The basic idea is simple: the cup holder contains a load cell that senses the weight of your drinking vessel. If the weight decreases, then a message is sent to your PC detailing the amount lost.

Multi-axis wireless load cells and digital technology have changed the face of force sensors. Until about 10 years ago, the force test and measurement industry had been fairly unimaginative. It ...

[IvDm] wanted to build a touch sensor for his Hybercube printer, so he built his own load cell to do it. It consists of four 1000 ohm SMD resistors in the big 2512 device size.

Multiaxis load cells, those that sense more than one axis at a time, currently account for only one tenth of 1% (0.1%) of the overall load cell market, with six-degree-of-freedom force-torque ...