The result is a sensor that offers the best possible noise performance over all ISO speed conditions.
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When the app is opened for the first time, a sensor that tells the researchers what time of day it is is unlocked.
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.
What makes this more than just a robotics exercise, though, is that the application is robust in different systems requiring sensor control.
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The trick is to find a way to make this flow rate change when the chemical that the sensor has been designed to detect is present.
The gene produces a molecular sensor on the T cell that is designed to latch on to a telltale protein on the surface of that specific type of cancer.
Some of the avatars have a sensor that activates the messages when someone is close by, others repeat their pre-programmed speeches on a loop.
Fido is the first sensor that can detect TNT and other explosives with the same success as a trained dog.
Energy use is also sufficiently miserly that the sensor doesn't interrupt hearing.
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Here at CES 2013 the company is showing off a concept smartwatch that uses an ECG sensor to measure the pulse in your wrist.
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Bringing many of the popular emWave features to iOS devices, Inner Balance is the only app and sensor available that offers both real-time monitoring and training to manage stress and rebalance the mind and emotions whenever you need it.
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Technically, the now famous HAPIfork counts as evidence that the Internet of Sensors is arriving, where the fork is used as a sensor to measure the things we really care about, namely the calories and nutrients we consume, but that in turn is only useful to the extent that it tells us about our bodies.
My thought about the iWatch is it will simply be a sensor package that has as an additional capability, the ability to accurately track time (synch via network connection for time correction).
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The other big miss that we're told will be addressed eventually is that Bobby doesn't support RS-232 control or the sensor functions of the GC-100-6.
Another added feature is the on-board Magnetic Sensor that lets the user take advantage of downloadable e-Compass apps.
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His research group is currently perfecting the sensor and the science that measures the amount of drugs that should be administered.
And that system only needs the Kinect sensor itself, which is already two player due to the fact no one needs a controller to play it.
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Nokia's Lumia 920 packs the industry's best image stabilization -- there's no questioning that -- thanks to a camera module that pairs both sensor and lens-based optical IS. The iPhone 5 also offers a notable improvement over its Apple-made predecessor on the video front, but considering that its stabilization is of the digital variety, we wouldn't expect it to top Nokia's new flagship.
Consider this: at 1.4 microns this sensor's pixel size is identical to that of the iPhone 4S. This means that pixel for pixel, this shooter matches the competition -- it just uses five times more pixels per image than an 8-megapixel camera.
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The milk jug is also outfitted with a temperature sensor that can alert users when milk has been left out for too long.
As it happens, though, Fujitsu is already developing a sensor small enough that it could be built into the tablet itself, most likely in the upper bezel.
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In addition to its weather-watching mission and collection of climate records, MSG-3 has a radiation sensor to measures the amount of solar and infrared energy that is reflected back into space, to better understand climate processes.
The sensor is a flexible copper-plated sheet patterned with small squares that capture various light frequencies all at once, functioning like one big aperture.
One problem that was evident in the first generation Kindle DX persists in this model: the orientation sensor is a bit nuts.
There's also digital zoom functionality, which is likely to be more appropriate for the VG900, since that model's full-frame sensor has the pixels to spare.
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The smartphone is designed for an optimal gaming experience with a six-axis sensor that fine tunes its accelerometer's ability to interpret simple movements of the device, so when the phone tilts up and down or left and right, the game can immediately respond in the same directions.
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Using a sensor and the camera on the front of the phone, the phone recognizes that someone is looking at the screen with facial recognition software.
Images are bright and colorful despite dim and gloomy lighting, and while we can't say for sure whether that's thanks to the larger sensor or the integrated TrueColor tech, we can say the difference is noticeable compared to the competition.
An alternative view is that California tech companies are stuck in the device paradigm and seriously need to look at new ways of using sensor technology.
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At the heart of the new Everio line is a new 2.5-megapixel Back-Illuminated CMOS image sensor that with 2 million effective pixels delivers an outstanding Full HD image and improved low light performance for every model in the 100, 300 and 500 series.
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