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Apr 5 | News
Government investment in the manufacture of micromachines could pay huge dividends, but in the meantime, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing new fabrication techniques to aid in the commercial success of MEMS technology.
Feb 28 | News
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new approach to MEMS design that enables engineers to design 3D configurations, using existing fabrication processes; with this approach, the researchers built a MEMS device that enables 3D sensing on a single chip. The tiny device contain microscopic elements that can be engineered to reach heights of hundreds of microns above the chip's surface.
Jan 17 | News
Researchers have created new microtweezers capable of manipulating
objects
to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and
grab and
position live stem cell spheres for research.
11/9/2011 | News
Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles were developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. The third part to this four-part series looks at how biomimetic pressure sensors help guide oceangoing vessels.
9/28/2011 | News
Diamonds may be best known as a symbol of long-lasting love. But semiconductor makers are also hoping they'll pan out as key components of long-lasting micromachines if a new method developed by NIST for carving these tough, capable crystals proves its worth. The method offers a precise way to engineer microscopic cuts in a diamond surface, yielding potential benefits in both measurement and technological fields.
9/14/2011 | News
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a device the size of a U.S. quarter that harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations, such as those that might be felt along a pipeline or bridge. The tiny energy harvester picks up a wider range of vibrations than current designs, and is able to generate 100 times the power of devices of similar size.
8/15/2011 | RDBlog
The editors of R&D Magazine have opened the nominations for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards competition, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the awards. If your organization introduced a new product this year, or is planning to, you can begin the entry process now.
6/2/2011 | News
EV Group (EVG),
a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS,
nanotechnology, and semiconductor markets, announced that it is
collaborating
with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)—a high-tech
R&D
institution in Taiwan—in
the development of advanced manufacturing processes for next-generation
MEMS
devices.
3/1/2011 | News
A research team has shown that some recently developed bulk metallic glasses (BMGs)—metal alloys that have randomly arranged atoms as opposed to the orderly, crystalline structure found in ordinary metals—can be blow molded like plastics into complex shapes that can't be achieved using regular metal, yet without sacrificing the strength or durability that metal affords.
8/11/2010 | News
A new technology enabling tiny
machines called micro electromechanical systems to "self-calibrate"
could make possible super-accurate and precise sensors for crime-scene
forensics, environmental testing, and medical diagnostics.
