A smartphone’s accelerometers the bit that changes the orientation of the screen as it’s flipped, or what makes it possible to play Angry Birds or Temple Run on your mobile device. But Stanford ...

Today’s smartphones utilize a wide array of accelerometers, gyroscopes and various other sensors in their designs. Relatively unknown is the barometric pressure sensor, which measures air pressure.

A newfound vulnerability in smartphones could let hackers remotely control the devices. With the acoustic injection attack, “attackers that deliver high intensity acoustic interference in close ...

It’s no secret that the average smart phone today packs an abundance of gadgets fitting in your pocket, which could have easily filled a car trunk a few decades ago. We like to think about video ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ABI Research anticipates that the sensor-driven user interface (UI) will be an emergent theme in the next wave of mobile UI innovation—turning objects, locations, ...

This story was originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions. America’s roads need help. In a 2013 report on the state of U.S. infrastructure, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave road ...

The 'spooky action at a distance' that once unnerved Einstein may be on its way to being as pedestrian as the gyroscopes that currently measure acceleration in smartphones. The "spooky action at a ...

No audio available for this content. Integrations of MEMS sensors with signal conditioning and radio communications form “motes” with extremely low-cost and low-power requirements and miniaturized ...