Micromachines in Modern Use

Posted by michael on Saturday October 6, 2001 @09:02AM from the little-engine-that-could dept.

dragons_flight writes: "Physics Today has a lengthy article on MEMS (microelectromechanical systems AKA micromachines) including the ways they are being put to use right now. Uses include airbag collision detectors in cars, pressure guages, "micro-microphones", video projection, scientific equipment, and the ever popular optical switching technology. In addition there are two brief sidebars discussing how micro- and macro-machines differ and the use of integrated circuit technology to build MEMS."

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cool by CodeMonky · 2001-10-06 09:06 · Score: 3, Funny

do they have a commercial with that guy talking really really fast?

oh wait, i think that is a different micromachines. Nevermind.

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Micro-microphones? by TeknoHog · 2001-10-06 09:53 · Score: 3, Funny

10^-6×10^-6 phones = 10^-12 phones
Surely you mean picophones!

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