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Sensor Technologies for Interactive Environments

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesMAS.836
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2011English
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This course is a broad introduction to a host of sensor technologies, illustrated by applications drawn from human-computer interfaces and ubiquitous computing. After extensively reviewing electronics for sensor signal conditioning, the lectures cover the principles and operation of a variety of sensor architectures and modalities, including pressure, strain, displacement, proximity, thermal, electric and magnetic field, optical, acoustic, RF, inertial, and bioelectric.

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