Podcasts Technology Embedded 214: Tiny Sensor Problems

214: Tiny Sensor Problems

Published: Sept. 7, 2017, 6:26 p.m.

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Kristen Dorsey explained MEMS sensors: how do they work, how they are made, and what new ones we expect to see in the future.

Kristen\\u2019s website is kristendorsey.com. She is a professor of engineering at Smith College and runs the MicroSmithie.

MEMS stands for microelectromechanical systems (Wiki). Used in some sensors, Galistan is a room-temp liquid with interesting properties (Wiki).

A few interesting MEMS applications:

One of Kristen\'s stretchy strain sensor, not MEMS (so you can see it)

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