Movea Executive Vice President to Moderate the MEMS Technology Showcase at the MEMS Executive Congress 2011

After an extended open submissions period, seven companies were selected as finalists to showcase products that demonstrate how MEMS can enable valuable new product capabilities and enhance the user experience:

Intel’s Red Ridge: a new tablet form-factor reference design enabling OEM customers and developers to design and manufacture products using the “Medfield” platform.

Microvision’s ShowWX+: a high-brightness, handheld pico projector that lets users project images, presentations and video as large as 100 inches across from an iPhone, iPad or laptop-onto any available surface.

Proteus Biomedical’s Raisin System: combining pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications and social networking in a seamless solution.

Recon Instruments’ MOD Live: an interactive display for the world's first GPS-enabled goggles that offer real-time feedback, including speed, jump analytics, latitude/longitude, altitude, vertical distance travelled, total distance travelled, chrono/stopwatch mode, a run-counter, temperature and time.

R0R3 Devices’ MEMS-based heart-rate monitor: offering accurate heart-rate measurement for wearers engaging in periodic motion for sports and medical applications

Sunrex’s Air Mini Keyboard: an in-air remote control with integrated keyboard used by the PayTV industry for interactive TV applications and media control.

Syride’s Sys-Evo: A light and compact electronic module for surfboards.

The panel will be fast paced and product focussed. Each finalist gets five minutes to introduce their product and do a demonstration, and a winner will be selected by the audience via SMS voting.

“This showcase will provide an excellent overview of some of the incredibly innovative ways in which MEMS are now being used to deliver enhanced user experiences,” Bryan Hoadley, explained. “Movea is excited to be working with MEMS Industry Group to host the panel where these groundbreaking new products will be presented. I look forward to seeing how these seven companies have risen to the challenges of delivering such creative solutions.”

“We are excited to showcase the power of MEMS technologies in a wide range of consumer products and are delighted to have Movea’s Hoadley moderate our first Technology Showcase,” said Karen Lightman, Managing Director at MEMS Industry Group. “Our diverse group of panelists will capture the imagination by demonstrating some very unique applications of MEMS in consumer electronics and biomedical devices. This panel truly demonstrates the MEMS inside the Machine.”