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NASA Tests its Shape-Shifting ‘TETwalker’ Robot Pyramid for Nanotechnology Swarms - News Item

Article - 6 Apr 2005

NASA is testing its ‘TETwalker’ nanobot, which is a protean ‘smart robot’ which changes shape to adapt to different space environments. Replacing the electric motor with MEMS and NEMS will lead to...

Nanosensors: Current and Future Markets, with Special Reference to Nanosensor Technology in the UK

Article - 28 Jun 2005

Nanosensors can be used in many industries, including healthcare, security and environmental monitoring. Focusing mainly on the UK, this article looks at challenges in sensor production, global...

Worldwide MEMS Systems Market Forecasted to Reach $72 Billion by 2011

News - 17 Jul 2007

The market for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), which includes products such as automobile airbag systems, display systems and inkjet cartridges totaled $40 billion in 2006, and is expected to...

Coventor Signs Collaboration Agreement with Process Relations

News - 29 Sep 2010

Coventor, Inc., the leading supplier of software for developing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and Process Relations, a provider of enterprise information management systems for high tech...

Researchers to Produce Unique MEMS Using Novel Etching Technique

News - 9 Jun 2011

Researchers have now designed a system that can produce unique micro-electromechanical systems using the correct etching method. Researchers at the Systems IMS in Duisburg, Germany and Fraunhofer...

Oxford Instruments Launch PlasmaPro Estrelas100 Silicon Etch Tool

News - 19 Jun 2012

Leader in plasma etch and deposition processing systems, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, has won an order for its recently launched PlasmaPro Estrelas100 deep silicon etch tool, from the...

Georgia Institute of Technology Orders Silicon Etch System From STS as Part of their New Nanotechnology Research Center

News - 11 Mar 2008

Surface Technology Systems plc (STS), a leader in plasma process technologies required in the manufacturing and packaging of micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) and advanced electronic devices,...

Ceramic Thick Films for MEMS and Microdevices

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The MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) market returned to growth in 2010. The total MEMS market is worth about $6.5 billion, up more than 11 percent from last year and nearly as high as its...

Journal of Micro-Nano Mechatronics: Springer Journal

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The Journal of Micro-Nano Mechatronics, a quarterly journal, is devoted to the theory and applications of micro and nanotechnologies. The journal promotes both theoretical and practical engineering...

Paper on Water-Immersible MEMS Scanning Mirror for Photoacoustic Microscopy Wins Photonic West Award

News - 2 Mar 2013

A professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. student recently received a best paper award from a prestigious conference on optics and...