Introduction – Making Sense of the Sensors
Everywhere Around Us Embedding sensor technology into products has been a very strong trend in recent years.
From smartphones, fitness bands, gaming controllers, smartwatches, head-mounted displays the list of consumer devices with sensors is rapidly expanding. Traditionally we have seen sensors used to track location and movement (e.g. GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers), but this too is quickly shifting to a raft of new advanced sensors such as biomedical, audio and visual.
