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This Defense Intelligence Agency reference document, dated 31 March 2010 (DIA-08-1003-020), was one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) program. It surveys biosensors and BioMEMS, covering brain-implanted neuroelectrodes, drug-delivery pumps, implantable glucose sensors, brain-machine interfaces, retinal prostheses, microfluidic lab chips, NASA cell culture systems, and microcantilever sensors. It concludes that the field is expanding rapidly toward nanomechanical systems.
“University of Arizona”7 pages
UNCLASSIFIED//F'ilA. 'ilFFililo\le l!l!II! 8HL"i' Conclusion MEMs are characterized by small dimensions, enabling new applications of physical principles to make sensors and actuators of superior characteristics. Physical properties like surface tension and electrostatic charge dominate the operation of the devices, and new fabrication approaches are required to make them. The economic driving forces for this miniaturization are strong for health care and biology. Advanced fabrication processes are still being discovered to further miniaturize electromechanical systems and to bring us into the realm of nanomechanical systems (NEMS). The new class of NEMS devices are expected to provide a higher performance in applications such as sensors, medical diagnostics and in the electronics industry. Some devices will enable experiments on the structure and function of individual biomolecules. This field is expanding rapidly. Searches of the scientific literature show new ideas being developed in a number of laboratories throughout the world. 39 UNCLASSIFIED/ 1UiOAt OFFIGIPk IP&'i Ollk¥
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