MEMS

STMicroelectronics has announced a new MEMS-based module that integrates a three-axis magnetometer, a three-axis accelerometer, A/D converters, and control logic on a 2 mm x 2 mm x 1 mm surface mount chip, making it the smallest electronic compass available today.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new micro-printing process that uses a non-toxic organic polymer rather than silicon to enable the production of biocompatible and energy-efficient microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices.

Lilliputian Systems, an MIT spinoff, has launched a USB battery charger powered by a miniaturized butane fuel cell, which will be able recharge most mobile phones about ten times, or a laptop battery once, from one container of butane.

Three DARPA-sponsored research teams have developed the world's smallest vacuum pumps.

Research at the University of Utah has led to a MEMS device that can resist radiation and may find use in space applications or to help contain the consequences of a nuclear meltdown.

The Babolat Play & Connect interactive tennis racquet is packed with sensors and electronics which record data about a player's game and allow users to analyze their performance.

IPMS creates infrared spectrometer that can bring food analysis to the masses

Purdue researchers develop rap-music powered implantable pressure sensor

Scientists have created a new type of microtweezers, which are said to be less expensive to produce than conventional devices, and easier to use.

Researchers have discovered a process for carving diamonds at the nanoscale.

MIT researchers are reporting the development of a new piezoelectric device that is about the size of a U.S. quarter and can generate 100 times as much power as similarly sized devices.

The Micronium microscopic instrument has just made its public debut performance at a conference on micromechanics in the Netherlands