Leap Motion has radically multiplied the amount and precision of interaction data a user can produce by removing the physical object interacted with.

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By recognizing the scene prior to capture, the system meticulously analyzes factors such as color and brightness with extraordinary precision and compares all the data using Nikon's exclusive 30, 000 image database.

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Make the study of analytics a key discipline, and get us to understanding it is not just precision of data but confidence in the information that we need.

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The data that he and his team have collected suggest the animals plan their moves with guerrilla-like precision, sprinting from the safety of one game reserve to another under cover of darkness and spending as little time as possible in the poacher-infested areas in between.

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In good analytics practice, precision is an end result, as during the analysis the data can point to different conclusions.

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Astronomers say that the key to SDSS's success in quasar spotting is its recording of precision digital data in five colours, which allows researchers to easily distinguish quasars from more common faint stars.

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Although these data will not be as accurate as those taken on the ground, what they lack in precision will be more than made up for in coverage.

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However, the precision of this calculation is somewhat to be questioned because it is based on 2011 data and also because it excludes the banks' huge financial trading activities.

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