News tagged with accelerometer sensor
New sensor system tracks firefighters where GPS fails
Firefighter Ray Hodgson hits the talk button on his walkie-talkie: "I have fire showing, possibility of a rescue on the third floor. Engine 35, initiate a rescue group. Also back him up with a hose line."
Dec 06, 2011 |
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MU engineers developing military applications for smartphones
Tracking military targets? The University of Missouri's College of Engineering has an app for that.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Japan company developing sensors for seniors
Japan's top telecoms company is developing a simple wristwatch-like device to monitor the well-being of the elderly, part of a growing effort to improve care of the old in a nation whose population is aging ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Inertial measurement unit with quartz gyro-sensors developed by Epson Toyocom
Epson Toyocom Corp. today announced that it has begun commercial development of a highly compact, accurate, and stable inertial measurement unit (IMU). The IMU employs technology the company has accumulated in the development ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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A new device helps monitor low-level physical activity with a cell phone
About two thirds of the American population is overweight or obese, putting them at higher risk for health problems such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. The obesity epidemic in America is the result of poor ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Microsensors without microfabrication
(PhysOrg.com) -- Miniature motion sensors are everywhere these days, detecting the orientation of cell phones, deploying air bags in cars and measuring stresses in buildings and mechanical systems. But manufacturing ...
Apr 16, 2010 |
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HP Enables Better, Faster Decision Making with Breakthrough Sensing Technology
HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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GOCE's 'heart' starts beating
GOCE's highly sensitive gradiometer instrument has been switched on and is producing data. Forming the heart of GOCE, the gradiometer is specifically designed to measure Earth's gravity field with unprecedented ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2009 |
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