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Published inMar 2017
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Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar
Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar
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Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar

Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar is a creative technologist who likes to work at the intersection of design and technology. He is an Intel software innovator, Arduino maker fellow, a volunteer at Random Hacks Of Kindness, also Campus Diaries 25 under 25- Science & Tech. When he is not tinkering with technology and storytelling, he spends time building new modules for students that help fuel their curiosity and build their innovation muscle.
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Vijay Varada
Vijay Varada
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Vijay Varada

Vijay Varada is an artist, engineer, and entrepreneur whose motto is, create positive change in the world through art, design and technology for sustainable and exponential development and progress. He is the CEO, and cofounder of Fracktal Works, which is engaged with design and research in the field of additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and product design with its line of desktop and industrial 3D printers aimed at using the technology to empower the abilities of students, engineers, designers, and industries. Vijay actively contributes to open source hardware projects, particularly assistive technologies for the blind.
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Physics behind sensors


You know, I always found automatic doors, escalators, and elevators very magical. Every time I would go close to a door and see it open on its own, I would always walk a little away from the door, to the left or to the right, to check at what point I will be close enough for the door to open. It has always been fun.

We interact and use multiple sensors on a daily basis even without knowing their presence. They are present everywhere! Don't you think they make our life simpler?

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Write about at least five different places that you know or think sensors are present. Also, guess the location in the product.

One very important thing that all of us should remember is that all the sensors work on the basic laws of physics. They use physical conditions such as light, temperature, pressure, humidity, and so on, using circuitry within them and converting them into electrical signals.

So, the insides of a sensor will look something like this:

Keep this block diagram in mind;...

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Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar

Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar is a creative technologist who likes to work at the intersection of design and technology. He is an Intel software innovator, Arduino maker fellow, a volunteer at Random Hacks Of Kindness, also Campus Diaries 25 under 25- Science & Tech. When he is not tinkering with technology and storytelling, he spends time building new modules for students that help fuel their curiosity and build their innovation muscle.
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Vijay Varada

Vijay Varada is an artist, engineer, and entrepreneur whose motto is, create positive change in the world through art, design and technology for sustainable and exponential development and progress. He is the CEO, and cofounder of Fracktal Works, which is engaged with design and research in the field of additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and product design with its line of desktop and industrial 3D printers aimed at using the technology to empower the abilities of students, engineers, designers, and industries. Vijay actively contributes to open source hardware projects, particularly assistive technologies for the blind.
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