{"398751":{"#nid":"398751","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Unseen Machines","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch3\u003EMicro-electromechanical systems, or MEMS, may not be on your mind, but there could be some in your pocket.\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EYour smartphone likely uses a dozen or so tiny \u2014 yet powerful \u2014\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022tooltip\u0022 title=\u0022 handheld devices, environmental sensors, medical diagnostic systems, and strain sensors.\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/features\/unseen-machines#\u0022\u003EMEMS\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;sensors to support its sophisticated functions. And that late-model car undoubtedly carries scores of devices based on MEMS and other sensing technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETypically sized at the micron scale \u2014 millionths of a meter \u2014 MEMS devices use minuscule moving parts to perform a broad range of sensing tasks. Small as they are, they can detect sound, motion, position, force, pressure, chemicals, bacteria, and numerous other things worth knowing about. Note that these miniaturized sensors don\u2019t always have moving parts, and a broader term \u2014 microsystems \u2014 is sometimes used rather than MEMS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, more than 20 research teams focus on MEMS-related research and development. Supporting them is the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(IEN), one of Georgia Tech\u2019s nine Interdisciplinary Research Institutes. IEN\u2019s extensive shared-user facilities, including advanced labs and cleanrooms, are used by as many as 200 Georgia Tech faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers who work on MEMS and other microsystems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read more about this research area, please visit this article in Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/features\/unseen-machines\u0022\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHidden inside your smartphone are micron-scale sensors that detect acceleration, rotation and more. Georgia Tech researchers are developing similar micro-electromechanical systems -- known as MEMS -- for applications ranging from health care to agriculture.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Micro-electromechanial systems offer new ways to detect sound, motion, position, force and other variables."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2015-04-23 12:46:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:03","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"398731":{"id":"398731","type":"image","title":"Diagnosing disease","body":null,"created":"1449246371","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:26:11","changed":"1475895115","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:55","alt":"Diagnosing disease","file":{"fid":"75743","name":"sensor-vogel-lg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sensor-vogel-lg.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sensor-vogel-lg.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":955701,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sensor-vogel-lg.jpg?itok=sTLHHaOr"}},"398721":{"id":"398721","type":"image","title":"Tiny gyroscopes aid first responders","body":null,"created":"1449246371","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:26:11","changed":"1475895115","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:55","alt":"Tiny gyroscopes aid first responders","file":{"fid":"75742","name":"ayazi-krog-lg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ayazi-krog-lg.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ayazi-krog-lg.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3079908,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ayazi-krog-lg.jpg?itok=Nf4jJq2P"}}},"media_ids":["398731","398721"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2557","name":"mems"},{"id":"124671","name":"micro-electromechanical systems"},{"id":"167066","name":"sensors"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}