ENS 234 - No Nonsense Sensors

Course Units: 1

Humans sense. They use their senses to monitor their surroundings. The basic five human senses are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, and the sensory organs humans use to do these functions are the eyes, ear, nose tongue, and skin. Humans have had a long history of fascination with building devices that do sensory tasks. These are sensors, and unlike human sense, they are sleepless by design. The use of sensors has recently exploded. Sensor applications have penetrated many fields such as consumer products, healthcare, communication, transportation, industrial processes, sports, security, space, military, and the environment, to name a few. The presence of sensors is all around us in almost everything we use and come across in our daily life. Starting with smartphones, passing through sensor-activated lights in hallways, and ending with remotely sensed images that we receive from satellites orbiting Planet Earth from outer space. Sensors have invaded every aspect of human life and are predicted to be so pervasive in many extraordinary applications that will significantly enhance humans” quality of life. This course is designed for students interested in learning more about sensors and their human applications i adding a level of convenience never thought possible before. CC: SET, GETS ISP: ENS, STS