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MEMS technology

Miniature Gears Made with Jets of Water
Although engineers demonstrated the technical feasibility of applying waterjet technology for meso-micro machining in the mid-1990s, micro abrasive-waterjet technology remains in the research and development stage. Currently, abrasive-waterjet ...
yesterday LiveScience.com - MEMS technology
thumbnailMEMS project aims to prevent elderly from falling
"We have tried all sorts of sensor placements, from leg-mounted inertial sensors to slippers with pressure sensors in their soles, but Texas Instruments' low-power microcontrollers and wireless radio combined with a torso-mounted MEMS accelerometer and ...
today EE Times - MEMS technology
Use GPS and MEMS sensor combo for next-gen positioning and navigation
The other trend is the massive use of MEMS based sensors. Advances in MEMS technology in the past few years enabled implementation of multiple low-cost MEMS based sensors in the handset platform. For example, many smartphones today typically contain ...
today EE Times - MEMS technology
thumbnailDeformable mirror with increased correction capabilities
Although AO was originally applied to defense and astronomy, in the past decade researchers have used the technology for retinal imaging, 1 microscopy, 2 and laser micromachining. 3 One of the enabling components in an AO system is a deformable mirror ...
today SPIE Newsroom - MEMS technology
Microfluidics: Creating chaos
Microfluidic devices, which allow fluid manipulation in micro-scale channels, are slowly but surely finding their place on the lab bench. A new microfluidic device can operate as a mixer or a valve, improving the efficiency of micro-scale laboratory ...
today Phys.Org - MEMS technology
thumbnailMaterials science: Cracks tamed
... thereby unveiling a promising alternative to other high-resolution approaches to making patterns of channels on surfaces for applications in fields such as electronics and microfluidics. a, When layers of materials that have non-matching crystal ...
yesterday Nature.com - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Nordic takes aim on step up to the WSN platform
The obvious risk is that whoever gets to be the prime contractor in putting WSN platform together gets to decide which other components, such as MEMS sensors, RF and MCUs are included. A number of companies have been making acquisitions and alliances ...
today EE Times - MEMS business
Si-Ware Systems Introduces New Platform for MEMS Inertial Sensor Development
By Will Soutter Si-Ware Systems, a company specializing in MEMS and IC-based solutions, has introduced an inertial sensor development platform called the SWS61111 that enables easy and rapid interfacing of most of the capacitive MEMS devices to ...
today AZoNano.com - MEMS business
Sensory Swarms and MEMS roadmaps on docket at MEPTEC MEMS Technology Symposium
Keynotes cover “sensory swarms” and motion interfaces, and sessions will cover the micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) roadmap; design, manufacturing, and test of MEMS; MEMS architectures and uses, and more. Professor Krisofer Pister, Electrical ...
today ElectroIQ - MEMS business
Commercialization of multi kilowatt femotosecond lasers
Lately ultra-short-pulsed laser technology has become more and more economical not only in micro machining but also in macro machining of materials while in the medical sector ultra-short-pulsed lasers enable entirely new therapeutic approaches such as ...
today Next Big Future - MEMS business
IDT Introduces World's First Piezoelectric MEMS Oscillators for High ...
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT ® )(NASDAQ:IDTI), the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the world's first CrystalFree™ piezoelectric MEMS (pMEMS™) LVDS / LVPECL oscillators ...
yesterday Virtual-Strategy Magazine - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanosensors for explosive detection
nanotechnology, nanotechnology links, nanomaterials, nanomaterial database, nanotechnology news. Click Here! Home; News. Nanotechnology News (complete) · Nanotechnology News (general/research) ...
today - Nanotechnology
Hybrid 'Janus' nanoparticles made from gold and titania have high catalytic ...
As recently as twenty-five years ago, chemists considered gold to be one of the most inert metallic elements, until the discovery that nanoscale-sized dispersions of gold had high catalytic activity forced a re-think of old principles.
today Phys.Org - Nanotechnology
Better refrigeration, air-conditioning performance through nanotechnology
This insulating buildup can be completely reversed by adding a nanotechnology polymer, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which is a key component in the product called Cold-Plus. On new systems, addition of the polymer will prevent oil fouling from ever ...
today Refrigerated Transporter - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanocatalyst Splits Water Molecules at a Fraction the Cost of Platinum
Nanotechnology-based solutions for improving fuel cells have fallen a bit short of expectations. So recent research has focused instead on using nanotech to produce hydrogen gas for existing fuel cells more cheaply and efficiently.
yesterday IEEE Spectrum - Nanotechnology
thumbnailSpin spirals could help miniaturization of computers
This would allow information to be transported on the nanoscale in a fast and energy-efficient manner over a wide temperature range, while remaining largely unaffected by external magnetic fields. The researchers have demonstrated this in both theory ...
today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology
New nanostructure for batteries keeps going and going
The results were published in Nature Nanotechnology. Lithium-ion batteries are widely used to power devices from electric vehicles to portable electronics because they can store a relatively large amount of energy in a relatively lightweight package.
today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup
CNMS is one of the five DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers supported by the DOE Office of Science, premier national user facilities for interdisciplinary research at the nanoscale. Together the NSRCs comprise a suite of complementary facilities ...
today Nanotechnology News (press release) - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

New Report Discusses Market Potential for Nanocrystals in Drug Delivery
By Gary Thomas Research and Markets has included a new report titled 'Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery: Global Market for Nanocrystals' to its database. The report predicts that the total market size for nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery is expected ...
today Azom.com - Nanotech business

Featured Event

MEMS Business Forum 2012
MEPTEC and MEMS Investor Journal are joining forces to present the inaugural MEMS Business Forum. Join us to hear from leading experts in MEMS business, academia and technology who will discuss emerging MEMS applications enabled by the next generation of MEMS technologies.

Event Calendar

MEPTEC MEMS Technology Symposium 2012
2012-05-23
San Jose CA
MEMS Business Forum 2012
2012-05-24
Santa Clara CA
The premier MEMS business development and networking event
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!
45th Int'l Symposium on Microelectronics
2012-09-09 - 2012-09-13
San Diego CA
Bringing Together The Entire Microelectronics Supply Chain!
MEMS in Motion Collaboration Summit
2012-09-12 - 2012-09-13
Palm Springs, CA
Collaboration & Networking on Steroids!
SENSORS Tech Forum '12
2012-10-01 - 2012-10-03
Anaheim, CA
The Sensors Technology Industry Is Abuzz... Find Out What All the Buzz is About
AVS 59th International Symposium and Exhibition
2012-10-28 - 2012-11-02
Tampa Florida
MEMS Executive Congress US 2012
2012-11-07 - 2012-11-08
Scottsdale AZ
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
SPIE Photonics West 2013
2013-02-02 - 2013-02-07
San Francisco CA
The Conference and Marketplace for the Photonics, Biophotonics, and Laser Industry
SPIE Advanced Lithography 2013
2013-02-24 - 2013-02-28
San Jose, CA
The world's premier semiconductor lithography conference and exhibition

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