Comments on: Microstaq Raises $12.5M and the Profile for MEMS http://gigaom.com/2008/09/19/microstaq-raises-125m-and-the-profile-for-mems/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alan Wilensky http://gigaom.com/2008/09/19/microstaq-raises-125m-and-the-profile-for-mems/#comment-900399 Alan Wilensky Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:14:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21289#comment-900399 <p>Sensors and silicon based actuators have struggled for years to get attention that was essentially being stolen by social networks and stupid clone ideas for IM and presence for Pets in the Valley.</p> <p>These are practical technologies that are much more realizable than some of the nanotech that is also (or was) sucking all the air out of the capital pool.</p> <p>That is, if there still is any capital left.</p> Sensors and silicon based actuators have struggled for years to get attention that was essentially being stolen by social networks and stupid clone ideas for IM and presence for Pets in the Valley.

These are practical technologies that are much more realizable than some of the nanotech that is also (or was) sucking all the air out of the capital pool.

That is, if there still is any capital left.

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