microtechnology
Researchers at EPFL have developed a nanodevice that operates more than 10 times faster than today's fastest transistors, and about 100 times faster than the transistors you have on your computers.
Researchers at ETH have measured the timing of single writing events in a novel magnetic memory device with a resolution of less than 100 picoseconds.
Physicists at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a five-metre-long microwave quantum link, the longest of its kind date.
Researchers at EPFL have developed an ultra-light robotic insect that uses its soft artificial muscles to move at 3 cm per second across different types of terrain.
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The development of microtechnology in Switzerland was a result of the economic crisis in the watch industry. Beside the classical watch micromechanics, new technologies like electronics, optics, computer technology and microsystems were used in watch construction. Today, microtechnology is one of the key technologies of the 21st century and one of the key sectors in Switzerland’s economy.
Research Centers
- Institute of microtechnology IMT in Neuchâtel.
- CSEM, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology in Neuchâtel.
Universities
- Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud.
- Department of Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Applied Sciences Bern.
Associations and foundations
- The Swiss foundation for research in microtechnolgy fsmr is aiming at promoting microtechnology and its applications. The association provides information, training courses, and consulting in microtechnology.
- Swissmem unites the Swiss engineering, electrical and metal industry and associated technology-oriented sectors.
- Micronarc, is a communication platform created by the governments of the seven cantons that constitute Western Switzerland (Berne, Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais and Vaud).
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Partial list of Swiss companies with activities in micro- and nanotechnologies
| · Art of Technology, Zurich
· Colibrys, Neuchâtel · Contraves Space, Zurich · Contrinex, Givisiez · Debiotech, Lausanne · Dyconex, Bassersdorf · Dynatron Concept, Adliswil · EM Microelectronic, Marin · Fisba Optik, St. Gallen · Helbling Gruppe, Zurich · Leica Geosystems, Heerbrugg · Leister Process Technologies, Sarnen · LEM, Plan-les-Ouates |
· Logitech, Romanel sur Morges · Microbonding, Noiraigue · Microcid, Cortaillod · Micro Crystal Div of ETA, Grenchen · Miromico, Zurich · Nanosurf, Liestal · Nanoworld, Neuchâtel · Sensirion, Stäfa · SwissOptic, Heerbrugg · Sylvac, Crissier · Valtronic, Les Charbonnières · Weidmann Plastics Technology, Rapperswil · Zühlke Engineering, Schlieren |
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