December 6, 2012, Printed Electronics USA, Santa Clara, CA—Gordon Smith from GSI Technologies described the steps towards commercializing a printed electronic subsystem. This effort moved a sensor and fluidics on to a plastic substrate for a disposable, hand-held flow cytometer. Flow cytometry is the process of counting and classifying cells for analysis and disease detection. [...]
August 2012, The exhibit floor at Siggraph 2012 featured a number of difference motion capture (MoCap) options for creating CG and digital duplicate characters of live actors. These range from passive suits to active MEMS technology and a number of options in between. None of these technologies is a do-all end-all, rather, for full content [...]
August 13, 2012, Display Search Emerging Display Technology Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Kurth Reynolds from Synaptics talked about various sensor types and the on-going industrial design to improve the user experience. The whole package now needs system-level knowledge and tools to address the complex issues. Sensor types are proliferating as sensors and displays become more highly [...]
May 23, 2012 – The MEMS Tech Symposium had its theme presentation on the MEMS market reaching the $Trillion mark in the future, from Janusz Bryzek of Fairchild Semi. The presentation focused on the MEMS commercialization cycle and the extension of the current 15% CAGR from the $1.5B base of 2012 to ~$1 trillion by [...]
December 1,2011, Printed Electronics USA 2011, Santa Clara, CA—Mykyong Yoo from Artificial Muscle discussed electro active polymer (EAP) technology. This technology converts an applied voltage to displacement. Contacts on opposite sides of a polymer use Maxwellian pressure to thin and expand the polymer. Stroke distance is proportional to the dielectric constant, voltage squared, and Young’s [...]
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the start of NovaSensor, the MEMS Technology Summit is being held on Oct 19-20, 2010 at Stanford Universtiy. NovaSensor was one of the first Silicon Valley model MEMS startups, and its founders are back for a special event discussing the technical developments and applications in the current MEMS world. The [...]
Kionix is moving their KXTF9 3-axis accelerometer into volume production this summer. The first applications will be in Android-based smart phones, to be released later this year. Other applications include gaming controls, 3-D mice, and other pointing devices. The outputs for this product are optimized for a smart phone form factor. The product is a [...]
