MEMS technology

Scientists Integrate Single-Cell Processing and RT-qPCR for Parallel Analysis ...

[Sebastian Kaulitzki - Fotolia.com] Researchers report on the development of a fully integrated microfluidics device they claim can perform RT-qPCR measurements of gene expression in hundreds of single cells in a single run. ...

yesterday Genetic Engineering News - MEMS technology

Exploring Space with Chip-sized Satellites

The idea goes back at least 15 years, and it has its origins in "smart dust"—tiny microelectromechanical sensor systems that can be used to measure light and temperature, register movement and location, and detect chemical and biological substances. ...

today IEEE Spectrum - MEMS technology

Next Generation: World's Smallest Camera

“The pixels we use are quite large, by pixel standards, so we could probably reduce the size by a factor of 4 to 10 without too much work.” PR Gill, et al., “A micro-scale camera using direct Fourier-domain scene capture,” Opt. Lett., ID:147442, 2011. ...

yesterday Scientist - MEMS technology

New artificial lung breathes like a real one

It is formed using microfabrication and micromolding techniques. In this work we have utilized microtechnology to produce artificial capillaries and a membrane that exhibit feature sizes that are very close to those found in the natural lung. ...

yesterday SmartPlanet.com (blog) - MEMS technology

MEMS business

STMicroelectronics Aims at Promoting Innovative Ideas in MEMS Design

A provider of innovative semiconductor systems and MEMS for portable and consumer applications, STMicroelectronics has announced the launch of iNEMO campus design contest for the year 2011.

yesterday - MEMS business

EVG breaks ground on expansion and seeks 100 new staff

EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system), nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, says that earlier this month it broke ground on an expansion of its manufacturing capacity ...

yesterday Semiconductor Today - MEMS business

Tablet and smartphone demand drives new trends in mobile memory

WideIO mobile DRAM uses chip-level 3-D stacking with TSV (through-silicon-via) interconnects and memory chips on SOCs (systems on chips). WideIO will suit use in systems that require memory bandwidth as high as 12.8 Gbytes, including 3-D gaming, ...

today EDN.com - MEMS business

Consumer electronics turn to MEMS for gesture control, precision location

The first MEMS accelerometers in iPhones and the Wii revolutionized the user interface by introducing natural motion as an input mechanism, but it's taken a while for designers to figure out how best to use these capabilities. Now the inertial sensors ...

today EE Times - MEMS business

Compression loadcell provides force sensing for 'smart' consumer appliances

Variohm Eurosensor has released a packaged compression loadcell from Measurement Specialities (MEAS) that combines MEMs strain-gauge sensor technology with high-volume manufacturing techniques to provide force sensing for a new class of 'smart' ...

today The Engineer - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Sun-free photovoltaics

The key to this fine-tuned light emission, described in the journal Physical Review A, lies in a material with billions of nanoscale pits etched on its surface. When the material absorbs heat — whether from the sun, a hydrocarbon fuel, ...

yesterday MIT News - Nanotechnology

Everyone talks about nanotechnology - Stuttgart Nanodays explain it

(Nanowerk News) Nanotechnology plays today an important role in many areas, for example in the miniaturization of electronic components or in the production of new materials. Nanomaterials, among others, are present in dirt-repellent and "self-healing" ...

today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology

A Graphene Sandwich For Better Batteries

Researchers with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in renewable lithium ion batteries. ...

today ConceivablyTech - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale cell surface patterns might help doctors detect cervical cancer

[Fractal patterns of cell surfaces seen at the nanoscale could help doctors detect cervical cancer at the early stages. Photo courtesy of Igor Sokolov.] For some time, doctors have known that from up close, tumors look disorderly compared to normal ...

yesterday PhysicsCentral.com (blog) - Nanotechnology

Memristors with a twist: Quasi-liquid soft matter foreshadows biocompatible ...

... through them in the past and show great functional flexibility, memristors show promise for applications as diverse as artificial synapses, nanoscale memory and sensors, and eventually a new class of computers based on neuromorphic architecture. ...

today PhysOrg.com - Nanotechnology

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Technologies for Future Micro and Nano Manufacturing 2011-08-08 - 2011-08-10 Napa, California Stimulating domestic micro and nano manufacturing Visit MNX at this event.
COMS 2011 2011-08-28 - 2011-08-31 Greensboro NC Commercialization of Micro - Nano Systems Visit MNX at this event.
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SPIE Photonics West 2012 2012-01-21 - 2012-01-26 San Francisco CA The world's leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics conference
IEEE MEMS 2012 2012-01-29 - 2012-02-02 Paris, France Focus on Strategies for Reducing Time and Cost of MEMS Testing
MEMS Executive Congress 2012 2012-03-20 Zurich, Switzerland MEMS Industry Group event co-located with Smart Systems Integration
Hilton Head Workshop 2012 2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07 Hilton Head Island, SC A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop

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