Even then, the results surpass that of capable shooters, like the One X, when compared pixel for pixel, which speaks volumes about the quality of the sensor and optics.
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The superior telecentric optical design improves image quality throughout the frame by passing on information about subjects to the sensor.
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In the past we've seen a tongue-based computer interface or two, the BrainPort sight-via-papillae solution, and this week, at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign introduced a sensor about the size of a business card that detects and identifies fourteen common sweeteners -- including Splenda, Sugar in the Raw, and Sweet'n'Low.
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My thought about the iWatch is it will simply be a sensor package that has as an additional capability, the ability to accurately track time (synch via network connection for time correction).
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Researchers implant a small sensor -- about the size of a baby aspirin -- in the motor area of the brain.
At the head of the device is an infrared sensor, but forget about using it as an IR-blaster like the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, it's only designed to work with 6100-series handsets and compatible printers.
Technically, the now famous HAPIfork counts as evidence that the Internet of Sensors is arriving, where the fork is used as a sensor to measure the things we really care about, namely the calories and nutrients we consume, but that in turn is only useful to the extent that it tells us about our bodies.
Imaging-wise, and yes, it's still all about the camera with Nokia, there's the same 8.7-megapixel camera sensor from the 920 model, although Nokia says it's made countless improvements to noise-reduction algorithms and other inner workings.
The sensor picks up a person's thoughts about moving, and transforms brain signals into movement signals.
Mundie talks about the ability of these sensors to combine with computers elsewhere that can leverage sensor data about a few features and make increasingly more realistic faces.
Then again, when we wanted the sensor to kick in, it would do so only about 60 percent of the time, and again you'll see the effects of slow page refresh times of E Ink.
In his new scheme, each Smart Dust sensor (which Pister calls a "mote") is about the size of a character in this sentence.
It has an infra-red sensor that looks for hand movements up to about 4 inches away from the phone, and it uses the front-side camera to figure out if it's front of the user's face.
The product of a decade of research in colorimetric sensor arrays, it works when dipped into the substance, and takes about two minutes to get results.
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About 90% of workers at the 50 large and medium-size organizations that have done sensor studies with Dr. Waber's firm agree to don the badges, which are intended to be worn the entire workday. (Bathroom breaks are optional.) Those who opt out can wear a dummy badge, which appears identical but doesn't record or transmit data, he says.
If we are talking about a hazardous environment such as a nuclear power plant, the damage caused by a single, un-networked sensor could be catastrophic, for two reasons: first the sensor failure itself could be the problem.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has set up a program to gather information about car crashes using data from sensor boxes.
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