MEMS accelerometers are playing an increasingly important role in monitoring the safety of football players. Time: 5 min, 01 sec.
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#107 - Shape-Shifting Ballet Slippers (17 August 08)
What do Terminator 2 and the toe shoes ballerinas wear have in common? Intelligent molecules. Time: 4 min, 34 sec.
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#106 – Listener’s Challenge: School Supplies (10 August 08)
It’s back-to-school time, so let’s take a look at the role that nanomaterials are playing. Time: 6 min, 56 sec.
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#105 – Home Energy Costs (3 August 08)
Reducing energy use isn’t just up to the consumer – MEMS sensors are helping utilities make the electric grid smarter. Time: 4 min, 37 sec.
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#104 – Programmable Tattoos (27 July 08)
Fact or fiction: are programmable tattoos, based on carbon nanotubes, for real? Time: 5 min, 01 sec.
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#103 – Night Vision (20 July 08)
Imagine having night vision in your car; MEMS microbolometers are now making thermal imaging available to everyone. Time: 5 min, 14 sec.
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#102 – Glue (13 July 08)
Next-generation adhesives are now being made from nanoparticles of sugar! Time: 4 min, 56 sec.
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#101 – Listener’s Challenge: Ice Cream (29 June 08)
Is nanotechnology really being used to make ice cream? Time: 4 min, 26 sec.
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#100 – NASCAR vs. Students (22 June 08)
I couldn’t decide this week’s topic: the use of MEMS and nanotechnology in racecar driving or some seriously innovative ideas from University students. So, here’s a peek at both. Time: 4 min, 25 sec.
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#99 – Smart Homes (15 June 08)
Smart homes aren’t all about electronics. Here’s how nanotechnology can help you create your own “house of the future” today. Time: 4 min, 15 sec.
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#98 – Pico-Projectors (8 June 08)
Thanks to optical MEMS, your cell phone will soon double as a portable projector. Time: 3 min, 52 sec.
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#97 – Colonoscopy (1 June 08)
An easier way to view the gastrointestinal tract is here: camera pills! Time: 3 min, 28 sec.
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#96 – Electronic Textiles (25 May 08)
Nanomaterials may be resulting in “smart” fabrics, but MEMS sensors and other electronics are taking textiles to a whole new level of intelligence. Time: 3 min, 19 sec.
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#95 – Smart Stickers (18 May 08)
These are no ordinary stickers – they have brains! Time: 3 min, 10 sec.
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#94 – Lottery Tickets (11 May 08)
You might be surprised what nanotechnology has to do with lottery tickets. Time: 2 min, 36 sec.
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#93 – 2008 MEMS Forecast (4 May 08)
In my annual MEMS market forecast, we’ll take a brief look back at 2007 and see what’s in store through 2012. Time: 6 min, 35 sec.
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#92 – Gardens (27 April 08)
Nanomaterials and MEMS sensors are playing a very cool role in gardens, nurseries, vineyards and other agricultural applications. Time: 3 min, 55 sec.
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#91 – Listener’s Challenge: Keys (20 April 08)
What do MEMS (and/or nanotech) have to do with keys – and locks? Time: 4 min, 03 sec.
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#90 – Drinking Water (13 April 08)
Here’s how MEMS are being used to keep our water supply safe. Time: 3 min, 39 sec.
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#89 – Renewable Energy (6 April 08)
Is renewable energy still hot? Or not? Time: 4 min, 40 sec.
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#88 – Robotics (30 March 08)
From collective thinking to artificial skin, the androids of the future are on their way. Time: 4 min, 32 sec.
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#87 – Hair Care (23 March 08)
Here’s how nanotech is making a difference to conditioners, hair coloring, flat irons and even styling products. Time: 2 min, 24 sec.
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#86 – March Madness (16 March 08)
March madness is all about basketball, and wouldn’t you know, accelerometers might be a contender here too. Time: 2 min, 57 sec.
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#85 – Listener’s Challenge: Bakeware (9 March 08)
There is indeed a nanotech connection to bakeware – but not quite what the challenger had in mind. Time: 2 min, 59 sec.
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#84 – Fake Dirt, Smart Dust (2 March 08)
What more can I say? The title of this week’s episode speaks for itself. Time: 3 min, 00 sec.
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#83 – Stroke Recovery (24 Feb 08)
Learn how MEMS accelerometers are assisting those recovering from a stroke. Time: 3 min, 31 sec.
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#82 – Listener’s Challenge: Diapers (17 Feb 08)
Diapers plus nanotechnology makes for a surprisingly green product – maybe. Time: 4 min, 34 sec.
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#81 – Kids and Future City (10 Feb 08)
Future City is a great way to get kids interested in science and engineering – and this year’s theme is nanotechnology. Time: 3 min, 04 sec.
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#80 – Listener’s Challenge: Super Bowl (3 Feb 08)
From diamonds to “nano” trophies, here’s some fun ways MEMS and nanotech are connected to the Super Bowl. Time: 3 min, 13 sec.
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#79 – Dentistry (27 Jan 08)
Nanomaterials make sense for dental veneers and tooth sensitivity, but MEMS and braces? You bet. Time: 3 min, 25 sec.
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