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You probably own several. The accelerometers that determine when to set off the airbags in your car are one example.

When Swervie gets his arm detached and re-attached, he will probably have a wristwatch looking thing in one of his IV lines that has a little pressure sensor to monitor his blood pressure and pulse.

If you have a digital bathroom scale it probably has a micromachined strain gauge that provides the data to the display.

Some of the gas in your car came form oil wells discovered using VERY precise high resolution micromachined geophones to gather the data the supercomputers crunched to say "drill here".

Indeed, the oil itself was converted to gasoline and other products in refineries using hundreds of micromachined pressure sensors, flow meters, and other micromachined products.

Your car runs cleaner and has better fuel economy (two sides of the same coin) in part becuse there is a precise MAP (Manifold Air Pressure) sensor allowing careful adjustment of the fuel/air mix on the fly.

Speaking of flying, modern aircraft have scores of micromachined parts that do everything from monitor altitude, fuel level, airspeed, tire pressure, and hydraulics function.

A few higher end cars have sensors in the shock absorbers that can detect the pressure pulse from hitting a brick, and provide the signal to micromachined valves to literally lift the wheel over the brick and set it down on the other side. Nice smooth ride, no tire damage.

I could go on and on...

[operation clinton cleanup]

In the words of Spock: "Fascinating"...

And what about those nano-computers?

[Servant of the Nine]

When Swervie gets his arm detached and re-attached, he will probably have a wristwatch looking thing in one of his IV lines that has a little pressure sensor to monitor his blood pressure and pulse.

I have to demonstrate a blood pressure and pulse first?
They should tell you these things.

So9