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/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: iPhone 4 Sensors Highlight a Bright Spot for VCs http://gigaom.com/2008/09/19/microstaq-raises-125m-and-the-profile-for-mems/#comment-147495 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:29:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21289#comment-147495 [...] suits used to capture movement for animated films — even air conditioning units so as to make them more efficient. But what’s really driving the market for motion sensors such as accelerometers, compasses, [...]

]]> By: Alan Wilensky http://gigaom.com/2008/09/19/microstaq-raises-125m-and-the-profile-for-mems/#comment-147494 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:14:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21289#comment-147494 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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