MEMS promises to revolutionize nearly every product category bybringing together silicon-based microelectronics with micromachiningtechnology, making possible the realization of completesystems-on-a-chip. MEMS is an enabling technologyallowing the development of smart products, augmenting thecomputational ability of microelectronics with the perception andcontrol capabilities of microsensors and microactuators and expandingthe space of possible designs and applications.