MEMS‐type accelerometers and gyroscopes are well adapted to be integrated into cars and many consumer electronic products. MEMS accelerometers have been extensively used since the 1990s in light vehicle airbags, as crash sensors. Since then many other devices have benefited from the use of motion sensors. The latest and most striking examples are their use in Nintendo Wii game controllers and in Apple iPhone and iPod devices, noted research firm Yole Developpement.
MEMS inertial sensors now represent a serious business: 752 million units of MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes were produced worldwide in 2008, corresponding to a US$1.80 billion market already, according to Laurent Robin, MEMS market analyst at Yole.
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