Researchers have created a new type of tiny 3D-printed robot that moves by harnessing vibration from piezoelectric actuators, ultrasound sources or even tiny speakers. Swarms of these “micro-bristle-bots” might work together to sense environmental changes, move materials – or perhaps one day repair injuries inside the human body.
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Mid-Year Global Semiconductor Sales Down 14.5 Compared to 2018
Year-to-year sales down across all regions; 2019 Q2 sales up slightly compared to Q1.
Eta Compute Appoints Dr. Ted Tewksbury Chief Executive Officer
Eta Compute Inc., a company dedicated to delivering machine learning to mobile and edge devices based on its revolutionary new platform, announces today the appointment of Dr. Ted Tewksbury as chief executive officer effective immediately.
A Wearable Device So Thin and Soft You Won’t Even Notice It
Device also can serve as robotic skin, relaying information back to the user.
Light For the Nanoworld
Quantum light sources pave the way for optical circuits.
Soft Wearable Health Monitor Uses Stretchable Electronics
A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children without concern for skin injury or allergic reactions caused by conventional adhesive sensors with conductive gels.
Oddball Edge Wins Nanotube Faceoff
Rice University theory shows peculiar ‘Janus’ interface a common mechanism in carbon nanotube growth.
SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit Highlights Innovations Across Consumer, Industrial Markets
More than 400 electronics industry experts will gather at SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit, 25-27 September, 2019 in Grenoble, France, for the latest MEMS and imaging sensors developments and innovations that are advancing the user experience with hundreds of millions of smart devices.
KIST Develops Technology For Creating Flexible Sensors on Topographic Surfaces
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) research team developed a transfer-printing technology that uses hydrogel and nano ink to easily create high-performance sensors on flexible substrates of diverse shapes and structures.
Single-Electrode Material Streamlines Functions Into a Tiny Chip
The ability to combine many functions into a single microchip is a significant advance in the quest to perfect the tiny, self-powered sensors that will expand the Internet of things. KAUST researchers have managed to combine sensing, energy-harvesting, current-rectifying and energy-storage functions into a single microchip.
