An accelerometer is the ubiquitous little sensor that tells your tablet when to flip orientation or informs the brain of your quadcopter how closely its actual actions are matching your desired ones.

Abstract—(MEMS) Microelectromechanical systemsin consumer electronics are growing faster each year, with increasing demands from the mobile market, which is dominating the growth for this emerging ...

A smartphone’s accelerometers the bit that changes the orientation of the screen as it’s flipped, or what makes it possible to play Angry Birds or Temple Run on your mobile device. But Stanford ...