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Mar/Apr 2012  

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REPORTS

Wohlers publishes 2012 report on AM and 3-D printing
Transparent 3-D memory chips could replace flash drives
RPI introduces manufacturing innovation lab
OMAX collaborates on micro-abrasive waterjet white paper
Vishay Precision launches high-resistance micro strain gages
NEC develops ultrathin organic radical battery
Caliper app makes your cell phone a ruler
Laser technology manufacturer creates micro laser for mobile phones
Hybrid machine takes on brittle materials
MIT proposes $450 million Lincoln Lab facility
New microdevice helps harvest cancer cells from blood
Wireless interference a greater risk than hacking for medical devices
3D Systems acquires Paramount Industries
New Spectralytics facility expands production capacity
Counterfeit parts a $169 billion potential challenge for semiconductor market
Synova and Makino partner up
SUSS MicroTec acquires Tamarack Scientific Co. Inc.
Market for key RF components to reach $4.7B in 2016
Finnish Research Centre selects nanotechnology from Vistec
FNST taps into systems miniaturization with new line of micro-seals in North America
Harvard's Wyss Institute creates living human gut-on-a-chip
MIT researchers move microfluidics from lab to production
Akustica rolls out multi-chip MEMS microphone
Microfluidic chip to offer low-cost flu detection
Analysts: MEMS device market to top $11 billion by 2017
GLOBALFOUNDRIES declares independence; AMD now fabless
Additive manufacturing moves beyond prototyping
Flextronics acquires Steller Microelectronics
Soft-tissue electronics eyed in special report
Empire Precision adds optics capabilities
10th Annual MEMS Technology Symposium set for May
Microcontroller cuts power consumption in half
Virtual Lens could lead to solid-state optical microscope
IBM reveals progress toward quantum computer
Laser-precision cladding sets stage for new gold rush
Sandvik to divest Sandvik Medical Solutions
Electronic fuel injection to debut at Daytona 500
Flexible form factor for lighting set for demo
RPMC adds <200nm DPSS lasers to lineup
MIT researchers control growth, shape of nanowires

µTUBE VIDEOS

Micromanufacturing lab tour at Northwestern Univ.
Self-sculpting sand research aims high
Advancements in optical 3-D imaging, metrology from Alicona
Aerotech displays micro positioning stages
ZeGage optical profiler nearly portable
Cold Heading Technology from Fukui Byora
ICOMM growing, achieving balanced global interest
3-D printing merges with printed electronics
Racecar sets world speed record
'Fantastic Voyage' moves closer to reality
Australian researchers produce 'perfect' single-atom transistor
Alicona debuts Focus Variation
Prescription for medical expansion
Video feed via your contact lens
Artificial finger assembly gets a workout
Ever-shrinking technology restoring vision with minimally invasive implant
Blog simplifies 3-D chip technology
Electronic circuitry takes a quantum leap down in size
Spray-on nanotube aids skin-like sensor device
MICA Freeform process portrayed in animation
3M, IBM set sites on new adhesive for 3-D chips
Laser cutting, bending microscale foil chair
Caltech uses smart phone as petri dish
Magnetism, microfluidics eyed for medical microchip
MEMS-based ski goggles deemed 'cool'
CNC Swiss turning, milling in one operation
Artificial muscles flex appeal of nanobots for medical applications
LaserStar demos welding repair for mold
Magafor's Multi-V tools in action
Digital microscope captures Abe
Makino rolls out micromachining center
Fashion police could go high-tech
Bionic man a step closer to reality
Vanderbilt stamps low-cost nano devices
Kugler offers ultraprecision machines
NIST develops microscale rheometer
Centerless grinding closeup
Agie Charmilles highlights EDM machine with auto wire changer
General Electric developing additive process
New sinker EDMing technology enables more control

PRODUCT NEWS

VHX-2000 digital microscope offers automated measurements

Keyence Corp.
Potomac Photonics adds precision laser

Potomac Photonics

AccuteX EDM introduces 5-Axis wire EDM

Accutex EDM
Laser welding machines

LaserStar Technologies Corp.
Micro Tool, Micro Plastics offer partmaking options

Micro Tool & Mfg. Inc.
PI publishes microscope-positioning catalog

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.
ABL's spindles ideal for routing and micromachining

Air Bearings Ltd.
Titan’s ScopePad 200 turns microscope into videoscope

Titan Tool Supply Inc.
Arburg offers entry-level injection-molding machine for microparts

ARBURG GmbH + Co KG
TCAD software for designing, simulating and testing optoelectronics

Lumerical Solutions Inc.
Polyurethane adhesive for assembling advanced electronics

Appli-Tec

National Jet Co. specializes in micro hole manufacturing

The National Jet Company

Tungsten carbide micro cutting tools

ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH

Earth-Chain’s sPINner batch deburrs parts in minutes

Earth Chain Inc.
Mori Seiki line targets micromachining

DMG/Mori Seiki USA
Precision-grinding tools from 0.03mm to 2.00mm

Rollomatic
Micromachining, fabrication book available

InTech
Nanovea rolls out trio of measurement devices

Nanovea
Mitutoyo heralds 'world's first' 0.1µm micrometer

Mitutoyo America Corp.
HD optical inspection

Electronic Assembly Products
Micro-injection-molding machine

Wittmann Battenfeld Inc.
Precision machine shop nearly 100

Nolte Precise Manufacturing
Spin-on hardmask product created for advanced lithography

Brewer Science Inc.
Microtips offers capacitive-touch LCD displays

Microtips Technology Inc.

Direct part-marking tool designed for medical devices

Roland DGA Corp.
Mass production with 3-D printer

MakerBot Industries LLC
Micromolding co. serves medical, consumer electronics markets

Matrix Plastic Products
Ultrafast amplifier

Newport Corp.
Sinker EDM technology for faster roughing of deep ribs

Makino
Walter USA expands Titex X-treme deep-hole micro drill line

Walter USA LLC
Micro borescope for close-range inspection

Lenox Instrument Co.
Gowanda RF chip inductor series meets DoD specs

Gowanda Electronics
Kionix rolls out trio of MEMS-related products at CES

Kionix Inc.
High-g triaxial piezoresistive shock accelerometers available

Meggitt Sensing Systems
Aerotech: Programmable controller cuts development time in half

Aerotech Inc.
Potomac expands microhole drilling capacity

Potomac Photonics
Surface roughness measurement by an optical profiler

Zemetrics Inc., recently acquired by the Zygo Corp.
Oren Elliott Products offers air-dielectric capacitors

Oren Elliott Products Inc.
Laser manufacturer, shop to develop micromachining processes

Applied Energetics Inc.
Firestar i401 laser available in December

Synrad Inc.

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