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

监测老化的“远程”生命系统的健康状况，例如生物医学（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），需要部署传感机制，该传感机制可用于在真实的时间（在老化或康复阶段期间）准确地捕获这些系统的操作健康状况。为了有效地运行，这种健康监测（HM）平台应集成在其部署的环境中，干扰最小;预计它将在能源方面自我维持，并能够与外部环境进行远程通信。最近在微和纳米机电系统MEMS/NEMS技术的发展中的尝试已经导致了使用微/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.