April 05, 2001
MicroMachines: They're Huge
MicroMachines: They're Huge
Officially called MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems), these micromachines are even too small for Stuart Little but are still bigger than nanotechnology, which uses atoms or molecules as building blocks. If insects are indeed going to inherit the earth, they now have the machines to do it with.
Posted by rshah at April 5, 2001 12:00 PM