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Augmenting Reality with MEMS Sensors
Jack McCauley understands the interplay between video game hardware and human interaction like few others in the industry. He designed the guitar and drums for Red Octane’s (later Activision’s) Guitar Hero video game series. As co-founder and chief...
Beyond Yardsticks: Time-of-Flight Sensors Measure Social Distancing
Earlier this year when the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, began sprinting around the world, public health officials told us that social distancing was the most effective way to slow its spread. We’re now many months into the pandemic, and social...
SEMI Evolves with Eye to Future: Interview with Bettina Weiss
A lot has happened in fifty years, particularly when it comes to the microelectronics industry. Founded in 1970 by a group of semiconductor industry pioneers who believed that co-opetition — instead of traditional competition—would produce a more...
More Than Skin Deep: Skin-Inspired Electronics for Smart Healthcare at FLEX|MSTC 2020
As the body’s largest organ, skin is responsible for the transduction of a vast amount of information. This conformable, stretchable, self-healable and biodegradable material simultaneously collects signals from external stimuli, which translates...
Flexible Hybrid Electronics Comes to Bio-Interfacing and Biodegradable Electronics at FLEX|MSTC 2020
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd (VTT) has its sights set high. As a leading global research and development firm , VTT is out to produce bio-interfacing and biodegradable flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) devices that help tackle some...
MEMS and Sensors Fuel Intelligence Movement - Part 2
Part 2 of 2-part series on MSEC 2019 highlights.
MEMS and Sensors Fuel Intelligence Movement - Part 1
Part of 1 of 2-part series on MSEC 2019 highlights.
The Decade Ahead: Emerging MEMS & Sensors Technologies to Watch
Most of today’s blockbuster MEMS products – from pressure sensors and resonators to accelerometers and microphones – originated from academic research, a trend that Alissa M. Fitzgerald, Founder & Managing Member, A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates,...
The Evolving 5G NR: Connecting the Future
John Smee, VP Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., will share insights on 5G – which is evolving to enable more reliable connectivity with higher performance in and beyond the era of Internet of Things (IoT) – in his keynote at MEMS & Sensors...
MEMS Manufacturing for 2020 and Beyond
According to market research and strategy consulting firm Yole Développement (Yole), the total market size of MEMS, sensors and actuators will double from $48 billion in 2018 to $93 billion in 2024.[i] The consumer market will continue to drive...