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This overview video describes the unique features of the ADXL001 iMEMS® shock and vibration sensor designed for industrial equipment monitoring applications. In this demo, the ADXL001 is mounted to a cone of the speaker to simulate a vibrations source. The output of the sensor is connected to SigmaDSP to perform the necessary signal processing and the vibrations is presented using Analog Devices’ SigmaStudio™. For more information, visit analog.com/adxl001. Music title: “Quickfoot” by Pray …

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NSF funded movie about MEMS manufacturing. MEMS includes Texas Instruments’ packaging of DLP technology; Hewlett Packard’s fabrication of the thermal inkjet print heads; and Freescale’s design of sensors. Silicon Run Productions worked with their advisory committee and MEMS Industry Group (MIG) to include a variety of MEMS devices and their applications. More information is available at www.memsindustrygroup.org and http

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Using Smart Dust which is sprinkled onto a rock it maybe possible to type information into a small computer or PDA very rapidly. This could be quite handy for many things such as; Search and Rescue, Fire Fighting, Civil Air Patrol, Hikers and Mountain Climbers and of course military applications. Think for a second the possibilities for Net Centric Warfare for Special Forces Troops. But how exactly can all this work? Well, simple really, you find a flat rock and spinkle your micro-electro-mechanical “Smart Dust and then put on a set of glasses which has a little clip on lens which has a grid pattern of a key board. Then you move your fingers across the virtual keyboard as if typing onto the rock. It is quite easy to use actually because your eyes see it as if it is real on the rock and the glasses you are wearing interpret each tap onto the pressure sensitive smart dust as a strike. The data is then put into a small computer you wear connected to the glasses by a wire. The data is then sent through a hot or helmet and uploaded directly to the satellite.

The possibilities and uses are endless and completely revolutionize the amount of communication gear the soldier, fire jumper, first responder or search and rescue personal have to carry. For those super enthusiasts with everything, including GPS and Satellite Phones, now they can send and receive email. Those with the latest wrist watch communication devices shown by Bill Gates at the CES show can use the system without making noise which could give away their position with thru the use of voice activated software. Indeed, a hunter, soldier or downed military pilot waiting for extraction can send and receive emails via satellite in safety. Think on this.

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