Sensorization

What Does Sensorization Mean?

Sensorization is a buzzword to define the extent or the trend of embedding as many sensors as possible within a device or appliance.

Techopedia Explains Sensorization

Sensorization mainly came into forefront after the launch of iPhone smartphone, which was embedded with many sensors. Sensorization is primarily concerned with how a single device is embedded with sensors, and newer sensors are continuously added over time.

These sensors can include anything, some common ones being:

Touch sensors
Motion sensors
Accelerometers
Gyroscopes
Compasses

It is also the phenomenon of sensorization that has led to the development of many games and applications that utilize features of the native sensors in a device.

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