11/14/2001  Modelers at Sandia National Laboratories are helping micromachine designers choose the device they want fully fabricated through new nano-modeling programs.

10/08/2001 
Small tech will soon lead to a "revolution" that "will change the ways in which neurosurgeons interact with the environment," says a group of researchers. Medical devices that contain MEMS will allow neurosurgeons to perform with better precision. But there are critics who say the high cost of the devices and difficulty in training surgeons remain tough barriers.

08/20/2001  Aug. 20, 2001 - Geneva, Switzerland - STMicroelectronics has introduced a new rotational acceleration sensor device based on MEMS technology that addresses applications in hard disk drives and consumer products.

07/18/2001 
Engineering professors at Michigan Technological University are designing what they say is the country's first Web-based master of engineering program in small tech and hope to have the first courses online by fall 2002.

06/21/2001 

06/07/2001 
The playboy days are over for Small Tech. Now, it needs to choose a partner, defining how if not with whom it wants to make its destiny, industry experts say.

05/13/2001 

Venture capitalists say e-commerce crash has created attractive values in optical, biomed startups.

01/25/2001  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania--A new trade association has been launched by leading microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) developers in the U.S. to represent the growing $2 billion technology sector. The association, MEMS-Industry Group, will function as a member-resource, sharing technology roadmaps, global market information, state of the industry reports, and acting as an advocate in public policy issues.