As a result, firms are seeking new methods of collecting and analysing customer data.
Because the cost of storing and analysing the data is also plummeting, almost any action will leave a near-permanent record.
Using motion-detection algorithms, the BriefCam software separates the background (static or non-moving objects) from the moving objects, tracking and analysing any motion within the frame.
But he believes that there will soon be a myriad of devices monitoring and analysing our state of health, food intake, exercise and social behaviour.
So what's happened since last week's post, flagging up and analysing the contents of documents obtained through subterfuge from the leading US climate sceptic lobby group?
The Wason test suggests that analysing social contracts and analysing risk are what evolutionary psychologists call cognitive modules bundles of mental adaptations that act like bodily organs in that they are specialised to a particular job.
But the expansion of the system of suspicious activity reports (SARs) is swamping the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the authority responsible for processing and analysing them and then passing them on to prosecutors and police.
At Cardiff University Dr Emyr Lloyd-Evans has been given funding by children's charity Action Medical Research to unlock the secrets of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome by investigating the processes that cause it and analysing two possible new treatments and how they might work.
Since then, the airline has taken serious measures to improve its efficiency, including rebuilding its luggage system at its Atlanta hub to cut down on lost baggage, and analysing historical cancellation data to adjust the availability of spare aircraft in different hubs in order to keep flights moving.
It was compounded from a mixture of practical knowledge of things like metallurgy, pharmacy and glassmaking with the Greek practice of analysing and theorising about the world that is known as philosophy.
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Some 880 PCs, 130 servers and 110 network switches are involved in analysing results and other crucial data created from the 35 sporting events that will be available in 2012.
Congressman Dan Burton's Government Reform and Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Justice Department documents, and will be analysing videotapes turned over by the Texas Rangers.
The researchers revealed that by analysing and tweaking the design of Wikipedia, energy consumption could be reduced by 30% - without affecting the user experience.
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Washington DC's political pundits have been debating, analysing and even scoffing at the idea of a Palin presidency since the moment she burst onto the national stage in 2008.
Friends and foes alike marvel at its skill at analysing market trends and responding quickly.
The two institutes have developed compact and portable x-ray devices capable of analysing the structure and chemical composition of ancient bones, buildings, and art objects in a non-destructive fashion.
Having shown that climatic or environmental events were improbable explanations, Ms Hellawell and her colleagues started analysing the sediments in more detail.
In the absence of a green light to go into the country, the team has been analysing information and trying to collect what it can from outside the country.
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The authors, Charles Fleischman and John Roberts, tease out the economy's potential by analysing how inflation, unemployment and other variables have behaved.
By analysing individual payments and awards, investigators are able to identify suspicious activities and potential fraudulent claims.
On Monday afternoon the court is hearing from a police investigator who was involved in analysing phone records and cell site information.
The law-and-economics framework for analysing mergers, for example, does not obviate the need for trust-busters to make educated guesses about how competition might develop in future.
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Analysing historical data and using it to predict future trends.
The satellite built in collaboration with France will carry two climate tools developed for analysing ocean current and sea surface heights by the French space agency CNES, reports say.
In a healthcare scenario this would involve analysing both patient records and medical literature.
We have spent the past fortnight analysing those plans, and the consequences are now clear.
The MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre will look for new molecular 'biomarkers' for disease by analysing samples from patients and volunteers.
The company said the second well was "purely for analysing the shale rock and will not be used for extracting gas".
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The researchers know this because they have been setting small, experimental fires in Australia's Northern Territory, analysing their spread, and comparing the results with the model's predictions.
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Multiple aid sources have confirmed that the United Nations will use the emotive word on Wednesday, after analysing the latest statistics and reports from the Horn of Africa.
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