News tagged with micro electro mechanical system

Raising the prospects for quantum levitation

More than half-a-century ago, the Dutch theoretical physicist Hendrik Casimir calculated that two mirrors placed facing each other in a vacuum would attract. The mysterious force arises from the energy of virtual particles ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Shoe power generator earns Louisiana Tech professor national attention

Dr. Ville Kaajakari, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is being featured by MEMS Investor Journal, a national online industry publication, for developing a techno ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new avenue for MEMS-based sensor design

Mr Pradyumna Thiruvenkatanathan, a second year doctoral student in Engineering, is the recipient of the best student paper award in the sensors and transducers sub-field at the IEEE Frequency Control conference. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toward cheaper imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons on the human body

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging. This advance could lead to significantly ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New stretchable electrodes created to study stresses on cardiac cells

Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, traumatic brain ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Baby beetles inspire researchers to build 'mini boat' powered by surface tension (Video)

Inspired by the aquatic wriggling of beetle larvae, a University of Pittsburgh research team has designed a propulsion system that strips away paddles, sails, and motors and harnesses the energy within the water's surface. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0