MEMS technology

MEMS-Based Laser Headlights Adapt to Speed

MUNICH — On the basis of its laser spot high-beam headlight, Audi is developing a system that automatically adjusts the illumination by the speed of the vehicle. The new technology uses only a single MEMS mirror to deflect the laser beam. The laser ...

2015-05-02 EE Times - MEMS technology

Powerful Micro Ultrasonic Motor with One Cubic Millimeter Stator

Micro actuators are needed for numerous applications, ranging from mobile and wearable devices to minimally invasive medical devices. However, the limitations associated with their fabrication have restricted their deployment at the one-millimeter scale.

today AZoNano.com - MEMS technology

Multiple-reference optical coherence tomography for smartphone applications

To address the smartphone trend, we are proposing a multiple reference OCT (MR-OCT) based on a miniature optical delay that uses a single miniature actuator (such as a piezoelectric transducer, voice coil, or a vertical scanning micro-electro ...

2015-05-01 SPIE Newsroom - MEMS technology

These Battery Breakthroughs Will Change Your Life

Rather than requiring exotic production equipment, the battery's layers are deposited individually onto a substrate using techniques similar to those employed in low-cost, thin-film processing, such as the method used to put the foil onto potato-chip bags.

2015-05-01 Tom's Guide - MEMS technology

OTC Tech Award: The same tech used in cellphones and game controllers could ...

Micro-electromechanical system gyros, or MEMs-based gyros, are typically used in cell phones, game console controllers and cars, because of their low power consumption, small size and general reliability. The TVM is an 8-millimeter-by-9-millimeter ...

today FuelFix (blog) - MEMS technology

Micro Fingers Manipulate Cells One At A Time

“We fabricated an array of hollow microprobes with designed diameters, heights and numbers from a silicon substrate using microfabrication techniques. Single cells were trapped on the tips of the probes using a suction flow. The cells were then ...

yesterday Asian Scientist Magazine - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Sensor leader Bosch grabs 20% of worldwide sales in 2014

Sensor leader Bosch grabs 20% of worldwide sales in 2014, while ST falls from second to fourth place with a 19 percent drop in dollar volume last year, says IC Insights. Stiff competition in sensors for high-volume design wins and a recovery in ...

yesterday evertiq.com - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

UI team developing bioactive gel to treat knee injuries

The team will tap Salem's expertise on microfabrication techniques for creating novel drug and gene delivery devices, to test two technologies — nano-size plasmids carrying genetic instructions for the growth factor or microspheres loaded with the ...

2015-05-01 Iowa Now - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale molecular platform used to recognise proteins ...

Neutron reflectometry is a technique used for measuring the thickness and composition of materials on the nanoscale (between 1 to 100 nanometers or 0.000001 mm to 0.0001 mm) and is particularly useful for multi-layered ...

2015-05-01 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Science and technology roadmaps for nanotechnology

A decade ago Foresight participated in a two-year effort to produce the first technology roadmap from current, incremental nanotechnology to productive nanosystems capable of general purpose, high-throughput atomically ...

yesterday - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

MEMS Technical Congress 2015 2015-05-06 - 2015-05-07 Hilton Boston Back Bay Co-creating the MEMS and Sensors Ecosystem for the Next Decade
International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2015) 2015-05-17 - 2015-05-22 Phoenix Arizona The Epicenter of RF/Microwave
Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo 2015 2015-05-20 - 2015-05-21 Detroit, MIchigan Annual Conference and Exhibition
MEMS Technology Symposium 2015-05-20 San Jose, CA Enabling the Internet of Things
Internet of Things Technology Symposium 2015-05-21 San Jose, CA Analytics. Applications. Hardware. Software.
40th Annual NIST Time and Frequency Seminar 2015-06-02 - 2015-06-05 Boulder, CO
Design Automation Conference (52nd DAC) 2015-06-07 - 2015-06-11 San Francisco, CA The premier conference for design and automation of electronic systems
Sensors Expo & Conference 2015-06-09 - 2015-06-11 Long Beach Convention Center, CA Sensing Technologies Driving Tomorrow's Solutions
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
Workshop on Enabling Future Health Care 2015-08-23 - 2015-08-26 Napa, California the Role of Micro and Nano Technologies
MIG Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 Shanghai, China Stay tuned for more details!
European MEMS Summit 2015 2015-09-17 - 2015-09-18 Milan, Italy European MEMS Summit will focus on MEMS technologies, manufacturing and business challenges
Swiss ePrint 2015, 3rd edition 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-02 Neuchatel, Switzerland The Swiss Conference on Printed Electronics and Functional Materials
MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06 Napa, CA Stay tuned for more details!
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications