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Articles tagged with: Microelectromechanical
MEMS Microphones Shipments to Rise to 1 Billion in 2013
..hones that employ a pressure-sensitive diaphragm etched on a semiconductor using microelectromechanical technology. They are commonly employed in cell phones, headsets, notebook PCs, video cameras and cars. "MEMS microphones are truly one of t more
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Gyroscopes Spin up in Video Games and Cell Phones
When Nintendo wanted to enhance the sensitivity of its motion-sensitive video-game controllers, it turned to 3-axis gyroscope technology in the form of its Wii Motionplus add-on. more
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Tiny 'MEMS' devices to filter, amplify electronic signals
..mance and reducing power use, Rhoads said. The device is an example of a microelectromechanical system, or a MEMS, which contain tiny moving parts. Incoming signals generate voltage that produces an electrostatic force, causing the MEMS filter more
Huge Growth Set for Pico Projectors in Cell Phones, Other Mobile Electronics
Because of their capability to overcome screen-size limitations in mobile electronics devices, tiny pico projectors embedded into products such as smart phones are set for a staggering sixtyfold growth in shipments during the next four years, according to iSuppli Corp. more
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One-Third of Mobile Phones to Use Accelerometers by 2010
.. the use of other MEMS, the market for microelectromechanical sensors for mobile phones is expected to more than triple from 2008 to 2013. Global revenue from sales of MEMS for mobile phones will rise to $1.6 billion in 2013, up from $460.9 m more
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Accelerometers set to become leading MEMS device in 2013
When you turn your iPhone to the side and the screen automatically adjusts from portrait to landscape view, there’s an accelerometer at work. When you swing your Wii controller and bowl a virtual strike, there’s an accelerometer at work. more
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Popular Consumer and Mobile Products Fuel MEMS Boom
From the gyroscope in your PlayStation 3 game controller, to the accelerometer in your iPhone, microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) are making major inroads in the consumer- and mobile-electronics worlds, causing market revenue in this area to nearly triple from 2006 to 2012, according to iSuppli. more
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Nanoparticles Could Improve Mobile Phone Display Screens
.. of liquid is critical for fluidic digital display devices, optical devices, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) such as lab-on-chip analysis systems. Most research into such systems has been conducted with regular liquids, but not nanofl more
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Light-powered micro-machines could advance telecommunications
..alogous to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices can be created. Although the researchers focused on ring-shaped cavities, their model could be applied to other structures as well. "Our objective now is to develop a variety of ligh more
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