In the future, embedded sensors that provide environmental conditions such as humidity and temperature will be commonplace.
The juvenile wheel is soaked in a salt bath before being placed on shelves in humidity and temperature controlled aging rooms.
So depending on the relative humidity and temperature, 100 or more water molecules diffuse out of the leaf for every molecule of carbon dioxide that diffuses in.
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The special exhibitions are possible now in large part because of recent renovations allowing museum officials to control humidity and temperature to protect fragile works on loan.
Last year Dr Smith and Alanson Sample, a researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, powered a small humidity and temperature sensor using nothing more than the energy gleaned from a television station 4.1km (2.5 miles) away.
"Through embedded sensors, the probes can measure a tornado's wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, humidity, and temperature, " the magazine wrote.
In 2007, the Flints renovated the barn to create a sound-isolated, humidity- and temperature-controlled environment.
Below the cameras is a weather-monitoring station to measure wind, humidity, temperature and radiation.
Right now the focus is on humidity, temperature and barometric pressure, though other environmental variables would be relatively trivial to tack on.
One turbine can produce up to 1, 000 liters of water every day, depending on the level of humidity, temperature and wind speeds, says Janin.
The French electronics company Parrot just unveiled the Flower Power, a new gizmo that monitors the moisture, sunlight, humidity, temperature and fertilizer conditions of your houseplants.
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It measures sunlight, humidity, temperature and fertiliser.
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The device, which resembles the sawed-off head of a driver golf club, uses its Plant Care Engine (or PCE as its literature so abbreviates) to detect such important plant growth criteria as water, fertilizer, humidity, temperature and light.
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For example, a business needs to capture new data sources such as location, motion, and environmental conditions like temperature and humidity.
Measuring 98 by 217cm (38 by 95 inches), it is to be transported in protective crates fitted with shock absorbers and sensors to measure temperature and humidity.
The reduced floor space requirements, lower power consumption, and the tolerance of wider temperature and humidity ranges dramatically reduce operational costs and environmental impact through an all-flash hyperscale datacenter.
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Using sensors and global-positioning satellites, customers can check temperature and humidity in the containers.
Growers and distributors have invested in "ripe rooms, " where temperature, humidity and air flow are all regulated.
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Each sensor, which is shaped like a hexagon and is about twice as thick as a hockey puck, is capable of monitoring the temperature, humidity and barometric pressure of virtually any object you can think of.
Analysis in the 70s and 80s variously suggested that high pressure, high temperature and low humidity were associated with positive emotions - basically, nice weather seemed to put people in a good mood.
We factored in income tax rates and the weather in each metro on factors relating to temperature, precipitation and humidity.
California-based Nest Labs, founded by two former Apple executives, produces a thermostat capable of learning user behaviour and working out when a building is occupied or not, using temperature, humidity, activity and light sensors.
"Underground, everything is much more stable, " says Zhao, referring to factors such as temperature, humidity and vibration.
More detailed climatic data have been obtained since 1998 at the Martial Este Glacier, including air temperature, humidity and solar radiation.
The GPS can also be used to track movement, while other sensors on board can monitor temperature, humidity and heart rate.
That means men spending long hours trekking around the mountain every night setting the guns according to the temperature, humidity and wind conditions.
The materials inside these fuel cells are touchy about changes in temperature and humidity and prone to their own form of carbon monoxide poisoning.
To help ensure optimal temperature and humidity control, as well as performance in each of the fresh food zones, the T9000 has Samsung's Triple Cooling system.
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Items are now housed in a temperature and humidity-controlled strong-room protected by an inert gas fire protection system, which would douse the room in gas to kill flames instead of using water.
Was this fluctuation real, or was it merely a glitch in the equipment used to measure the decay, induced by the change of seasons, with the accompanying changes in temperature and humidity?
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