Mike A. Horton is an American engineer and founder of a company producing sensor technology and sensor-based systems.

[4] The company's initial vision was to leverage microelectromechanical systems-based sensor technology for motion-based input devices which are now used in video game systems such as the Nintendo Wii.

[5] An AHRS provides a solid-state replacement of unreliable mechanical gyroscopes as primary flight instruments, which can increase safety on general aviation aircraft.

[6] Starting in 2001, Horton worked with UC Berkeley professor's Kristofer S. J. Pister and David Culler to develop and produce commercially available hardware for the Smartdust and TinyOS research community.

The company’s systems were predominantly used in personal aircraft, construction and farming equipment, military weaponry, and video game consoles.