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thumbnailResearchers Develop Fast and Reliable Flu-Detection Test
The prototype device uses both microfluidics and magnetics techniques to separate the influenza RNA. It then amplifies and identifies probes that are attached to the RNA. The innovative technology may promote tracking of influenza in real-time.
today AZoSensors - MEMS technology
Femtosecond laser micromachining: A back-to-basics primer
1 FIGURE 5 shows the Applied Energetics Laser Microfab (μFAB), a tabletop laser microfabrication workstation designed for use in laser ablation, surface structuring of tough materials, writing of waveguides and microfluidics.
2012-06-08 Industrial Laser Solutions Magazine - MEMS technology
thumbnail[Exciting new tech] Tactus unveils the dynamic touchscreen
Instead, Tactus are using a technology called “microfluidics” to circulate and trap a transparent liquid inside predefined channels. The liquid will create a uniform bump in the deformable membrane it is contained in, and voila, you've got yourself a ...
today Android Authority - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Goodrich to Supply Inertial Measurement Sensor for Thales Lightweight ...
Using the latest in micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, these IMUs are suitable for guidance across a broad range of missiles and rockets, enabling Goodrich customers to create smaller, smarter weapons with a significant increase in ...
yesterday MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business
Eco-Laserfact promotes micromachining
The rapid development and wider adoption of laser micromachining technology in North-West Europe is the focus of a new EU-supported initiative aimed particularly at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Eco-Laserfact initiative, ...
today Optics.org - MEMS business
Invisible airbag helmets enabled by ST's MEMS and MCU chips
MEMS and MCU chips from STMicroelectronics are used in an airbag fitted helmet which can be placed in a collar so that the helmet is nearly invisible. Whenever the shock is sensed by MEMS accelerometers they send the signal to MCU to release the airbag ...
yesterday EE Herald - MEMS business
Global Market for Timing Integrated Circuits to Reach $4.5 Billion by End of 2012
Component suppliers will find growth opportunities in the timing circuits segment (clock generation and clock distribution ICs, MEMS resonators, and CMOS oscillators), according to Databeans' new forecast "2012 Timing Devices".
today Sacramento Bee - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

thumbnailA nanotechnology time bomb to fight cardiovascular disease
... University of Basel have developed nanocontainers having the ability to release their vasodilator content exclusively to diseased areas (see paper in Nature Nanotechnology: "Shear-stress sensitive lenticular vesicles for targeted drug delivery").
yesterday Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
DARPA looks to nanotechnology to target illnesses
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency hopes to develop intracellular platforms to fight diseases in warfighters. The research agency issued a solicitation on June 8 for help developing In Vivo Nanosensors for Therapeutics (IVN:Tx) that would ...
today Government Security News - Nanotechnology
Small worlds come into focus with Sandia microscope
The AC-STEM delivers electron beams accelerated at voltages from 80 kV to 200 kV, allowing researchers to study properties of structures at the nanoscale—crucial for materials scientists working on everything from microelectronics to nuclear weapons.
today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology
Looking At and Into the Ultra-Small
"In particular, they will impact projects that create advanced quantum sensors, conduct nanowire-based renewable energy metrology, devise chip-scale atomic clocks and nanoscale magnetic devices, and investigate the reliability of nanomaterials.
today Laser Focus world - Nanotechnology
thumbnailUltrananocrystalline diamond-coated membranes show promise for medical implant ...
A team of Center for Nanoscale Materials users from the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, working with the Nanofabrication & Devices Group, devised a simple but innovative approach that combines both of these aspects ...
today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

thumbnailBreakthrough technology: World Premiere of Alumina Nano Fibers (Nafen™)
Alumina Nano Fibers (Nafen™) is a unique nanomaterial, which can boast a wide range of identified and potential high performance and unique applications in such industries as: structural and multifunctional composites, catalysts, filtration, ...
2012-06-09 Nanotechnology News (press release) - Nanotech business
thumbnailNNI Founder Urges International Collaboration in Nanotech Research
Mihail Roco is a sometimes-polarizing figure in the development story of nanotechnology. On the one hand, he gave shape and purpose to what became the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and led it through its early formative years, ...
2012-06-08 IEEE Spectrum - Nanotech business

Featured Event

SPIE Photonics West 2013
Call for Papers for SPIE MOEMS-MEMS 2013, part of SPIE Photonics West, 2 - 7 February 2013, San Francisco, California. This important conference explores how MEMS and MOEMS will enable the mass-produced miniaturized products and integrated systems of the future. Submit an abstract on your microfluidics, MEMs, MOEMs, micro-optics, adaptive optics research.
Abstracts are due July 2013.

Event Calendar

Innovative MEMS Packaging for Future Technologies
2012-06-13
Online 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
Presented by Andrew Oliver, PhD, WIMS2 Univ of Michigan
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!
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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