Electronics · Recorded milestone
MEMS sensors
Recorded year1993
Micro-machined accelerometers and gyros on chips enter cars, then phones and drones.
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Led to
- SmartphoneRecorded · 1994requires
- Consumer VR headsetRecorded · 1995enables
- Microprocessor kneeRecorded · 1997enables
- Honda ASIMORecorded · 2000enables
- Motion-controlled games consoleRecorded · 2003enables
- Self-balancing scooterRecorded · 2003enables
- Brain implant moves a cursorRecorded · 2004enables
- SmartwatchRecorded · 2004enables
- BigDog legged robotRecorded · 2005enables
- Collaborative robot armRecorded · 2008enables
- Nerve-signal exoskeletonRecorded · 2008enables
- Fitness trackerRecorded · 2009enables
- Interfaces that sense emotionRecorded · 2009enables
- Consumer dronesRecorded · 2010enables
- Organ on a chipRecorded · 2010enables
- Wireless sensor networksRecorded · 2010enables
- Chip-scale atomic clockRecorded · 2011enables
- Everyday wearable airbagsRecorded · 2011enables
- Learning thermostatRecorded · 2011enables
- Walking exoskeletonRecorded · 2014enables
- True wireless earbudsRecorded · 2015enables
- Smart ringRecorded · 2016enables
- Retinal projection displaysRecorded · 2018enables
- Phones as quake sensorsRecorded · 2020enables
- Clothes that monitor and treatRecorded · 2022enables
- Shoes that double your walking speedRecorded · 2023enables
- Factory humanoid pilotsRecorded · 2024requires
- Runtime safety bounds for a learning flight controllerRecorded · 2024enables
- Wireless brain implantRecorded · 2024enables
- Robot hands as deft as oursForecast · ~2028enables
- Bone-anchored bionic arm with nervesForecast · ~2029enables
- Smart dustForecast · ~2032enables
- Switchable drugsForecast · ~2032enables
- Closed-loop bioelectric wound treatmentForecast · ~2034enables
- Implants powered by the bodyForecast · ~2046enables
- Insect-sized robot swarmsForecast · ~2046enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.