Articles tagged with: Mems and Gyroscope

Gyroscopes Spin up in Video Games and Cell Phones

­When Nintendo wanted to enhance the sensitivity of its motion-sensitive video-game controllers, it turned to 3-axis gyroscope technology in the form of its Wii Motionplus add-on.  more

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Popular Consumer and Mobile Products Fuel MEMS Boom

From the gyroscope in your PlayStation 3 game controller, to the accelerometer in your iPhone, Microelectromechanical Systems (mems) are making major inroads in the consumer- and mobile-electronics worlds, causing market revenue in this area to nearly triple from 2006 to 2012, according to iSuppli.  more

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No More Shaky Camera Phone Photos

InvenSense says that it has developed a miniature image stabilization system, due out in the second half of this year, which can be used in mobile phones to stabilize shaky photo images. Consumers accustomed to digital still cameras (DSCs) are often dissatisfied with camera phone image quality, which suffers from blurring caused by natural hand jitter, especially in low-light conditions, and is magnified by zoom features. According to InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, the result is only half as many photos taken as with camera phones; only one fifth the number of images printed; and little wireless sharing of photos. more

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