The Nanotechnology Conferences

Posted by admin on Oct 30th, 2009 | 0 comments home title

There was a nanotechnology conference in 1998. I realise what some may be saying to this. Either, ‘What nanotechnology conference in 1998?’, or ‘What is nanotechnology?’, or even ‘So what – that was ten years ago!’ At least at the time of writing this… Well, whatever – there was such a conference in 1998 and I decided to mention it as there was a similar conference much more recent to this one in June 2003 held between members of the European Council – and so I ’smelt a rat’ because frankly, I am certain that the general public at large did not know about either fixture. Back to 1998. The specific or actual title for this event was, ‘Second International conference on Integrated Micro-Nano Technology for Space Applications 1998′.

The FIRST conference was apparently in 1995! Intrigued? Surprised? I certainly was. Nothing was said on U.K television at least… One may ask, ‘why write about this’? Well, this recent area of technology is of considerable importance, or at least it soon will be (especially in light of the more recent EC conference on nanotech’), due to the very ‘nature’ of the subject itself and what it will mean not too far from now. Though as it is already 2008, some of what follows may already be in prototype stage.
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MicroElectroMechanical Systems

Posted by admin on Oct 28th, 2009 | 0 comments home title

Welcome to MicroElectroMechanical Systems. Micro-electromechanical Systems are made up of components between 1 to 100 micrometres in size. They usually consist of a central unit that processes data, the microprocessor and several components that interact with the outside – such as microsensors. At these size scales, the standard constructs of classical physics do not always hold true. MEMS devices include pressure sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes, microphones, and digital mirror displays.

The global market for microelectromechanical systems is into the mult-billions of dollars, with some estimates close to 100 billion dollars. Some of the most popular MEMS product applications includes automobile airbag systems, display and monitoring systems, as well as inkjet cartridges.

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