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This Week in Sensors

      1. Intel developing pollution “heat maps” enabled by sensors
      2. Smartphones may soon be able to detect earthquakes
      3. Sensors enable navigation for the blind
      4. by next year, nearly all equipment made by GE will be equipped with sensors
      5. China’s Oppo to ship the first MEMS based smartphone camera
      6. Using iPhones and MEMS sensors as earthquake sensors
      7. imaging system detects disease, hazardous substances
      8. New x-ray vision can reveal internal structure of objects
      9. Nexus 5’s tipped MEMS camera changes focus post-shot

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