Engineers Week runs from Feb. 20-26, and Lorain County Community College is celebrating by highlighting engineering programs, graduates and local industry connections. LCCC offers more than 30 ...

The advent of the Internet of Things will open up a slew of new opportunities for MEMS-based sensors, but chipmakers are proceeding cautiously. There are a number of reasons for that restraint.

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about future developments and challenges for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with Gerold Schropfer, director of MEMS products and European operations ...

What’s tiny and on track to be worth $22 billion dollars by 2018? MEMS (Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems). That’s a catch-all phrase for microscopic devices that have moving parts. Usually, the ...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwired - Sep 3, 2013) - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is joining with ...

Infineon has introduced its XENSIV SP49 tire pressure monitoring sensor, which integrates MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) sensors and ASIC to provide advanced tire pressure monitoring systems.

Micro electromechanical systems, or MEMS, have been around for years. But despite the fact that the technology now plays a central role in a range of applications, it isn't what you might term a 'star ...

Can you imagine a pressure pump or a thermometer so small that you need a microscope to see it? Can you envision a mechanical sensor or an electrical motor smaller than a strand of hair? It's hard to ...