Connect with us

Gaming and Wearables Affected by World’s Smallest Accelerometer?

Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

With the use of a highly conductive nanomaterial, graphene, researchers have been able to create the world’s smallest accelerometer.

This could be a potential breakthrough for navigation and body sensor technologies that could be used in gaming and mobile devices, among other things. This tiny device is made up of sensors that allow smartphones to determine speed and direction. It also allows your phone camera to be changed from horizontal to vertical by moving the phone.

The newest little accelerator, made of graphene, is being used to create water filters for seawater. The hope is that it will eventually be used to monitor cardiovascular disease as well as be used for ultra-sensitive wearable and portable motion-capture technologies.

Because of how ultra-small graphene is, it could potentially be an integral component in smartphones and wearables soon. Phones will benefit in terms of navigation, mobile games, and pedometers. Wearables would be able to determine, even with the slightest movements in the human body, if something is wrong or not.

They also plan on using this technology in ultra-miniaturized sensors and actuators that include resonators, gyroscopes, and microphones. Such a tiny little piece of technology could change the world as we know it!

Connect