MEMS technology

4 innovations on mHealth and POC devices

“There's a whole area of research on nanotechnology and microfluidics that basically takes all these massive room-filling machines and miniaturizes them to a very small footprint.” “But at the same time, what's really exciting is that it also uploads ...

today Devex - MEMS technology

Smart Neural Stimulators Listen to the Body

For this purpose, Medtronic engineers adapted a type of microelectromechanical system accelerometer found in cellphones and other consumer products, which wouldn't draw too much power and drain the device's battery. The battery is rechargeable—the ...

yesterday IEEE Spectrum - MEMS technology

Solar Chip Monitors Windows

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg therefore developed a pragmatic alternative: a radio sensor chip about the size of a fingernail that is mounted directly in the window. The tiny sensor ...

today PCB007 (press release) - MEMS technology

Photonics West 2015: Spectra-Physics' Q-switched lasers

The new models are designed for applications that require exceptional performance and extreme durability in a tiny footprint, including micromachining and marking of metals and plastics, laser direct structuring (LDS) in PCB manufacturing, intra-glass ...

yesterday Novus Light Technologies Today - MEMS technology

New TV tech for 2015: Improving the LCD

IGZO-MEMS, or Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide-Micro Electro Mechanical System, is a joint development between Sharp and Qualcomm subsidiary Pixtronix. Instead of using a liquid crystal layer to (imperfectly) block the light created by the LED backlight, MEMS ...

yesterday CNET - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Maxim bids adieu to consumer MEMS, touch technology

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. has opted exit the consumer MEMS and consumer touch markets and focus instead on the automotive sensor business. The company is also taking a slice of the wearable equipment market with its power management ICs.

yesterday EE Times India - MEMS business

Micralyne Ramps Up with New Ownership

Micralyne is one of the leading independent providers of development and manufacturing services for micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and micro fabrication in the life sciences, telecommunications, automotive, energy and aerospace industries.

today Business Wire (press release) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale

Researchers used electricity and water to control friction levels on ionic surfaces at the nanoscale. As water forms around the nanoscale electrode, it allows for further penetration into the sample surface, thereby increasing or decreasing friction ...

today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories

Building quantum memories on a chip: Diamond photonic crystal cavities (ladder-like structures) are integrated on a silicon substrate. Green laser light (green arrow) excites electrons on impurity atoms trapped within the cavities, picking up ...

today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

Event Calendar

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
Internet of Things Technology Symposium 2015-05-21 San Jose, CA
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!