echanical system), Mobile broadband, 15, 17-18, 26, 28, 35-6, 101-2, 112, 120, 132, 143, 353, 360, 376, 43, 45, 49, 55-6, 75, 81-3, 86-9, 100, 102, 106, 118, 143-4, 149, 170, 176, 180, MEMS based accelerometers, 206 185, 191, 237, 257, 259-61, 280, 294-5, MEMS based bistable display, 138 299, 301, 312, 373, 385 MEMS based devices, 43, 113, 120, 131-2, Mobile connections by region, 98 143, 146, 172 Mobile connections by technology, 97 MEO (Medium earth orbit), 317, 321, Mobile data traffic, 95 326-7, 329 Mobile device sales, 93 Mercury Communications, 270 Mobile device sales by type, 94 Mesh Networking, 73 Mobile DRAM, 178, 207 Metadata, 215, 217, 223 Mobile Industry Processor Initiative Metro PCS, 297 see MIPI, 178 Micro and macro positioning systems, 132, Mobile iPlayer, 295 373, 378-9 Mobile market, 91 Micro device, 352-3 Mobile Metadata, 211, 215, 218, 221-5, 227 Micro drives, 205 Mobile Satellite Ventures, 324 Micromachining processes, 120, 146, 323 Mobile SDRAM, 207 Micro RFID, 360 Mobile TV, 283, 292 Microcontroller architectures, 52-3 Mobility overheads, 75, 77 Microdevice Form Factors and Mobility thresholds, 77 Functionality, 353 Mode switching, 112-13 Index Model T Ford, 125 National Connectivity Corporation, 254 Modeo, 284 National Physical Laboratory, 237 Modulated signal waveforms, 116, 150, 159 National Telephone Company, 269 Modulation, 15, 34-5, 39, 43, 50-51, 63, 65, National Television System Committee 67, 73-7, 80-81, 85-6, 110, 112-13, 118, (NTSC), 168 123, 127, 161, 242, 258, 260, 263, 281 Natural selection, 369 Modulation transfer function, 202 NAVTEQ, 211 Mohamad, Dr Mahathir bin, 244 Near-End Crosstalk (NEXT), 37 Moire effects, 189 Near-Field Communication (NFC), 232, Moog synthesizer, 226-7 349, 357-9 Moore's law, 19, 25, 100, 238 Negroponte, Professor Nicholas, 15, 42 Moorestown, 179 NEMS (nano electro mechanical systems), MOPASS, 208 MOQ, 112 Network density, 7, 88 Morgan, Augustus, 388 Network hardware, 335 Morse, Samuel, 269 Network software, 335 Mote (smart dust) devices, 352, 355, 3