MEMS Express from MNX

MEMS technology

Excellent micro-machining with brass and aluminium are being claimed for a picosecond laser system, based on fibre lasers and developed by a team led by Laser Zentrum Hannover. Industry has put a long list of requirements on micro-machining laser ...

today Machinery - MEMS technology

Micro-scale surveillance the best way to nab future bin Ladens Nick DeLorenzo ...

I would argue that the military needs to focus more on micro-scale surveillance instead of a Predator-drone sized vehicle, something the size of a bird, or maybe even smaller still. And a company in California has done just that. ...

yesterday Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - MEMS technology

'World's Smallest' Endoscopic Camera Under Development

Medigus, an endoscopy medical device company, is developing the "world's smallest" endoscopic camera using technologies like TSV ("through silicon via"), a packaging material, and a 0.18-micron CMOS image sensor process. ...

today Becker's ASC Review - MEMS technology

MEMS business

MEMS foundry rankings shuffle | News about radioelectronics

"In the future, the large IDMs like Bosch, STMicroelectronics and Panasonic will continue to capture much of the big growth in consumer MEMS markets," said Jean Christophe Eloy, CEO of Yole Developpement, in a statement. ...

EEOL 2011-05-01 - MEMS business

3S set to volume produce MEMS microphone chips in 2H11

Taiwan-based Solid State System (3S), a fabless firm specializing in NAND flash device controllers, has said its in-house developed single-chip MEMS microphone products will enter volume production in the second half of 2011. 3S noted that its silicon ...

today Digitimes - MEMS business

Apple tops Nintendo in MEMS sensor buys in 2010

by Josh Lowensohn Apple's component purchases during 2010 have put it on top of Nintendo and just behind leader Samsung as the largest buyers of Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, according to a new report by IHS iSuppli. ...

yesterday CNET - MEMS business

MEMS Industry Group Offers Embedded Developers Inside Look at “Integrating ...

MEMS Industry Group (MIG), the trade association advancing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) across global markets, will moderate an industry panel on the challenges and benefits of integrating MEMS with DSP and microprocessors. ...

yesterday SYS-CON Media (press release) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Hydrogen fuel technology gets boost from low-cost, efficient catalyst

Posted: Apr 28th, 2011. Nanotechnology researchers must take lessons from nature - bacteria still outperform best computer chips. Posted: Apr 28th, 2011. The challenges of regulating nanotechnology to be discussed at policy forum in DC ...

yesterday - Nanotechnology

Solar-thermal panels' efficiency greatly improved by nanotechnology

By Steve PollakTue, May 03 2011 at 10:26 AM EST Researchers from Boston College and MIT have improved the efficiency of solar-thermal flat panels by seven to eight times, opening up the possibility of expanding the technology's economic potential. ...

today Mother Nature Network - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnologists Must Take Lessons from Nature

It's common knowledge that the perfect is the enemy of the good, but in the nanoscale world, perfection can act as the enemy of the best. In the workaday world, engineers and scientists go to great lengths to make the devices we use as perfect as ...

2011-04-30 Nanotechnology News (press release) - Nanotechnology

Electric glue - nanoscale systems with electrochemically controlled adhesion

"If you wanted to create electric glue, you would need to be able to control the interaction of a polymer and an electrode surface reversibly, thus creating a nanoscale system with electrochemically controlled adhesion." In a paper in the April 26, ...

today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

This symposium will focus on new directions for the applications of MEMS technologies, the challenges encountered to move forward, and the existing semiconductor technologies that can enable them. "Triple Crown" keynote speakers Dr. Janusz Bryzek, Joseph Mallon, and Dr. Kurt Petersen will make this an event you should not miss! Register now!

Event Calendar

MEPTEC 9th Annual MEMS Symposium 2011-05-19 Wyndham San Jose, CA MEMS - Driving Innovation. Existing Technologies Enable Future Innovations Visit MNX at this event.
EIPBN 2011 ("3-Beams") 2011-05-31 - 2011-06-03 Las Vegas NV World's Leading Symposium on Lithography and Nanofabrication Visit MNX at this event.
Transducers' 11 2011-06-05 - 2011-06-09 Beijing, China The 16th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
Sensors Expo & Conference 2011 2011-06-07 - 2011-06-08 Rosemont, IL Focused on sensors and sensor integrated systems, providing over 25 years of technical innovation and thought leadership. Visit MNX at Booth 94.
Microtech Conference & Expo 2011 2011-06-13 - 2011-06-16 Boston MA Uniting innovators to bring microtechnology from laboratory to marketplace
COMS 2011 2011-08-28 - 2011-08-31 Greensboro NC Commercialization of Micro - Nano Systems Visit MNX at this event.
MEMS Executive Congress 2011 2011-11-02 - 2011-11-03 Monterey, CA Connecting the MEMS supply chain with MEMS end-users Visit MNX at this event.