Huber explained how power chips are the key to advances in sensor technology.
Moreover, improvements in sensor technology and computer networks mean that the system would not need a large radar in central Europe.
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Advances in sensor systems, data availability, social technology, and other innovations have matured and converged to make 2012 a particularly exciting time in this field.
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One of many companies demoing a gaze-following setup is Fujitsu, which is showing off a prototype desktop PC with a built-in sensor and infrared LED.
In 2004 Weatherford was first to roll out a new twist in optical sensor technology.
Coupled with advances in vehicle sensor technology and driver assistance systems, such a system would enable safer roads.
In many cases, workers can opt out of participating in the sensor studies.
The built-in IR sensor does a bang-up job of quickly activating and deactivating the zoom function, making the whole affair a breeze.
The 24-inch LCD monitor uses a built-in CMOS sensor to determine your distance from the screen and your neck angle while sitting.
The product of a decade of research in colorimetric sensor arrays, it works when dipped into the substance, and takes about two minutes to get results.
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For such a particle, it is possible to work out its velocity (from the time taken to pass between the two layers) and its trajectory (from the relative positions of the elements triggered in each sensor layer).
The Pioneer SmartCradle for iPhones is compatible with all GPS enabled apps, including MotionX-GPS Drive and is the first of its kind to incorporate a built-in gyro sensor and accelerometer combined with an external antenna for improved GPS reception and location accuracy, even if GPS signals are limited by high rise buildings and tunnels.
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Canon opted to use microSD cards here, due to the camera's small size, along with a rechargeable battery that can be replenished through the USB connector -- a new Eco mode will enable an up to 30-percent boost in battery life, with the display powering down after eight seconds, then waking up when the built-in gyro sensor detects movement.
Minuscule changes in the squeezing of the sensor trigger far larger changes in the flow of electrons, which makes the sensor extremely sensitive.
Lastly, there's a capacitive sensor underneath the keyboard, allowing the laptop's touchpad to be disabled automatically while you're typing. (Naturally, this works best if the trackpad is also made by Synaptics.) The company is also developing a feature in which the space bar could be a touch sensor in and of itself, with support for functions like autocomplete.
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In reality, Apple is one among many players, and whether they include a biometric sensor in the 5S or wait till the 6 is largely irrelevant, the mobile industry has been headed this way for years now.
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Wi-Fi is nice, but the real action will be in ZigBee, sensor networks, and the RoboNet.
According to the filing, the biometric sensor in question might indeed be a fingerprint reader.
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The Sensiboil is fitted with a sensor in the oven's extractor fan, which detects humidity levels.
For example: How would you have built these products to take advantage of a sensor in a smartphone?
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Christopher Knight was arrested last week after setting off a motion sensor in an alleged break-in at a youth camp.
Arch your tongue so that the liquid will flow over every flavor sensor in your mouth, including the soft palate.
The doll then makes motions and suckling sounds when a sensor in its mouth comes close to sensors inside the flowers.
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With no sight, it detects movement with a tiny sensor in its nose, which picks up the electrical current of its prey.
The approach relies on special paper with tiny dots that help a sensor in the pen distinguish locations on a page, and assign them special functions.
The combination of this outstanding pixel performance and high-speed readout technologies enables fast, vivid broadcast quality video and high-end still image capture quality in a single sensor solution.
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Use a digital sensor, however, and it is possible to shuffle the image across the sensor in such a way that it is exactly in step with the earth's rotation.
They also provide a slimmed down version Damballa CSP that relies mostly on DNS queries for ISPs that scales to 30 million subscribers for a single sensor in one case.
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Those dimensions house a 4.7-inch TFT screen at 720p resolution, quad-core 1.5GHz processor, 2GB RAM, an 8-megapixel camera on the back and an unusually large 5-megapixel sensor in the shooter up front.
"Patents and innovation are a critical component of Aptina's strategy, and Aptina's patent portfolio is the largest and strongest in the image sensor industry, " said Bob Gove, President and CTO of Aptina.
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