How do piezoelectric accelerometers — vibration sensors — work? The force caused by vibration or a change in motion (acceleration) causes the sensor's mass to “squeeze” contained piezoelectric ...

A question: if you’re controlling the classic video game Street Fighter with gestures, aren’t you just, you know, street fighting? That’s a question [Charlie Gerard] is going to have to tackle should ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIST) have developed a new type of accelerometer based on lasers and optomechanical principles rather than the traditional mechanical strain gauges ...

Inertial navigation systems use information provided by accelerometers and gyroscopes to provide the position and orientation of an object relative to a predetermined origin point, orientation and ...

In a study researchers from the Delft University of Technology announced the development of a novel surface micromachined accelerometer. This innovative device leverages a silicon carbide-carbon ...

Accelerometers are essential sensors used in a wide range of applications including shock and vibration testing, car safety systems, and today's hand-held consumer devices. Generally, they sense the ...

The device we are building, as mentioned before, is a vibration detector. For this reason, it should be placed indoors on the ground floor. The location in a building, especially on the upper floors, ...

Freescale has been big in MEMs-based accelerometers for the automobile market for a while, and they seem to be moving that technology down to a lower price point where it plays in consumer goods. In ...

Electronics for “personal” medical devices is an area of great research interest, especially when the device can be shrunk down to a minuscule size and is easily wearable. Pursuing a well-traveled ...

No audio available for this content. A LEGO Minifigure beside the MV60 shows its small size. (Photo: Honeywell) Honeywell has unveiled a new accelerometer that delivers high performance and ...