MEMS Update: Phone/Body Decoupling -- Distinguishing You from Your Phone

a techfocus media publication January 13, 2014   We're relying on our phones more and more to tell us where we're going. But, while our phones go with us, they're not us, and they have motion that's different from ours. So how can we figure out which motion is us and which isn't? Read ahead to see how simple a problem that's not. In this week's Fish Fry, Amelia discussses Element14's 2013 Community Awards and helps us decompress from CES. Check it out! Did you hear that monkeys knocked out power across the whole country of Zambia? You'd know all about it if you were keeping up with us on Fresh Bytes. Check it out! It's our fun feed of fascinating factoids and techy tidbits. Give it a look and let us know what you think. Thanks as always for reading. We encourage you to share your thoughts in the comments area right below the articles; don't be shy. Or -- get a lively discussion going in the FORUM. Bryon Moyer - Editor, MEMS/Smart Technology   12 of the best ideas from CES 2014 (Today) 26 fitness trackers ranked from worst to first (Today) A face-tracking marshmallow cannon aims straight for your mouth (Today) Monkeys knocked out power across the country of Zambia, prepare for the Monkey Revolution (Today) Blasting the brain with ultrasound enhances sensory abilities (Today) A visit to an underwater art museum (Today) A dance performance that features one dancer and many plastic bags (Today) Scientists accurately predict the popularity of books by analyzing their sentences (Today) New superglue fixes holes in the heart (Yesterday) Lizards need social lives, too (Yesterday) This super-tiny windmill could someday charge your phone (11-Jan) 40 maps that will help you make sense of the world (10-Jan) Hubble images become tactile 3D experience for the blind (10-Jan) The batteries of the future could be powered by rhubarb (10-Jan) The treadmill originated in prisons (10-Jan) A chart of life expectancies around the world (10-Jan) Nanoparticles catch cancer cells that make it into the blood stream (10-Jan) Serpent d'Océan, a massive metal sea serpent skeleton installed on a beach in France (10-Jan) Tonight's your best chance to see Northern Lights in years (9-Jan) Overstock.com is now accepting bitcoins (9-Jan) Introducing the Atmel SAM D20 Cortex M0+ family of microcontrollers - enabling the internet of things. Click here to watch our Chalk Talk! January 13, 2014 Yole said it, FLIR did it: FLIR announced the introduction of the first thermal imager Greenvity introduces scalable IoT system solutions for smart LED lighting and home and building automation 650V SiC Diodes from STMicroelectronics Offer Unique Dual Configurations for Increased Safety, Energy Efficiency, and Space Savings January 09, 2014 What are the challenges for MEMS sensors in the next 5 years? HBM Adds Real Time Data Calculation Capabilities (True RMS) to its 1kV Card January 08, 2014 New Optical Image Stabilization Gyroscope from STMicroelectronics Targets Tiny Smartphones and Cameras January 07, 2014 InvenSense™ Introduces ICS-40720 World's First 70 dB MEMS Microphone For Consumer Electronics One Llama Technology Unveils the Sensor Sound (SSLlama) Toolkit for Wearable Devices World's Most Accurate and Energy Efficient Multisport Wristband Reference Design Launches at CES 2014 New DELO adhesives for MEMS packaging STMicroelectronics Targets Smaller, Smarter Electronics with New Advanced 9-Axis Movement/Position Sensor January 06, 2014 InvenSense™ Introduces Family Of 'AlwaysOn' MEMS Automatic Activity Recognition Solutions For The Wearable Sensor Market Silicon Labs GIANT Gecko MCU Enables Echo Smart Sports Watch To Go the Distance PNI Sensor Advances Motion Processing at 2014 CES First Integrated Environmental Unit opens broad range of applications     Phone/Body Decoupling Distinguishing You from Your Phone by Bryon Moyer The Holidays can be a challenging time in the US. Particularly for people that don't like shopping, this is not a favorite time of year. Count a big portion of the male population in that group of hapless souls that gird up their courage and wade into the miasma that is the local mall. So here you sit, in your car in the mall parking lot, watching the steady stream of people going in empty-handed, coming out loaded with booty. That's your competition. If they buy more than you do, you lose. And if you don't hurry, they're going to buy the cool stuff – and you lose some more.  Read More   Wag the Cantilever Happy Energy Harvesting by Bryon Moyer   Europe Takes on the World by Dick Selwood   Imaging Without Lenses Apparently That Makes Sense by Bryon Moyer   Body Dashboard Talking Wearables with Jawbone VP Ivo Stivoric by Amelia Dalton   Verify Design Performance with PADS Best-in-Class Simulation and Analysis Chalk Talk sponsored by Mentor Graphics Maximize Your Power and Efficiency with PADS Interactive Placement and Routing Chalk Talk sponsored by Mentor Graphics Synopsys' HAPS Developer eXpress FPGA-based Prototyping Solution White Paper sponsored by Synopsys Faster Time to First Prototype White Paper sponsored by Synopsys Kintex UltraScale 16.3G Backplane Demo Video sponsored by Xilinx Virtex-7 2000T FPGA for ASIC Prototyping & Emulation Video sponsored by Xilinx Cadence Low Power Solution - RTL to GDSII Low Power Design Chalk Talk sponsored by Cadence Hardware in the Loop from the MATLAB/Simulink Environment White Paper sponsored by Altera Architecture Matters: Choosing the Right SoC FPGA for Your Application White Paper sponsored by Altera Routing Interfaces Quickly & Efficiently on PCBs Chalk Talk sponsored by Cadence Gesture Oops posted by Bryon Moyer Gesture recognition on phones sounds like a great idea. But… come on… (9-Jan) Paper Harvester? posted by Bryon Moyer Disney has been showcasing a new "paper energy harvester." Is it just me, or does this seem really familiar to you as well? (8-Jan) Your Wall As a Touchscreen posted by Bryon Moyer It's now possible to make an impromptu presentation anywhere thanks to pico-projectors. But what if you could interact with the projected image? (7-Jan) Mysterious IR Array posted by Bryon Moyer Bosch has a new IR sensor array. Although… getting more info may be tough. (19-Dec)   Phone/Body Decoupling (1 replies) What do you think about the challenges of using your phone to figure out your motion? posted by bmoyer on 01/13/14 at 10:27 AM     Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal (4 replies) MIG Memory -->use a "IP Coregen" --|> Pearl Script für import ucf net to myucf+ add it finaly to sub-folder system.ucf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4g9bIKi2g&list=PL5126581F05CA46E3 Greetings Holger. posted by KLATUBARARA on 01/10/14 at 9:07 PM           You're receiving this newsletter because you subscribed at our web site www.eejournal.com. If someone forwarded this newsletter to you and you'd like to receive your own free subscription, go to: www.eejournal.com/subscribe If at any time, you would like to unsubscribe, click here. (But we hope you don't.) If you have any questions or comments, send them to comments@eejournal.com. All material copyright © 2008- 2014 techfocus media, inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement

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