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、膝关节、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），需要部署可用于实时准确捕获这些系统运行健康状态的感官机制（在老化或康复阶段）。为了有效地运行，应该将此运行状况监视（HM）平台集成到其部署的环境中，以尽量减少干扰；预计它将能够自给自足，并能够与外界环境进行远程通信。最近在微纳米电子机械系统（MEMS/NEMS）技术的发展中所做的尝试已经产生了利用微/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.