Sensors

Sensor Names

100

This sensor is used to measure blood alcohol content using a breath sample.

What is a breathalyzer

200

Skydivers wear this sensor device on their wrists to tell them how high up they are.

What is an altimeter?

300

This sensor, present in many smartphones and now laptops, and was used in the Quake-Catcher network to detect earthquakes.

What is an accelerometer?

400

This sensor helps phones and computers recognize changes in rotation and angle...

What is GYROSCOPE

500

This is the name for a sensor that senses and recognizes the unique pattern of a person's finger

for security purposes?

What is fingerprint scanner/ reader

Every-Day Sensors

100

This sensor takes advantage of the thermoelectric effect.

What is temperature sensor.

200

Airbag systems use this type of sensor to detect when to deploy.

What is a crash sensor?

300

Metal detection mainly uses this type of sensor.

What is proximity sensor?

400

This type of sensor is used in a laptop lid?

What is magnetic or Hall effect sensor

500

These two sensors are used in smoke alarms.

What are ionization sensors and photoelectric sensors.

Did You Know...

100

This sensor system can be used to measure the speed of a baseball or softball thrown OR

it can measure the speed of a vehicle within a specified distance.

What is a radar gun.

200

This sensor system was invented in 1965 and has been recommended by the US Surgeon General to encourage exercise and promote health for those who wear it.

What is pedometer?

300

This sensor, invented in 1890 by Francis Robbins Upton, was the first automated sensor of its kind.

What is fire alarm

400

This sensor was developed by Japanese car maker Toyota around 2008, to help drivers when they are getting drowsy while driving.

What is a Sleepy-Driver Sensor/ Pre-crash safety sensor

500

Alexander Graham Bell  1881 and Gerhard Fischer 1925 created (at different times) this sensor for miners, law enforcement, and geologists...what is it?

What is a metal detector sensor.