Then Ward can give commands to close the shades or turn on the fan.
Enernoc's computers sent commands to control units at 250 commercial and industrial buildings in the region.
Drivers can give voice commands to tell the product where they would like to go.
Microsoft has found success with its Kinect gaming experiences, which added voice commands to the mix with Mass Effect 3.
Still, the belief is that these computers may have been used to direct commands to a computer system at UCSB.
Furthermore, DIGNO S features a 4.7-inch HD display and Kyocera's proprietary technology (Sugugoe) that allows voice commands to activate various applications.
The data from this indoor GPS system is sent to computers where custom-built software sends commands to the quadrocopters via wifi.
The new interface allows users to speak commands to the iTV rather than scroll through hundreds of programs using a pointer.
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Both the ESA and Roscosmos were able to communicate with Phobos-Grunt while it was in orbit and send commands to the probe.
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To speed those tasks along, CPUs are built with onboard memory to store the next string of commands to be carried out.
And your facial expressions can also act as an implicit way of issuing commands to the TV without you even thinking about it.
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The Global Positioning System circuit, several power converters and a set of devices that route commands to various pieces of equipment were switched off.
Five minutes later, a sheriff's tactical unit fired gas canisters into the cabin after Dorner refused to respond to commands to surrender, logs showed.
And he relays commands to coaches, who then tell players when to swing, when to take a pitch, and how to run the bases.
Last year Apple upped its game another notch, randomizing the location of code in memory so that hackers can't even locate commands to hijack them.
These sense motion and are used to give commands to devices.
During a subsequent standoff, the gunman behaved "very irrationally, " hung up the phone on negotiators, and ignored bullhorn commands to exit the premises, authorities said.
Finland is of particular interest since one of the two frequency convertor drives that Stuxnet issues commands to is made by a Finnish company, Vacon PLC.
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Consumers can use natural voice commands to change channels, search for content on the Web, access Samsung's Smart Hub, and connect with friends and family via Skype.
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The pulses of electricity in the brain are then translated into commands to move the arm, which bends at the elbow, wrist and could grab an object.
If they constantly check and recheck all program files and commands to screen out cheaters, the game itself may run so slowly that it puts off everyone.
This program will set up a mini web server that uses the same kind of special urls to send commands to the Winamp player running on your computer.
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Designed to give PC gamers an advantage over the competition, the mouse features nine programmable controls, letting you move keyboard commands to buttons that are in easy reach.
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When loaded on a tablet or smartphone, TV Discovery can act as a universal remote control, slinging commands to cable and satellite boxes, Blu-Ray players, home stereos and more.
The delay means instant commands to change direction are not possible and so a rover must have autonomy to make decisions if, for example, it is approaching a dangerous precipice.
Handling data streams in a dozen divergent formats from web pages to Java commands to wireless application protocol (WAP) overwhelms the cheap, simpleminded chips in most cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).
The ground control stations send their commands to Reaper via a fibre-optic link to a satellite relay station in Europe, which bounces them into space and back down to the aircraft.
However, by using the WACI I have a dedicated piece of hardware that's only function is to send commands to my stuff no matter which interface I create to control it.
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Radcliffe, a diabetic who is connected to an insulin pump and glucose monitor at all times, demonstrated how a malicious third party could transmit wireless commands to remotely disable his insulin pump.
With a bit of work, Teusink reverse engineered the communication protocol that Logitech device used to send commands to the PC, and eventually adapted it to the more modern R400 Logitech controller.
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