and climbing stairs and turn it into renewable energy we can use to power our gadgets.
today Mother Jones - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanotechnology Researchers Find New Problem
By Will Soutter Nanotechnology scientists at the University of Connecticut and the University of Michigan have introduced a new version of the well-known 'packing problem' dubbed as the 'filling problem.' The research team devised the new problem when ...
yesterday AZoNano.com - Nanotechnology
'Bed-Of-Nails' Breast Implant Deters Cancer Cells
Made from a common federally approved polymer, the implant is the first to be modified at the nanoscale in a way that causes a reduction in the blood-vessel architecture that breast cancer tumors depend upon, while also attracting healthy cells into ...
today Nanotechnology News (press release) - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Report Analyzes Use of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes in Electronics Applications
These nanomaterials hold potential in printed and potentially printed electronics market wherein the value of these electronics that partially integrate these nanomaterial is expected to reach more than $63 billion in 2022.
today Azom.com - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

MEPTEC MEMS Technology Symposium 2012
2012-05-23
San Jose CA
Innovative MEMS Packaging for Future Technologies
2012-05-24
Online 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
MEMS Business Forum 2012
2012-05-24
Santa Clara CA
The premier MEMS business development and networking event
M2M Forum Recap
2012-05-31
Online 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
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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