Connected by a series of electrodes and sensors woven into the fabric of the base layer, the cell wirelessly transmits more than 200 data records per second from each player to a central computer and then is displayed in a series of simplified insights and results on the coach's iPad.

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In-cell display tech eliminates that middle layer of glass, combining the LCD and touch sections of the display into a single layer.

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The front panel is directly attached to the new In Cell Touch LCD without containing an air layer in between.

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The micoach Elite System includes a small data cell that fits into a player's base layer in a protective pocket on the back between the shoulder blades.

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The all-carbon formula doesn't need to be thickly spread to do its work, and it simply lets visible light through -- it could layer on top of a traditional solar cell to catch many more of the sun's rays.

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The system the researchers tested used a type of solar cell known as dye-sensitized solar cells, a lightweight and inexpensive type where the active layer is composed of titanium dioxide, rather than the silicon used in conventional solar cells.

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In the absence of its own software layer, Sony has partnered with a company called Symbian to develop software for "smart" cell phones.

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