MEMS technology

Cavendish Kinetics' RF MEMS tuner passes 100bn cycle test

Being able to provide LTE smartphone antenna tuners with virtually unlimited lifetime increases the attraction of RF MEMS technology, which claims to provide up to 3x the antenna efficiency improvement of RF switch based antenna tuning solutions.

today ElectronicsWeekly.com - MEMS technology

Peregrine ships first RF integrated switch to operate at true DC

A reliable alternative to problematic mechanical relays and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), the PE42020 is suitable for test and measurement (T&M) and automated test equipment (ATE) applications. “For the first time, an integrated RF switch ...

today Semiconductor Today - MEMS technology

Wireless Brain Implant

After more than a decade of engineering work, researchers at Brown University and a Utah company, Blackrock Microsystems, have commercialized a wireless device that can be attached to a person's skull and transmit via radio thought commands collected ...

today MIT Technology Review - MEMS technology

SmartRounds Develops Non-Lethal Non-Impact Smart Bullets

SmartRounds Technology has developed a new 18mm non-impact, non-lethal smart bullets, which can be fired from a standard 12 gauge shotgun for US Military, law enforcement and others. These bullets use MEMS micro-electro-mechanical technology and ...

yesterday Defenseworld.net - MEMS technology

FLEX From CRAIC Technologies: A Flexible UV-Visible-NIR ...

FLEX is designed as a multi-functional tool able to acquire micro-scale images and spectra from the deep UV to the NIR. Offering transmission, reflectance, fluorescence, Raman as well as a host of other features, FLEX is a powerful addition to the ...

yesterday Test and Measurement.com (press release) - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Cat trackers and TV headset at Wearable Device Technology Expo

Yamaha is using the expo to showcase a prototype pair of pianist smart gloves made using a flexible nanomaterial. The gloves contain 12 motion sensors that monitor the speed and movement of fingers fitted with carbon nanotubes while playing a keyboard ...

today Daily Mail - MEMS business

The Internet of Things: Implications for Retail

IoT springs from the convergence of wireless technologies, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and the Internet. When a 'thing' can participate in an IoT scenario, it is given the tag of being 'smart'. To turn ordinary things or objects into 'smart ...

today Free press journal - MEMS business

Bosch Strengthens Energy and Building Technology Business with Climatec ...

As the global market leader in microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS), Bosch offers software and sensor technology for internet of things connectivity. The company also offers services for energy management, remote monitoring, and the handling of ...

today Business Wire (press release) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications

The lithographic techniques used in conventional nanotechnology do not yet have such resolution and precision. In the year 2010, however, a way was found to synthesise nanoribbons with atomic precision by means of the so-called molecular self-assembly.

today Nanotechnology News (press release) - Nanotechnology

Nanosheets of Manganese Dioxide to Revolutionize Li-S Batteries

ncomms6682-f1 Researchers from University of Waterloo might just have found the missing ingredient that kept lithium-sulfur batteries from becoming the one and only desired energy storage for electric vehicles. It is a nanomaterial that is cheap, light ...

yesterday The Green Optimistic (blog) - Nanotechnology

Novel mono-elemental semiconductors: arsenene and antimonene join 2D family

Phosphorene, arsenene and antimonene (also including monolayer bismuth with a band gap of 0.99 eV at the HSE06 level of theory) are exciting rediscoveries by the nanomaterials science community and they have quickly become the subject of significant ...

today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Diamond defects coupled to photonic cavity with nanoscale accuracy

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) impurities in diamond have optical and electronic properties that make them ideal for developing quantum technologies, including quantum computers and quantum sensors. However, creating NVs with nanoscale precision has proven ...

today physicsworld.com - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

The 28th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems 2015-01-18 - 2015-01-22 Estoril, Portugal
Mobile Sensor Deployment 2015-01-29 Online 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST Making the whole greater than the sum of its' parts
SPIE Photonics West 2015 2015-02-07 - 2015-02-12 Moscone Center San Francisco Photonics West, the #1 laser, photonics, biomedical optics conference
SPIE Advanced Lithography 2015 2015-02-22 - 2015-02-26 San Jose, CA The #1 Event for Lithographic Technologies, Materials, Processing, and more.
MEMS Executive Congress Europe 2015 2015-03-09 - 2015-03-10 Copenhagen, Denmark
NANOSMAT-Asia 2015 Conference 2015-03-24 - 2015-03-27 Kayseri, Turkey The 2nd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials
DTIP of MEMS/MOEMS 2015 2015-04-27 - 2015-04-30 Montpelier, France Design, Test, Integration & Packaging
Medical MEMS and Sensors 2015 2015-04-29 - 2015-04-30 Santa Clara, California Annual Conference and Exhibition
M2M Forum 2015 2015-05-06 - 2015-05-07 Boston, MA More information will be available soon!
Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo 2015 2015-05-20 Detroit, MIchigan Annual Conference and Exhibition
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2015-06-14 - 2015-06-17 Washington, DC Nanotech, Microtech, Biotech, Cleantech
Transducers 2015 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25 Anchorage, Alaska
MEMS Manufacturing 2015 2015-08-05 - 2015-08-06 Santa Clara, California Annual Conference and Exhibition
MIG Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 Shanghai, China Stay tuned for more details!
MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06 Napa, CA Stay tuned for more details!