The sixth sense in mechanical engineering: Researchers invent a sensor screw

Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 07:30 in Physics & Chemistry

An age-old engineering problem: how do you precisely measure the forces that act between two components inside a machine or, for example, on the sail of a boat without drilling holes or sticking on a sensor? Researchers at the Technischen Universität Darmstadt have developed a brilliantly simple solution: a screw with an integrated sensor.

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