One reason for this is that in the device field, the very surgeon performing the operation is often an inventor, too.
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Acorn Chief Executive Richard Lunsford says the company might eventually need a marketing partner, and the giants in the device field will be watching closely.
In their struggle to remain relevant, Microsoft has injected some sharp, contemporary thinking into the mobile device field, much as they have quite successfully done in the gaming space with the Kinect.
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These devices communicate wirelessly with another device in the field, or back to a central server, to create value.
It will probably take it two years to come out with a drug-coated device, leaving the field to only two players.
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Lunn said the device puts a controlled electronic field into the water, which dissipates quickly, so there is no permanent damage to the shark.
Each sock comes with its own RFID chip, which can be "read" by a NFC (near field communication) device known as a sock sorter, which in turn communicates via Bluetooth with an iPhone.
But the new technology would be more sophisticated, capable of identifying an individual user via a card, smartphone or other device that employs near-field communication and then determining his or her permissions for a particular plug.
It is surprising to most people, but prosthetics' most important role is not ambulation: They are a social device to "level the playing field" and allow others to see you as not different.
Google Glass is the wearable computing device that provides Internet content to the field of vision, along with photos, videos and speech-to-text technology.
Also, considering the speed of evolution of mobile device features and operating systems, evolving field requirements, ongoing maintenance of multiple platforms can cost multiple times the initial development budget over a five-year period.
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The technology is still being optimized for field use, but a testing device should follow once complete.
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On a mobile device buzz.com could further narrow the field based on a person's location, using opt-in global positioning system data.
The team hopes the laser could be built into a remote-controlled robotic device which could be despatched into a mine field, looking for vapour clouds.
Then, this device would make sound, because it has magnetic field like light streaming.
Phones are fine for email but for applications such as field service or hospitals, a larger device is required.
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When your iOS device is facing the wall, its camera monitors the field, using computer vision algorithms to detect your laser shots in real time, finally discovering a novel use for laser points that doesn't involve annoying rock bands or cats.
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If the past is any guide, Apple's entry into the field will not just unleash fierce competition among device-makers, but also prompt consumers and publishers who had previously been wary of e-books to take the plunge, accelerating the adoption of this nascent technology.
Today, IT can purchase cloud-based enterprise mobile device and app management, application development platforms and mobile business applications such as field service and CRM.
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This kind of test may even find its way in an augmented-reality device like Google Glass by tracking eye movements as an image moves across the field of view, as a recently uncovered patent suggests.
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The device is due later this year and has started popping up on the faces of field testers.
Earlier, prosecutor Joel Hammerman held up the ominous-looking but harmless device fashioned from a paint can that Hassoun put in a trash bin near Wrigley Field, placing it in front of the judge.
The device's handheld design offers the right mix of mobility, performance and connectivity for field service workers, first responders, clinicians and other mission-critical professionals.
But analysts and investors who have been tracking the field predict the company would release a product with many different functions and that the device would work closely with the iPhone.
Sanford was wearing the device seven weeks later when he tried to rape Licy before beating and stabbing her in a field a couple of blocks from the street where she lived, according to police.
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One uses embedded hardware in the form of a near-field communications chip (NFC) within smartphones, which requires an NFC-enabled merchant device to handle the transaction.
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During the FDA review that included reports from 30 participants using the device, the agency found that most patients performed basic tasks, like touching a square in a white field, better with the Argus II than without it and that 19 of the participants experienced no adverse effects to the surgery.
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