From the Nintendo Wii to Smartphones, we have seen dramatic growth and change in the MEMS marketplace. Still, while we’re far from exhausting the potential of existing MEMS in existing and derivative applications, the best is yet to come. The next wave of MEMS development is moving toward actuation and, while the ripples from these beautiful little machines have been building slowly for years, as they converge with those from the Internet of Things, the ride is about to get more exciting! Some examples of what we are seeing as first applications include tiny mirrors that enable people to interact more naturally with technology, smaller, faster autofocus solutions for cellphones and new types of printheads for 3D printing - and this is just the beginning.
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