Building a wireless micromachine
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 06:01
in Physics & Chemistry
All around us, hiding just outside our range of vision, are miniscule machines. Tiny accelerometers in our cars sense a collision and tell the airbags to inflate. A Nintendo Wii controller's tiny gyroscopes translate your tennis swing into movement on the screen. An iPhone's accelerometer, gyroscope, and proximity sensor sense its location in space.