POSTS TAGGED AS MEMS

Dual-Axis Optical Coherence Tomography

DA-OCT system
“Here, we [biomedical engineers at Duke University] present a novel implementation of dual-axis optical coherence tomography (DA-OCT) that offers [MORE]

Laser Pulsing Propels Micro-Robot through GIT

Micro-robot uses laser pulses to move thru the body
Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 film about a miniature submarine swimming through the [MORE]

The “Mini Me” Surgical Robot

Mini RCM – cutting size of surgical robots
“Teleoperated surgical robots are becoming commonplace in operating rooms, but many are massive [MORE]

Ultrasound Otoscope

Advanced ultrasound otoscope
Diagnosing a middle ear infection with the traditional otoscope has its limitations.  For a more accurate image, researchers [MORE]

MEMS Soft Robots

Modular soft robotic microdevices
In this piece, engineers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne describe this technology for manufacturing soft [MORE]

Tracking “Smart Pills”

Illustration of ATOMS
Remember the “submarine” that travels through the blood stream in the 1966 movie, Fantastic Voyage? That fantasy actually [MORE]

Miniature Ultraviolet-Visible Light Spectrometers

Analytical UvVis
Our most faithful correspondent, Dr. Don Nagy, sent this piece about the engineering issues in miniaturizing spectrometers which researchers [MORE]

Silicon Photonics and Optical MEMS

Silicon Photonics
Engineers at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (“A*STAR) are working on environmental microsensors that rely on photonics [MORE]

The Microfluidics “Revolution”

Droplet Chip Photo Wang-Lab- JHU
By now, bio-medical laboratories should have moved to storage their mass spectrometers, flow cytometers, and blood [MORE]

Soft Robotic Microsurgery

Micro-Tentacle
The next generation of surgical robots will have means for finer control in delicate procedures. To that end, engineers at [MORE]

Wirelessly Powering Electroceutical Devices for Pain Relief

Medical Chip for Power Transfer
As an alternative to large batteries which need to be replaced, as with pacemakers, Stanford engineers [MORE]

GE’s Research on Neural Implants

Wireless Brain Implants for Paralysis
Neural implants that allow paralyzed people to “think’ their way to movement have been in the [MORE]

Multi-Test Lab-on-a-Chip

Multi Lab-on-a Chip
This piece announces computer aided design software, developed at Michigan Technological University, which is a necessary step before [MORE]

Powering Deep Tissue Microimplants

Wireless Power Transfer to Implants
While this piece is only a link to a PNAS article, it reports an important development [MORE]