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Precision Motors and Gears
News Release from: New Scale Technologies
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2007
Motor takes top honours
New Scale Technologies' Squiggle motor - the world's smallest linear motor - edged out products from seven other finalists at the 2007 EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards.
New Scale Technologies' patented piezoelectric Squiggle motor took top honours as the "Ultimate Product of the Year" for IPandE at the 2007 EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards April 3 in San Jose, California The Squiggle motor - the world's smallest linear motor - edged out products from seven other finalists including Sharp Microelectronics, Tyco, Micron Technology, Samsung and Cree in the interconnects, packaging and electromechanical (IPandE) product category
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Honours were presented at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America.
"New Scale overtook multiple, billion-dollar companies and world-class technologists to win this award", said New Scale co-CEO Ted Franceschi.
"This is an outstanding achievement that demonstrates the Squiggle motor's appeal among engineers and expands our visibility into many global markets".
The Ultimate Products of the Year are the most significant products introduced in the last 12 months as determined by large-scale peer review.
Finalists in each of seven product categories are chosen by selected, qualified readers of EE Times and eeProductcentre.com via electronic balloting each quarter.
More than 1000 engineers participate in the voting process to determine the winners.
"New Scale Technologies' Squiggle motor received the Ultimate Product of the Year for IPandE because its small size and resolution are incredible", said Brian Fuller, Editor in Chief of EE Times.
"Nanotechnology development is the next frontier in medical, space exploration and other fields".
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