Accelerometers are increasingly ubiquitous in consumer devices and industrial applications, largely as a result of the advances in MEMS manufacturing techniques that have allowed the sensors to become ...

To implement a motion control system, it is necessary to sense the movement of a device that is rotating or travelling along a straight line. This requirement is common in a growing number of ...

But not the dangerous kind you might imagine. In the Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices (FIMAP) at EPFL’s ...

Noncontact motion sensors detect speed and direction of motion using a CMOS video imager. In many printing, packaging, and general web applications, it is often necessary to know whether the web is ...

Numerous consumer device manufacturers have sought to profit from market demand for convenient, 24/7 heart rate measurement (HRM). Today, consumers can choose from dozens of models of fitness bands, ...

Dr. Mario Paniccia, CEO and co-founder of Anello Photonics, discusses the scope of applications in optical gyroscope technology, specifically when combined with an AI-based sensor fusion engine. The ...

A silicone strain sensor glued to a rubber glove bends easily with the wearer's finger. The amount of light transmitted by the fiber changes with the bending. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Entanglement is usually considered to be a prime example of the fantastic challenges which our imagination must master when dealing with quantum mechanics, the non-classical physics. The properties of ...

Serious motion capture setups often involve dozens of optical markers, inertial sensors or both, making them a pain to set up and tear down, and producing a ton of data. This Disney Research project ...