Inertial measurement units (IMU) are self-contained systems that measure linear and angular motion of an object or vehicle. Measurements are summed over a time period to determine the instantaneous ...

In the age of big data, it is time to ensure that units are routinely documented for easy, unambiguous exchange of information. Robert Hanisch is the director of the Office of Data and Informatics at ...

Of all the things we expected to come out of the rise of Oculus and the still-burgeoning era of consumer virtual reality, a new fundamental unit of time was not one of them. But that’s just what ...