MEMS technology

Lockheed Martin’s Micro-Size Cryocooler Ideal for Sensor and Missile Applications

(Credit: Lockheed Martin) Lockheed Martin has developed a new micro-size cryocooler ... compact weapon systems. These features are delivered by the Fast Cool Down Microcryocooler with a decade-long design life. The Advanced Technology Center develops ...

AZoNano: 2016-08-11 - MEMS technology

NASA FISO Presentation: The Film Evaporation MEMS Tunable Water Microthruster Array

Now available is the July 20, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speaker was Tony Cofer (Purdue) who discussed "The Film Evaporation MEMS Tunable Water Microthruster Array". Previously an assembly line worker in a furniture ...

SpaceRef: 2016-08-11 - MEMS technology

IFTLE 298 IMEC 20um Pitch Thermo Compression Copper Pillar Bonding

It is generally agreed that an increase in current density is required to support the reduction in transistor size and supply voltage as well as 3D integration of integrated circuits. However, the current capacity in solder-based interconnects is limited ...

Solid State Technology: 2016-08-10 - MEMS technology

Picoscale precision though ultrathin film piezoelectricity: Opportunity for next-generation sensors and microelectromechanical devices

Liu points out that their findings shed light on the design of next-generation sensors, actuators and microelectromechanical devices, in that piezoelectric materials are the most important component for such devices. Specifically, he says that their ...

genesisnanotech.wordpress.com: 2016-08-11 - MEMS technology

LiDAR on a Chip Unveiled by MIT/DARPA Scientists in IEEE Published Study

Light detection and ranging, or lidar, is a sensing technology based on laser light. It’s similar to radar, but can have a higher resolution, since the wavelength of light is about 100,000 times smaller than radio wavelengths. For robots, this is very ...

3dprintingbusiness.directory: 2016-08-11 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

3D-Micromac opens North American headquarters in Silicon Valley

The facility will serve as both an applications lab and sales and support facility, and the company says that the center will enable it to meet rising demand for laser micromachining products across a range of industries including solar PV manufacturing ...

pv magazine: 2016-08-11 - MEMS business

The Future Of Marketing In A Sensor Filled World

Major league baseball is on the cutting edge when it comes to capturing and studying micro data. MEMS and sensors track everything on the field and measure games in unprecedented ways, from following a single player's eye movement to an entire team's ...

sensorsmag.com: 2016-08-11 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanoscale Switch could Bring Greater Speeds to Future Electronics

Cambridge University researchers have created a nanoscale semiconductor switch that could help improve the speed and efficiency of future electronic components. The demand for faster, smaller electronics are ever increasing, and microelectronics have ...

worldindustrialreporter.com: 2016-08-11 - Nanotechnology

Self assembly could produce new nanoscale architectures

“In essence,” said Stein, “we’ve created ‘smart’ templates for nanomaterial self-assembly. How far we can push the technique remains to be seen, but it opens some very promising pathways.” The scientists now plan to increase the ...

New Electronics: 2016-08-09 - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale 3D printing, have we cracked it?

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have produced a process that could finally master Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition and drive nanoscale 3D printing forward. Their findings were published in the journal ACS ...

3dprintingindustry.com: 2016-08-10 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

A nanotechnology perspective for manufacturing

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The entry of nanotechnology into manufacturing has been compared to the advent of earlier technologies that have profoundly affected modern societies, such as plastics, semiconductors, and even electricity. Applications of ...

Nano werk: 2016-08-11 - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

ASME 2016 COMS 2016-08-28 - 2016-08-31 Houston, TX Commercialization of Micro, Nano, and Emerging Technologies
Sensors Midwest 2016-09-27 - 2016-09-28 Rosemont, IL
uTAS 2016 2016-10-09 - 2016-10-13 Dublin, Ireland The 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
Micro Photonics International Congress Expo 2016-10-11 - 2016-10-13 Messe Berlin Germany Innovation and Miniaturization in Photonics
MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress US 2016 2016-11-09 - 2016-11-11 Scottsdale, Arizona CAPTURING VALUE FROM MEMS AND SENSORS
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems