Each patch contains a microprocessor and memory along with either a radio transmitter, a sensor reactive to light or temperature, a microphone, batteries or a display.
Once you get this figured out it is no big deal, but it seems weird and to make it worse, there are no markings or temperature indications at all.
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In 2013 Jackie and Graham Hall hope to use new technology called Smart Position or Temperature (SPOT) tagging which deploys tags which stay on the sharks for up to five years.
For the elderly especially, temperature sensors and water flow detectors should also be installed to indicate over or under temperature or the presence of water leaks.
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Motorola's new Home Monitoring and Control System HMEZ1000, a system of wireless network cameras and sensors that let's you keep tabs on your home from anywhere, and will automatically email or text message you when a door or window is opened, or when the temperature or humidity hits a certain level.
We feel every change in the wind or the temperature and have to adapt.
The researchers ruled out radiation as a possible cause of the apparent sex reversal but suggested environmental contaminants that mimic hormones or water temperature changes could be the culprits.
Whether it is from a cellar or a temperature-controlled wine cabinet, the joy of pulling out a bottle and savoring it with friends over a meal, as its flavors subtly transform in the glass, is one of the most pleasing sensory experiences imaginable.
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The fish face trouble when there is not enough water in a stream, Spence said, or if there are changes in the temperature or habitat of the stream.
Is at risk due to elevated or freezing ambient temperature in the car seat.
The Nest has an outer ring that you can rotate to either lower or boost the temperature.
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Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature, topped with pine nuts, if desired.
Things like the type of soap or the water temperature don't make as big a difference as you'd think.
With the engine running, he can see on-screen how much fuel should be injected given X throttle pressure or Y coolant temperature.
Try high-protein foods that may taste better cold or at room temperature.
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Allow to cool, covered by a clean dish towel, then serve at room temperature or chilled, sprinkled with green onion across the top.
These add-on modules might be designed for measuring vibration, temperature or displacement in fields where precision is important, such as agriculture, aviation and the medical field.
But it doesn't work through local temperature or rainfall changes.
"We then leave only one air conditioner on all day at 28 degrees because changing the temperature or switching it on and off uses more electricity, " she adds.
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To that end, Nissan incorporated a glass roof, to let in daylight, and a high-resolution seven-inch flat panel monitor for watching videos, using the Internet, or controlling cabin temperature, lighting, etc.
Rather, the system takes advantage of the fact that the earth underneath Fort Knox (like many places across the country) maintains a more or less constant temperature of 57 degrees year around.
Those characteristics can include a brief dip in air pressure, a change in wind direction, a change in wind speed, a rise in air temperature or a dip in ultraviolet light reaching the rover.
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The entire dish was suffused with garlic and olive puree, but the underlying memory is of how precisely it was cooked, due no doubt to the use of sous-vide, or controlled-temperature cooking in vacuum-sealed bags.
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This is great to have on hand for lunch or snacks during the holidays when unexpected guests drop by because it can be served warm or at room temperature, and you can reheat individual wedges as needed.
Because drivers frequently need to grapple with controls while keeping their eyes on the road, the fewer physical buttons a car has, the more they need to divert their gaze and attention in order to change the temperature or radio station.
He finds that research into geo-engineering, which might slow or check the temperature increases, languishes under-examined, and that the international problems such technology would raise seem no more likely to be sorted out wisely than the problems of climate change itself.
To measure that, the four gyroscopes in Gravity Probe B are made of fused quartz spheres, which will not expand or contract as the temperature changes.
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.
How people interpret some of the physical sensations of exertion or fatigue, such as buildup of lactic acid in muscle or increases in body temperature, can also influence whether they stick with an exercise routine.
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