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• n  an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets

• That means if you fumble the 2530p and drop it at airport security (as I've done before, dimpling the corners of two MacBooks), an accelerometer senses the plunge and locks the .
• Touch sensitive, with an onboard, motion-sensing accelerometer that can also place a user precisely on a Google satellite map, the device resembles nothing so much as an iPhone.
• With 10,000 free and paid applications, tethered to on-board GPS and utilizing an array of sensors that include a motion-sensing accelerometer, what can't the iPhone do?.

News & Articles

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• Research and Markets: Global Capacitive Sensors Market - 2013 Report with Forecasts Up to 2018
  DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/njjgkz/capacitive) has announced the addition of the "Capacitive Sensors Market (2013 - 2018): By Sensing Applications (Touch, Motion (Accelerometer, Magnetometer), Capacity (Pressure, Flow, Level), Position (Displacement, Proximity)); Devices (Touchpad, Buttons, Slider, Screens); Verticals & Geography ...
  June 14, 2013 - Business Wire
• Development Board tests sensing technologies.
  Supplied with Freescale Freedom FRDM-KL25Z platform with ARM Cortex-M0+ MCU, up to 48 MHz, Multi MEMS Development Board for Xtrinsic sensors helps designers understand and test sensing technologies. Board includes accelerometer, pressure sensor, and magnetometer to measure motion, altitude, or pressure; detect magnetic fields; and determine physical position. It works with range of key ...
  June 13, 2013 - ThomasNet

Quotes

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• Pat Symonds in AFP
  Fernando was coming out of the turn and accelerating down the straight,explained Symonds. "He reached fifth gear, at 227km/h, on full throttle, no touching of the brakes or anything like that. And you can see on the accelerometer the...
• Steve Jobs in NetworkWorld.com
  We've tied the gyro, accelerometer, and GPS for six-axis motion sensing,Jobs said. "It's perfect for gaming."
• Reggie Fils-Aime in Capital News 9
  Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo President, said "On the most basic level there's three different types of technology in the Wii remote, there's Bluetooth, something called accelerometer which is what you feel through space and there's unique infrared...