Mechanical engineers at Vanderbilt University are working with DARPA to develop tiny robotic spies.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed tiny robot spies that collaborate to record an area that is too dangerous for humans to enter.
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley are building a flying robot about the size of a fly for military reconaissance.
Researchers at the University of California are developing a new breed of machines that will pack sensors, communications, and computing power into a dust-sized package. This 'Smart Dust' will be useful for monitoring weather conditions or spying.
The Pentagon has announced a $60 million project to study how insects and reptiles fly, crawl, climb, and smell. The research will help them develop micro-robots for surveillance, reconnaissance, mine-detection and other tasks.
A new National Science Foundation study focuses on MEMS as a disruptive technology, one that is likely to disrupt the status quo.
The Air Force is preparing to launch a fleet of microsatellites, minature satellites that utilize MEMs technology and weigh in under 20 pounds. The satellites would work in clusters to provide redundancy for critical missions and to perform more complex tasks than are possible with current satellites.
After a decade of hype, microscopic mechanical systems are poised to make major changes in the size of our cell phones, the reliability of our communications systems -- even the way ?Star Wars? is shown.
An overview of research into MEMS and its future offspring, Nanotechnology.
An article from Business Week's forward looking preview of the technology driven 21st century economy. This article focuses on Rouke's advances in creating 'microelectromechanical systems' but also dwells on the potential application of nanotech including using it for biological arms control verification.