The Massachusetts-based company develops and makes sophisticated sensors and detection systems for the homeland security and defense markets.
Deterrence: The first phase system should be comprised of ground and space-based sensors and interceptor systems.
From water purification systems and biohazard sensors to efficient energy systems and nutritional supplements in baby food, the spinoffs from space technology are myriad.
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In an endurance test of the vehicle's computers, sensors and mechanical systems, Sandstorm drove 131 laps on a race course near Pittsburgh, covering the distance in seven hours.
The unprecedented proliferation of smart sensors and control systems over the last decade are now being used in buildings to detect or sense various conditions and emit alerts or responses.
It has sensors and systems that observe the road, process traffic situations, and respond to various unexpected developments, such as an obstacle in the road, or a sudden snowstorm that causes everything to slow down.
"He has been trained to fly in the front seat as the mission commander, a role that equips the operative to fly the aircraft from the back seat but the majority of the time involves operating the Apache's sights, sensors and weapons systems, " it said.
But the Pentagon must overcome technological hurdles before it can achieve its objective of a fully integrated warning, detection and reporting network of sensors and command and control systems.
Homeland security sales currently account for 48% of revenue, while medical imaging and monitoring bring in 24%, and other applications like photo sensors for industry and laser systems for the military account for 28% of business.
This concept emphasizes the ability of new weapons, sensors, and unmanned systems to expand the reach, capability and persistence of our current manned ships and aircraft.
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The Lexus advanced active safety research vehicle is equipped with an array of sensors and automated control systems to observe, process and respond to the vehicle's surroundings.
Other watches incorporate ultraviolet radiation sensors and satellite-positioning systems.
The auto industry has intensified its research on how to link cruise control, steering, brakes and the cameras and sensors used for collision-avoidance systems into an integrated system able to guide a car safely.
While their present capabilities to intercept ballistic missiles are, unfortunately, quite limited, the existing ships, launchers, missiles, sensors, communications systems and people who operate them constitute a huge leg-up on the task of fielding the sort of anti-missile systems we need.
What's needed now is the software to tie everything together: sensors, wireless radio networks and GPS navigation systems.
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It can be reconfigured for each mission by adding or removing modules such as weapon systems, sensors, helicopters and drones.
The technologies that have unlocked this abundance are the familiar fruits of our era: better materials engineering, sensors, controls, and information-related systems that radically improve all operations.
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The base station itself can connect to as many as 240 lights and switches, with support for all sorts of devices: heat and cooling systems, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, doorbells, dehumidifiers and motion sensors.
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Building on Volvo Car Corporation's and Volvo Technology's already existing safety systems - including features such as cameras, radar and laser sensors - the vehicles monitor the lead vehicle and also other vehicles in their immediate vicinity.
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Temperature and carbon dioxide sensors can allow bulbs to deliver data to building management systems.
These could involve ground-based anti-missile systems, airborne lasers and space-based sensors and, in due course, weapons (interceptors and directed energy).
Ultrasonic sensors measure distance and, in the most basic parking-assistance systems, simply bleep with increasing anxiety as an obstacle gets closer.
Side-mounted sensors detect and measure parallel-parking spaces for parking-assistance systems.
In each of these areas, the machines, objects, systems, and all sorts of other items and sensors are growing a brain and learning to talk.
Lieber and others are trying to turn molecules into useful systems, from sensors to integrated circuits.
The McLaren Group makes use of telemetry systems that utilize data generated by race car sensors in test and practice sessions as well as actual races.
The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm seeks to achieve this by combining advancements in expert systems and medical point of care data such as wireless sensors, advancements in medical imaging and microfluidics.
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As the anti-icing fluids lose their effectiveness in flight, the aircraft is still equipped with systems that prevent frozen precipitation from building on the wings, tail and various sensors around the airplane.
Sensata produces a range of low-cost, high-value sensors and switches, used for things like car airbags, airplane circuit breakers and switches in large HVAC systems.
We already are seeing some early efforts to make this happen, such as built-in navigational systems, Bluetooth devices for hands-free phone calls and stream music, and sensors and cameras that help a driver park in a tight spot.
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