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Offline BarnabyTopic starter

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Obscure sensors for project
« on: January 10, 2008, 11:16:42 AM »
Hi there,
I'm doing a powerpoint at school and we have to put in sensor types.  I filled in all the obvious ones, LDRs, Tactile switches etc, does anyone know of any really obscure sensors I could put in?

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Re: Obscure sensors for project
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 11:19:23 AM »
Heres a page full of them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor

One that ive never heard of - Scintillometer
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Re: Obscure sensors for project
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2008, 11:20:33 AM »
contact sensors
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Re: Obscure sensors for project
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2008, 12:59:12 PM »
check out http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sensing-sensors/

In each weeks folder different sensors are presented
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