214: Tiny Sensor Problems
Sep 07, 2017•54 min•Ep. 214
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Episode description
Kristen Dorsey explained MEMS sensors: how do they work, how they are made, and what new ones we expect to see in the future.
Kristen's website is kristendorsey.com. She is a professor of engineering at Smith College and runs the MicroSmithie.
MEMS stands for microelectromechanical systems (Wiki). Used in some sensors, Galistan is a room-temp liquid with interesting properties (Wiki).
A few interesting MEMS applications:
- Micronium: a tiny resonator making music
- 2-stroke gas engine
- Pinball machine
One of Kristen's stretchy strain sensor, not MEMS (so you can see it)
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