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		... The central background image is an all-silicon ring gyro. The dissolved-wafer process developed at Michigan gave birth to the first-reported integrated gyro in 1993, and in 1994 Michigan reported the first integrated ring gyro. The other images, clockwise from top left and ending with the central foreground image, are: The relative size of these micro objects is shown in comparison to a penny. A programmable wireless chip. The DNA Lab on a Chip. FINESS, a programmable wireless chip for peripheral nerve stimulation. A four-inch glass wafer, produced by the College, can contain over 900 microsystems. A first-generation environmental monitoring microsystem. ..