North Andover, Mass. — The MXA2500U MEMS accelerometer/sensor has been unveiled for mobile phone designs downloading web pages, maps, and more. Right now, mobile phones download maps or web sites that ...

To provide data that is more accurate with a faster response time than ever before, the Xtrinsic FXOS8700CQ 6-axis sensor combines a MEMS accelerometer and magnetometer with high resolution motion ...

Discover how your smartphone uses an accelerometer and gyroscope to determine its orientation and adjust the screen accordingly.

The iPhone 4 had Antennagate, the iPhone 5 had Scuffgate -- and now, if a huge number of reports on the Apple Support site and elsewhere are to be believed, the iPhone 5S is suffering from Sensorgate.

STMicroelectronics has introduced a 2.5 x 3mm inertial measurement IC with low (±16g) and high (±256g) range accelerometers and a gyroscope for angular rate measurement – all three-axis types.

In an ongoing quest to bring you news about the guts of your next gadgets, here’s some riveting stuff about accelerometers. Remember when they first burst onto the scene? How much fun we had tilting ...