Silicon Microgravity Limited

This innovative project will deliver a 100g MEMS (micro-electrical mechanical systems) accelerometer, bringing MEMS technology into the navigation grade inertial sector and providing UK sovereign capability in a key technology area. Operating in GPS denied environments has become a critical area of focus with Inertial Navigation (INS) providing a resilien...

Understanding the subsurface is critical to rail construction. A better understanding can reduce the risk of unknowns, saving time and money through the design, construction and lifetime of rail assets. In the UK rail industry this is clearly demonstrated by HS2\. In HS2 Phase One naturally occurring karsts in the Chilterns have led to subsidence and adve...

The need for new mineral resources is key to the energy transition away from hydrocarbons. Unfortunately many of the easy to find mineral deposits have been already exploited leaving the world with the challenge of finding new deposits for batteries and electrification. Magnetic and gravity sensing have long been identified as tools for detecting mineral ...

Identifying subsurface hazards is a critical issue for railway construction. Finding unexpected features during construction can have major cost and time impacts. Similarly, if not identified hazards can cause subsidence and deformation during the life of the track. Subsurface hazards may be man-made such as old minings or tunnels or natural in the form o...

The Quantum Hive project is a joint initiative between the University of Birmingham (UoB) and Silicon Microgravity (SMG). It aims to deliver an innovative, viable way forward for commercialising the cold atom Quantum sensor developed at the UoB by adopting a hybrid approach with MEMS gravity sensors developed by SMG. Gravity sensors have historically stru...

There is an increasing need to accurately measure movement and position in a broad range of applications including aerospace, automotive, robotics, underwater to name a few. Key to this are Inertial Navigation systems that do not rely on global positioning systems to measure movement and determine location. Within Inertial Navigation systems, the key tech...

"Despite our increasing ability to detect and monitor objects that exist on land, sea, around buildings or in space, our ability to detect objects beneath the ground has not improved significantly. When it comes to attempting to locate a buried and forgotten pipe, telling the extent of a sink hole or assessing the quality of infrastructure we still often ...

Silicon Microgravity Ltd. is a spin-out from Cambridge University. The company has developed a high-performance microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer with a projected resolution of 1 billionth the Earth's gravitational field. The company is currently developing a borehole gravity tool for oil and gas applications. This project seeks to estab...

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