Evolving adaptable health monitoring MEMS/NEMS platform for aging biomechanical, aerospace and environmental systems

监测老化的“远程”重要系统的健康状况，如生物医学(髋关节、膝盖、脊柱和视网膜植入物)、航空航天(机身和粘合贴片)和环境系统(碳排放)，需要部署可用于(在老化或康复阶段)准确捕获这些系统运行健康状态的传感机制。为了高效运行，该健康监测(HM)平台应集成在其部署的环境中，干扰最小；预计该平台应在能源方面自我维持，并能够与外部环境进行远程通信。微型和纳米机电系统MEMS/NEMS技术的最新尝试导致了利用微/纳米科学进行健康监测的新能力。

Monitoring the health of aging "remote" vital systems such as biomedical (hip, knee, spinal and retina implants), aerospace (fuselage and bonded patches) and environmental systems (carbon emission) requires the deployment of sensory mechanisms that can be utilized to accurately capture the status of these system's operating health in real time (during an aging or rehabilitation phase). To operate efficiently, this Health Monitoring (HM) platform should be integrated within its deployed environments with minimum interference; it is expected to be self sustained in energy and capable to communicate remotely with the outside environment. Recent attempts in the development of Micro and Nano Electro mechanical systems MEMS/NEMS technologies has resulted in new capabilities for health monitoring using micro/nano sciences.