Another less-than-obvious hardware change is the addition of a feedback amplifier -- possibly something like this chip from NXP -- to the phone's loudspeaker.
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The company keeps an ear out for less-than-completely-satisfied feedback, and bends over backwards to make things right.
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Mandatory "360-degree" performance reviews--feedback from bosses, peers and underlings--are under way for every employee.
The developments are reportedly right in line with the US government's Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Initiative, and we're sure officials are mighty proud of the E-Flare, which provides optical and acoustic warnings coupled with a force-feedback gas pedal, and E-Horn, which accepts incoming warning signals from emergency vehicles and alerts the driver via (presumably distracting) in-cabin lights and sounds.
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Ludwig prodded me with questions following my hands-on, clearly hungry for outside feedback -- he wanted to know if I felt sick or disoriented, and my general impressions.
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And one academic review of more than 600 employee-feedback studies found that two-thirds of appraisals had zero or even negative effects on employee performance after the feedback was given.
We already have force-feedback steering wheels, guitar-shaped controllers and pressure-sensitive dance pads.
No one before or since has given me such no-holds-barred feedback on what I needed to do better, nor had such whole-hearted and faith in my awesomeness.
The team is also looking to get the thing in the hands of musicians for more feedback -- we could even see the instrument playing a role in some future hip-hop productions.
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Then when people check-out the places that their friends have recommended, the original person gets a notification that a friend also liked the place, a kind of real-time feedback that encourages more check-outs, says Zorik Gordon, CEO of ReachLocal.
The former Middlesbrough manager hopes to shake off the hangover from his first defeat by meeting his players in a series of feedback meetings - something that his predecessor Sven-Goran Eriksson did not do in person.
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Before their days as one of the most prominent British bands in the mid-90s, Teenage Fanclub played a brand of feedback-stained rock in keeping with Nirvana's grunge sound.
The 100-page proposal was issued for public review and feedback in mid-November, providing only two weeks (including one during our national celebration period) for responses by a Dec. 1 deadline.
Executives at a lot of companies stifle their employees because they--not those employees--are change averse and afraid of two-way feedback.
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However, I found the bobbing, disembodied head of Lykka -- an animated image of MacSpeech CEO Andrew Taylor's pet Golden Retriever, which floats in the feedback palette -- disconcerting and somewhat creepy.
Fortunately much of the on-stage action swept problems like audio feedback and weak between-match dialogue aside.
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That Start button, by the way, delivers some strong, reassuring haptic feedback -- stronger than on some other Windows 8 tablets, that's for sure.
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Most device vibration technology is used as pure feedback -- either confirmation that you've pressed something or that you've come across an obstacle.
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Simple and unique designs like these are what Just Mobile strives for, but it is also constantly improving its portfolio through market feedback -- the addition of the pouch and stand for the AluPen is an example.
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The Facebook ad system is largely self-serve and provides real-time feedback on the size of the target audience and the suggested bid range to achieve impressions.
The electric-assist steering is tight and responsive with quite good feedback through the small-diameter steering wheel.
Similarly, if Fred has never gotten project-by-project feedback on what actual costs are, his estimates will not be very accurate.
Run on an eight-inch screen with a similar screen faceplate behind the steering wheel, the Cadillac User Experience allows touch-based feedback (see the demo in the video above), vibration-oriented lane departure warning and (finally) a recognition program that responds to normal spoken requests for directions or music.
Sony, which manufactures the top-selling Playstation games, said it had never received any feedback or complaints about hand-arm vibration syndrome after 61 million sales world-wide of Playstations I and II.
Soon, added Sherman, real-time monitoring will allow speakers to see real-time feedback and adjust their next presentation during a conference.
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We also see Win 8 as somewhat of a threat but conflicting reviews, less-than-stellar developer feedback, and a desire by Microsoft to make hardware directly make Win 8.
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In the past year Plumtree also surveyed 100 customers online and met with 27 face-to-face to get feedback.
We offer math problems with immediate feedback and step-by-step hints, and a computer-science platform that encourages experimentation and creativity.
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