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MEMS: The Microscopic Switches That Make the Modern World Possible

Posted January 25, 2014 6:53 PM

From Gizmodo:

We use them every day without realizing it. They're in our phones, our cars, our cameras, and innumerable electronic devices. They're called MEMS, and they're the microscopic switches that allow our gadgets to become smaller, lighter, and faster.

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Re: MEMS: The Microscopic Switches That Make the Modern World Possible

01/26/2014 7:45 AM

From the article: "Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) are minuscule mechanical switches that control the flow of electricity". Really? Bit of a narrow view, I'd've thought.

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