The technology processes remote-sensing data, including data from the LANDSAT and RADAR satellites, in combination with ground truth data provided by a ground penetrating radar and other information drawn from geological, hydrogeological, geographical, hydrological and climate data and, when dealing with deep aquifers, seismological data.

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Additionally, the remote doubles as a motion-sensing game controller for playing games like Angry Birds Space.

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Each game can be played using LG's new and improved motion-sensing Magic Remote.

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The devices do not include electrical wiring or battery replacements, making it a likely candidate for powering remote sensor networks and medical-sensing technologies.

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Therefore, I would like to take the responsibility for this editorial decision and, as a result, step down as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Remote Sensing.

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This is high-tech stuff that involves not just drip irrigation and condensation-trapping greenhouses, but remote sensing by satellites which provide ET readings for areas of 30 by 30 metres.

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In a troubling twist to an already alarming (no pun intended) sequence of events, Wolfgang Wagner, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Remote Sensing, has decided to resign over a paper the journal recently published.

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