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MEMS technology

Researchers Develop a New Approach to Producing Three-Dimensional Microchips
Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are small devices with huge potential. Typically made of components less than 100 microns in size — the diameter of a human hair — they have been used as tiny biological sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes and ...
today Lab Manager Magazine - MEMS technology
thumbnailIBM achieves quantum computing milestone
The company's researchers have set records for conducting error-free, basic computations and are using microfabrication techniques to create the superconducting chips that form the basis of the technology. Quantum computing has a wide variety of ...
today GCN.com - MEMS technology
DARPA: Consumer Tech Can Aid Electronic Warfare
One is that microelectronic devices are improving in performance as they go down in size. "Smaller microelectronic devices are able to switch faster and, thus, operate at higher frequencies," according to his testimony. "This means that specialized ...
today InformationWeek - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Comprehensive Report Analyzes Market for Silicon MEMS Microphones and Speakers
By Cameron Chai According to a report titled 'Silicon Microphones and Speakers: Technology, Market Analysis, and End-Applications', silicon MEMS microphone shipments increased to 85% in 2011. The Information Network, a market research company based in ...
yesterday AZoNano.com - MEMS business
thumbnailLeica moves to Cambridge offices
The Unex Group, advised by Savills, has let office space in Cambridge on the ground and first floor of its fully refurbished office development at Lothbury House on Newmarket Road to Leica Microsystems Ltd. Leica Microsystems, a world leader in ...
yesterday Free Office Search - MEMS business
thumbnailGyroscopes top consumer and mobile MEMS device in 2011
Booming iPhone and iPad sales make gyroscopes the top consumer and mobile MEMS device in 2011. Gyroscopes were the top revenue generator in 2011 in the dominant consumer and mobile segment of the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) market, ...
today electronicsfeed.com - MEMS business
Tessera gains camera module manufacturing assets through Flextronics deal
Tessera is also involved with multiple Tier-One mobile phone OEMs regarding its micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) autofocus product, expecting a design win in H1 2012 and a volume manufacturing ramp in Q4. "Our goal is for DOC to become profitable ...
today ElectroIQ - MEMS business
Avnet adds Discera MEMs, SMART Storage
Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas has inked a distribution deal with Discera, a leading developer of micro-electrical mechanical systems (MEMS)-based timing solutions. Discera's products provides a wide range of oscillator products utilizing ...
today Electronic Technology & Products - MEMS business
Booming iPhone and iPad sales make gyros top consumer and ...
In addition, MEMS microphones saw rapid growth last year in consumer and mobile MEMS, based also on their use in the iPhone and iPad, IHS pointed out. Apple uses two analog MEMS microphones in the iPhone 4 and 4S, ...
yesterday - MEMS business
Block MEMS Awarded Major Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Contract
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Block MEMS has been awarded a major contract from Johns Hopkins University in support of the Department of Defense intelligence community to develop and supply miniaturized, handheld versions ...
today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

thumbnailExploring the complexity of nanomaterial-neural interfaces
There is a growing body of research on using nanomaterials in neural engineering (see our Nanowerk Spotlight: "Nanotechnology to repair the brain"). Now, researchers have, for the first time, explored the impact of carbon nanotube scaffolds on ...
today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
thumbnailSolved: The mystery of the nanoscale crop circles
The eutectic alloy of gold and silicon -- 81 percent gold and 19 percent silicon -- is especially useful in processing nanoscale semiconductors such as nanowires, as well as for device interconnections in integrated circuits; it liquefies at a modest ...
today Eureka! Science News - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanotechnology's Threat to Privacy Over-Hyped
The field of nanotechnology has been on the defensive for reasonable causes, such as the safety of workers that handle certain nanomaterials. But it also finds itself under attack from the purely fanciful, like charges of nanotechnology compromising ...
today IEEE Spectrum - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

PowerMEMS 2012
The 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications

Event Calendar

MM / MEMS / NANO Live USA
2012-03-07 - 2012-03-08
Rosemont (Chicago) IL
MEMS Commercialization: From Lab to Fab to the Market
2012-03-08
at MM Live USA, Chicago IL 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Session Chair: Roger H. Grace, Roger Grace Associates.
MEMS Executive Congress 2012
2012-03-20
Zurich, Switzerland
MEMS Industry Group event co-located with Smart Systems Integration
Biomedical MEMS and Sensors
2012-03-21 - 2012-03-22
Cleveland Ohio
MEMS Reliability: A Case Study
2012-03-27
Webinar - 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
MicroManufacturing and NanoManufacturing
2012-03-28 - 2012-03-29
Boston, MA
The Power of Connecting. Your Next Customer is Here!
MEMS and Nano in Diagnostics: Clinical and Investment Perspectives
2012-04-10
Webinar - 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2012
2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07
San Francisco CA
Hilton Head Workshop 2012
2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07
Hilton Head Island, SC
A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
Visit MNX at this event.
Sensors Expo & Conference 2012
2012-06-06 - 2012-06-07
Rosemont (Chicago) IL
Providing over 25 Years of Technical Innovation & Thought Leadership
IMS 2012 International Microwave Symposium
2012-06-17 - 2012-06-22
Montreal Canada
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of both the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the International Microwave Symposium
ACTUATOR 2012
2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20
Bremen, Germany
International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems
TechConnect World Summit & Innovation Showcase
2012-06-18 - 2012-06-21
Santa Clara CA
Increase your Innovation Pipeline!
SEMICON West 2012
2012-07-10 - 2012-07-12
San Francisco CA
Connect to Buyers, Grow your Business!
MEMS in Motion Collaboration Summit
2012-09-12 - 2012-09-13
Palm Springs, CA
Collaboration & Networking on Steroids!
AVS 59th International Symposium and Exhibition
2012-10-28 - 2012-11-02
Tampa Florida
PowerMEMS 2012
2012-12-02 - 2012-12-05
Atlanta, Georgia
The 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications

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