Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have successfully tested a wireless sensor chip so small that if someone were to sneeze, it just might blow away. The new "smart dust" chip ...

Technology may be shrinking, but its reach has never been greater. Devices that once filled entire rooms can now fit on the tip of a needle. This miniaturization is not just about space-saving; it’s ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Some 20-30 years ago, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) emerged in industrial manufacturing in a major way. MEMS consist of any combination of mechanical (levers, springs, ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. Two forces drive the evolution of the ...

If you are looking for the next disruptive technology headed for the enterprise: think dust. No, not small grains of sand, soot or dirt but similarly sized particles that have a brain. Smart dust, a ...

Portland, Ore. – Researchers have shown recently that magnetic silicon nanoparticles-smart dust-can act as chaperones, surrounding and herding rare sample molecules so that the samples navigate ...

Tiny sensors planted in a sugar beet field south of Fargo gather data vital to helping the crop reach its harvest potential. "It can influence everything - from the timing of fungicide or deciding ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which supported the development of the Internet in the 1960s, has been providing research funds for almost 20 years devoted to the development of ...

Investors may want to keep an eye on smart dust stocks. No bigger than a grain of sand, smart dust is made up of tiny microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). All of which can measure and send ...