Bill takes apart a smartphone and explains how its accelerometer works. He also shares the essential idea underlying the MEMS production of these devices.This video is based on a chapter from the EngineerGuy team’s latest book Eight Amazing Engineering Stories (Learn more at http://www.engineerguy.com/elements)
Hat tip boingboing
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As much as I like to see my fellow engineers explaining all this neat-o technology to the public, I think we’d do the public a much better service if we explained the Laws of Thermodynamics to the public.
It would save a lot of money going down ratholes in “alternative energy” schemes.
I like that app that tells you how high you’ve tossed your phone in the air, uses this hardware.
dsawy, wadda ya mean that Prius burns coal?
Excellent! Great find!!