The megahertz number so often cited in the marketing materials of computer companies refers to the computer's central processing unit chip as a partial measure of its ability to process data.
Deutsche Bank has chosen to use the Reuters NewsScope database which contains data from 2003 on and applies natural language processing algorithms to the wire stories to measure sentiment.
In a 2009 study, scientists there used fMRI (Functional MRI) imaging to measure brain activity in regions of emotional processing in the brain before and after injecting Botox to suppress smiling muscles.
The new language does relieve uncertainty for Visa and MasterCard by clarifying that the measure wouldn't restrict the fees that the debit-card processing networks charge to banks.
With further modifications to the system's image-processing software, the team said it believed the same technology could be used to measure an object's speed and direction.
Our closest aggregate measure of demand for the FSC products is the demand for Chain of Custody certificates, required of companies processing certified wood and fiber for products taken to retail markets with the logo.