In his new scheme, each Smart Dust sensor (which Pister calls a "mote") is about the size of a character in this sentence.

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Plug in the Wii-style sensor bar, dust off your old Wii Remote or Balance Board and you'll find everything syncs and works just as it did before.

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Unlike intelligent tags and the idea of a 'smart dust' -- sensor devices in all objects and appliances that are always 'on' -- the person wearing a sensor-enabled coat would be able to choose with whom or what it interacts with.

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Now that the dust has settled on Nikon's new D700 DSLR -- but hopefully not on that anti-dust 12.1 megapixel full-frame sensor -- we thought we'd toss together a few general impressions of the new mid-range pro camera.

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And this camera, as with its cheaper siblings, has the sensor built into the lens, oddly, which Polaroid is convinced with cut down on dust and scratches.

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