MEMS technology

Initiation of a database of functional micro- and nanostructures: Periodic micro- and nanostructures are of importance in a variety of fields, including photonic crystals, phononic crystals, data storage devices, fuel cells, microfluidics, biosensors, tissue engineering, optical devices, impact absorption ...

today Nanowerk LLC - MEMS technology
Researchers create gecko-like climbing robot: "With an adequate power supply, our robot is capable of functioning fairly independently when it encounters larger-scale objects such as boxes or walls," said researcher Jeff Krahn. The prototype uses dry adhesives — micro-scale fibres resembling ...

yesterday 24 Hours Vancouver - MEMS technology
Fantastic Voyage redux: Medicine's future is smarter implants: Controlled by radio-frequency power, the micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) implant is just 1 centimetre wide by 1 millimetre thick. By turning on its micro-nozzles, a clinician can dispense a drug at a targeted location inside the body. ...

today Globe and Mail - MEMS technology
Air Force Keeps 'Micro-Aviary' Of Tiny, Bird-like 'Bots: That extremely gross goal is the point of Darpa's Hybrid Insect Micro Electromechanical Systems (HI-MEMS) program. To "provide control over insect locomotion" One researcher in 2008 inserted a mechanized system into a moth's thorax during its larval ...

today Wired News (blog) - MEMS technology
MEMS alternatives for miniature auto-focus cameras: By Meredith Courtemanche November 1, 2011 -- In a Solid State Technology webcast, presented by DigitalOptics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera Technologies, Dr. Giles Humpston, Director of Applications, presented Lens Tilt in Small ...

today ElectroIQ - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Invensas, Allvia ink 3D IC tie-up: For Allvia, this deal with Invensas "will allow our interposer and TSV technology to reach the market more broadly and more quickly," Savastiouk stated. In email he further clarified that Allvia gains "support and marketing outreach" to help it get ...

yesterday ElectroIQ - MEMS business
Freescale introduces advanced airbag sensors for improved vehicle safety: The MMA65xxKW family is based on high-aspect-ratio micro-electromechanical systems (HARMEMS) technology. The family offers better resolution (precision) and a wider dynamic range than competing solutions on the market today, resulting in higher ...

today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business
Micrel adds MEMS foundry services: 1) it has begun manufacturing microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) on a foundry basis at its wafer and foundry operations at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif. A major MEMS supplier now represents a significant percentage of Micrel's ...

today EE Times - MEMS business
WiSpry's New Antenna Tuner Enables Small Antennas to Deliver High Speed ...: Utilizing the Company's core competency in RF micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF-MEMS) technology, WiSpry creates revolutionary wireless 'System on Chip' MEMS-based RF architectures, and has recently begun shipping products to several Tier 1 mobile ...

today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business
Tomorrow Options develops microelectronic device to treat bedsores: These are the three key characteristics of MovinSense, a microelectronic device developed by Tomorrow Options, a spin-off from INESC TEC (Technology and Science)/FEUP. The device is placed on the chest of the bedridden patient with limited mobility and ...

today HealthCanal.com - MEMS business
ST's MEMS Accelerometers Usher in Smart Sensing | OCT Blog: 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical ...

OTC BLOG today - MEMS business
MEMS foundry Micralyne makes design link: LONDON – Canadian pure-play foundry Micralyne Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta) has formed a partnership with MEMS product development firm AMFitzgerald & Associates (Burlingame, Calif.). The combination of AMFitzgerald's MEMS design and rapid prototyping ...

today EE Times - MEMS business
Silex MEMS TSV tech licensed to Nanoshift: November 2, 2011 - PRNewswire -- MEMS foundry Silex Microsystems licensed its Silex Sil-Via through-silicon-via (TSV) packaging platform to Nanoshift for use in early development of complex MEMS products. Silex Sil-Via license agreements allow ...

today ElectroIQ - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

DNA origami: Researchers fabricate DNA strands on a reusable chip, fold them ...: The researchers have used the device to create strands of DNA which they then folded into unique nanoscale structures. They will present their findings at the AVS Symposium, held Oct. 30 - Nov. 4, in Nashville, Tennessee. Many different methods of DNA ...

yesterday Nanotechnology News (press release) - Nanotechnology
MIT Hub Uses Nanoscale Modeling In Sustainability Research ...: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub are working on a new mixture for cement that could potentially reduce.
Blwhit1 yesterday - Nanotechnology
Solar power could get boost from new light absorption design: The researchers used two unconventional materials – metal and silicon oxide – to create thin but complex, trapezoid-shaped metal gratings on the nanoscale that can trap a wider range of visible light. The use of these materials is unusual because on ...

today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
Physicists identify room temperature quantum bits in silicon carbide - widely ...: ... silicon carbide -- a semiconductor commonly used by the electronics industry -- a role at the center of a new generation of information technologies designed to exploit quantum physics for tasks such as ultrafast computing and nanoscale sensing. ...

today PhysOrg.com - Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology makes storing radioactive waste safer: Nanotechnology makes storing radioactive waste safer.
today - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

FDA Evaluating Input from Industry on Nanotech Guidance: Biotechnology companies have expressed general support for FDA's draft guidance defining whether products contain nanomaterials or otherwise involve the application of nanotechnology. But the sector also made its case for less red tape and more leeway, ...

yesterday Genetic Engineering News - Nanotech business
Discovery of Graphene Production Process Targets Low-Cost, High-Volume ...: Graphene is a very promising nanomaterial with potential applications in semiconductors, electronics, displays, energy storage and transmission, photovoltaics, advanced plastics and structural materials. "The ability to make advanced materials through ...

yesterday PR Newswire (press release) - Nanotech business

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3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging

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This conference continues to give a broad, yet thorough perspective on the techno-market opportunity and challenge offered by building devices and systems in the vertical dimension. Industry leaders from around the world are invited to speak at this conference, on a range of topics important to the emerging and on-going 3-D integration and packaging efforts.

Event Calendar

International Systems-on-Chip Conference 2011-11-02 - 2011-11-03 Newport Beach, CA System on Chip Platforms for Embedded Systems
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.
American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2011 2011-11-07 - 2011-11-08 Chicago IL Network with 150 + senior level manufacturing professionals from many disciplines.
MEMS Devices Driving Healthcare Applications 2011-11-09 Webinar - 11:00 AM ET, 8:00 AM PT
3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging 2011-12-12 - 2011-12-14 Burlingame, California Today's Manufacturing Advances, Tomorrow's Impact and Opportunity
2012 Consumer Electronics Association - MEMS TechZone 2012-01-10 - 2012-01-13 Las Vegas NV MEMS has an official home at CES
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
MM / MEMS / NANO Live USA 2012-03-07 - 2012-03-08 Rosemont (Chicago) IL
MEMS Executive Congress 2012 2012-03-20 Zurich, Switzerland MEMS Industry Group event co-located with Smart Systems Integration
MicroManufacturing and NanoManufacturing 2012-03-28 - 2012-03-29 Boston, MA The Power of Connecting. Your Next Customer is Here!
Hilton Head Workshop 2012 2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07 Hilton Head Island, SC A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
Sensors Expo & Conference 2012 2012-06-06 - 2012-06-07 Rosemont (Chicago) IL Providing over 25 Years of Technical Innovation & Thought Leadership
ACTUATOR 2012 2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20 Bremen, Germany International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems
SEMICON West 2012 2012-07-10 - 2012-07-12 San Francisco CA Connect to Buyers, Grow your Business!