Talk:Microsystem

Is there any reason why this shouldn't just be a redirect to MEMS?--Oracleoftruth (talk) 13:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The term Microsystem and MicroSystem Technology MST are used as synonyms with MEMS in Europe. But there is a slight difference between the two terms. MEMS is microelectromechnical system which is more restrictive having a mechanical and an electrical part. Microsystem does not necessarily have a mechanical component (mechanically active - movable). A set of mixing channels for microfluidics could be considered a microsystem but it would be less a microelectromechanical system. Twisp (talk) 20:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

There should be a disambiguation; microsystem can also refer to the Ecological Systems Theory in psychology.128.227.3.62 (talk) 20:17, 20 February 2010 (UTC)