It’s exciting to see some of these MEMS technologies, the science fiction stuff of years ago, now making a real impact on everyday systems.

For a MEMS-enabled product to be competitive, it must pass all the same calibration, stability, and reliability tests that other instruments in its market segment undergo.

Q&A with Sandeep Akkaraju of IntelliSense, regarding the maturity of the MEMS industry, and the increasing number of electromechanical components per chip.

The tremendous success of Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 games with motion-based controllers has brought motion awareness front and center in new product designs.