I need to list ten sensors on Wellesley College campus. The hard part comes with the rule to avoid simple switches (i.e. light switches, etc.).
10. The photocopier/scanner has a sensor of some sort that senses the darkness of whatever paper its copying.
9. Itouchs and Iphones have some sort of sensor that detects when your finger is pressed against it.
8. There's a door in the science building that if left open for too long will start to make a really annoying sound. Some kind of sensor would be counting once the door is opened.
7. I think this counts, but whatever sensor senses when you swipe your ID to get into a building or check out books at the library.
6. The electric pencil sharpener at the library senses when a pencil is placed inside it to be sharpened.
5. There's some sensor that if you walk out of the library with a sensitized book, the alarm will go off.
4. The electronic stapler at the library will sense when something is below it and will staple. It's more probably to staple your finger this way then using a normal stapler.
3. Smoke Detectors sense when smoke is in the air or when someone's burned their popcorn in the microwave.
2. Cooking thermometers sense heat and how hot something can be. In my dorm, theirs a couple of girls with thermometers that do a little cooking in the kitchen.
1. Lastly, In the gym, the elliptical machines sense when the pedals aren't going fast enough, and then will proceed to pause your workout.
Why do I feel this should have been a easier list to compile. There seems like their should be so many sensors in our world, why was it hard to come up with only ten?
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