Fixing the Future
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Episode 53
Season 1
New MEMS Tech Lets Watches Run For Over A Decade On A Single Battery
Co-CEO's of
Silmach,
Pierre-Francois Louvigne and
Jean-Baptiste Carnet, talk about their new MEMS technology with
IEEE Spectrum editor
Glenn Zorpette. The tech has been used to create the first major upgrade to the movement of quartz watches in decades, a power efficient motor that is 50 percent smaller, allows fluid forward-and-back motion of the hand, and requires so little power a watch can run for over a decade before it needs a new battery. Louvigne talk about their new hybrid watch, which combine smartwatch electronics with analog faces, and partnerships with manufacturers such as Timex.