Inertial Sensors go Hollywood
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MEMS-based accelerometers and gyroscopes bring Marvel Studios’ Iron Man to life.
At the end of Iron Man 2, when the heroes and villains are flying, flipping, punching and rolling about in a Japanese garden, the real stars aren’t the actors. They’re a bunch of matchbox-sized sensor packs sewn into the lining of the so-called “mo-cap” suits, which enable stunt people to perform physical feats that … well, even stunt people can’t do.
> Read the whole article in the Design News September issue (pdf)
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