If the move to MEMS is indeed the latest industry trend, what application will MEMS enable in handsets? More important, how will consumers respond? Fujitsu, for example, is already selling cellphones ...

For roughly a decade, MEMS accelerometers have been making automobiles safer by triggering air bags in the event of a crash. But manufacturers of the tiny sensors have always had larger ambitions: a ...

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From the Wii to the iPhone, MEMS make the coolest gadgets cooler. They can also make you some money.

“We are now saying that accelerometer data going out of the phone can be treated as an ID.” Accelerometers use a technology called micro-electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS.

How does your phone track its position in space? MEMS devices! Phones use small micro mechanical chips called MEMS, to monitor accelerations and rotations. These are fabricated using semiconductor ...

There’s a good chance that you use a MEMS accelerometer every single day. It’s the small chip that let your smart phone automatically adjust its screen orientation. They’re great chips, and ...

Resonant accelerometers or VBAs can reach higher performance down to 1 μg. MEMS-Based Gyroscopes. For MEMS INS, attaining suitable gyro performance is more difficult to achieve than accelerometer ...

Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny mechanical contraptions inside your phone which detect accelerations and rotation, using accelerometers and gyroscopes machined out of pure silicon ...