MEMS inertial measurenemt unit in new Wii-controller

Apparently Nintendo plans to unveil a new controller for the Wii-console containing a 2-axis gyroscope.
This is attached to the current sensor (containing a 3-axis accelerometer) extending its sensing capabilities.
With the help of this InvenSense IDG-600 gyroscope the controller is essentially turned into a 5-axis Inertial Measurement Unit.

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MEMS sensor for explosives

A new method to detect explosives below their explosive limit has been developed by the University of Tennessee, ORNL, and the Technical University of Denmark.
It uses a thin silicon cantilever with integrated trackes used to both heat the cantilever and measure it's heating profile.
As the temperature profile depends on the nature of the materials condensed onto the cantilevers and is significantly different for explosives and non-explosives, it can be used to identify explosives.

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MEMS sensors for Food Inudstry

It's interesting to see that MEMS sensors are now also being picked up by the food industry for

• Vibration monitoring
• Pipeline integrity sensing
• Electronic nose
  
• Magnetic sensors
• and many more

MEMS are entering more and more markets and in the not too distant future we are likely to see them in every aspect of our life.

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