CTI EmergingTechnologies Seminar

The Second Silicon Revolution:
IntegratedMicrosystems

Thursday, March 12, 1998

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

1333 H Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
202-296-5000 x 5685
cti@rand.org

RAND's Critical Technologies Institute, in cooperation with Sandia NationalLaboratory, is pleased to present an Emerging Technologies Seminar entitled "TheSecond Silicon Revolution: Integrated Microsystems."

Integrated microsystems-chips combining electronics, optics, sensors, andmicromachines-are expected to provide low cost, high performance systems whichwill sense, think, act and communicate. These microsystems are the next step inthe silicon revolution in both function and in miniaturization. Many expect thatthese microsystems will become ubiquitous, enabling such applications as:

  1. ChemLab-on-a-Chip to monitor medical conditions of patients orclandestine production of weapons of mass destruction;

  2. Micronavigators to provide smoother rides and skid correction in automotivevehicles;

  3. Micromachines to actually perform useful work in the microdomain; everythingfrom steering microlasers for communication to cell manipulation formicrobiology;

  4. Microsensors in consumer goods to increase convenience and performance.

The ability to create small, smart things that are low cost, autonomous, and canintelligently sense and respond to their environment could potentiallyrevolutionize industry and shift the competitive landscape for U.S. companiesover the next 15-10 years.

Speakers:

Continental will be breakfast served. Please RSVP to:

Caroline S. Wagner

Critical Technologies Institute at RAND
1333 H Street, NW Suite 800
Washington DC 20005

Originally known as the Critical Technologies Institute,
the Science andTechnology Policy Institute formally adopted its new name on October 1, 1998.
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