Shock detector

Shock detectors can be used on shipments of fragile valuable items to indicate whether a potentially damaging drop or impact may have occurred.

The shock detector indicates whether the goods in transit were likely to have been subjected to potentially damaging conditions.

Research is continuing, including specialized mouthguards to help classify head impacts.

[9] Active hard-drive protection systems sense impacts to laptop computers to help minimize damage from drops.

Shock detectors are used to indicate if a significant impact has occurred: This helps determine the need for follow-up actions.

Variability is always present and must be accounted for in the analysis: Of course, it is best when the shock detector properly signals when damage or injury is likely and when it is not.

It is very possible to have false positive signals where a shock detector is triggered but there is no damage to a product or no injury to a person.