RedEye Pro allows iPhones, iPads, and personal computers to function as controllers in an array of home automation applications.
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By the time the overhaul had reached the busy airspace between Indianapolis and Detroit, confusion was growing, as controllers wanted to feel their way with the new colour displays.
The biggest gains are expected to come in marginal weather conditions and at night, when the air traffic system can get bogged down as controllers cautiously build more space between planes.
The firm will remain as a hierarchical bureaucracy, with the managers acting as controllers of individuals, work being coordinated by plans, rules and reports, the key value being efficiency and communications top-down.
Even tiny delays, like the extra time pilots spend trying to find the right taxiway in the fog at O'Hare in Chicago, can add up to huge backlogs as far away as New York as controllers order delays in takeoffs.
The idea was that children could use special Lego components to build their own experimental instruments, which would work as MIDI controllers.
As detailed in the patent's claims, that includes controlling a virtual object on a screen with two simultaneous touch inputs, as well as virtual controllers displayed on the screen that can also respond to touch input.
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The furloughs are landing on air-traffic controllers as much as they are on less vital FAA jobs.
Sony has sold 41.6 million PlayStation 3 consoles and 4.1 million of the relatively new Move controllers as of November.
Radio 2 and 6 Music controller Bob Shennan said their hijack of the network as "comedy controllers" might make it its "funniest day ever".
Any potential conflicts get automatically flagged to controllers as much as two hours before planes would get closer than separation standards allow.
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The other advantage of the taller, thinner shape of the Android 7-inchers is that they will be better as second screen controllers for connected TV applications.
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"That's what the pilot is going to have to do now, " said Rinaldi, whose group represents nearly 15, 000 FAA-employed controllers as well as some staff at privately run contract towers that were the subject of Friday's announcement.
Burning 3, 785 liters of fuel an hour, they turn left and right and speed up and slow down as air traffic controllers on the ground try to arrange them like a conga line for their final approach to the runway.
Gurus also bought into a technology niche in videogames, more than doubling their holdings of Logitech, the Swiss maker of peripherals popular with gamers, such as interactive gaming controllers, multimedia speakers, Webcams, and headsets for the PC and gaming consoles.
Gurus also bought into a technology niche in videogames, more than doubling their holdings of Logitech (nasdaq: LOGI - news - people ), the Swiss maker of peripherals popular with gamers, such as interactive gaming controllers, multimedia speakers, Webcams, and headsets for the PC and gaming consoles.
But fewer controllers will mean planes have to take off and land less frequently so as not to overload controllers on duty, he said.
BiTMICRO's new platform architecture, considered as the only solid state drive storage platform design featuring two customized ASIC controllers, serves as the foundation for its new breed of SSD storage solutions expected to be released soon.
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With some 15, 000 controllers furloughed as government spending cuts hit, some flight delays are being seen at NYC airports.
Of course, the app's only meant to provide an easy way for multiple people to play without buying additional hardware controllers and as a stopgap until users get the dedicated gamepad provided with the service shipped to them.
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Stories of derelict controllers keep piling up, even as the head of the FAA and the leader of the controllers' union started a cross-country tour to spread the gospel of professionalism to the rank and file.
No other controllers are necessary as long as you have a home WiFi network.
The aircraft's transponder, which identifies the plane and relays details such as altitude and speed to controllers, stopped transmitting.
" The plane was handed off to controllers in Minneapolis as a NORDO, the designation for "no radio communications.
Colored squares on the data tags for airplanes on the controller's radar screen change as pilots respond so that controllers get an extra visual cue in case a pilot doesn't see a message.
Its controllers had not, as The Economist went to press, managed to establish contact.
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Technologies such as electronic ink, 3D controllers, flexible displays, voice recognition and solid-state mass storage are rapidly approaching mass market commercialization price points.
The FAA has said that planes will have to take off and land less frequently, so as not to overload the remaining controllers on duty.
The man picks up the guitar, and we get a mini rock concert as the two people handing the controllers start head banging to the music.
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