(Nanowerk Spotlight) Some 20-30 years ago, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) emerged in industrial manufacturing in a major way. MEMS consist of any combination of mechanical (levers, springs, membranes, etc.) and electrical (resistors, capacitors ...
Scientists at Purdue university have created a microrobot, “as tiny as a few human hairs,” designed to cartwheel upstream through the colon, gradually unleashing drugs on site. Those acrobatics should allow the robot to traverse the organ’s harsh terrain,
The first of its kind in the world, this “Lab-in-Fab” R&D line brings together three partners with leading-edge and complementary competencies in Piezo materials, Piezo MEMS technologies, and wafer-fab tools to boost innovation and accelerate ...
SiTime Corporation (NASDAQ: SITM), a market leader in MEMS timing, today announced that it has entered the $2 billion precision resonator market with the ApexMEMS™ family of MHz resonators. These new devices are the third-generation of SiTime silicon ...