Microsystems - from Technologies to Products

Web Applications - Spaghetti Code for the 21st Century

The software industry is currently in the middle of a paradigm shift. Applications are increasingly written for the World Wide Web rather than for any specific type of an operating system, computer or device. Unfortunately, the technologies used for web application development today violate well-known software engineering principles. Furthermore,they have reintroduced problems that had already ...

Micro Assembly

Automated microassembly has been identified to be a critical technology in the two emerging microsystems technology (MST) and nanotechnology (NT) by members of the private sector and government funding agencies. No commercial success of either of these technologies is possible without reliable and cost-effective assembly and packaging technologies for the finished products at micro and nano sca...

A DFA Framework for Hybrid Microsystems

This paper presents a framework for Design For Assembly of hybrid microsystems. Hybrid microsystems are microsystems, mainly semi-conductor based, which offer diverse functionality, and which are realised by integrating elements (die, parts) from different material and technology domains. From macro-domain mechanical products, it is known that the design of these products is of major importance...

Implantable Microsystems for High-Resolution Interfacing to the Brain

A unified messaging system on the Internet

Messaging is an essential aspect of human communication and with the advance in technology and the merging technologies in telecommunications and computers, unified messaging has become very popular. Products that can unify email, voice mail and facsimile are reaching the market. These products will allow users to save time and money and provide them with an efficient way to manage different fo...