G.H. Chapman, "Space: the Ideal Place to Manufacture Microchips", Proc. of Inter. Space Development Conf. '91, San Antonio, Texas, 25-32 (1991). sdc-91w.pdf 97KB The electronics industry is dependent ...

Figuring out a better way to connect nerve cells to bioelectronics will be the next technological leap in health care, and the Neurobiological Interfaces Lab at Binghamton University is at the ...

InchFab’s Mitchell Hsing says training engineers on the cheap is a major draw ...

The electronics industry is trending toward the microscale. Consumer devices keep getting smaller, and increasingly popular medical applications require tiny form factors. Addressing those ...

Moore's Law, which says that the number of transistors on a computer chip will double every two years or so, has managed to hold true for decades. But we're starting to bump up against the physical ...

Startup InchFab is marketing shipping-container-sized clean-room systems costing $5–$15 million that can perform most functions of a conventional semiconductor fabrication plant, but at smaller wafer ...

A standard LCD 3D printer costing under 200 euros can perform microelectronic photolithography with 20-micrometer precision, enabling affordable, cleanroom-free fabrication of transistors and sensors ...

Boston Micro Fabrication uses projection micro stereolithography (PµSL) for microfabrication in 3D printing. This digital micro-display technology provides stereolithography masks that work as virtual ...

If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...

The controlled coiling of a tiny jet of polymer solution allows the construction of microstructures that resemble the familiar clay pottery of the macro world. The ability to make ever-smaller ...