The presumed advantage is the ability to transmit images while on the go.

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The transducer will transmit images of your heart to a computer monitor.

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In the Las Vegas demonstration, PBS Channel 10 (RF channel 11) is the first U.S. broadcast station to transmit 3D images via the ATSC Mobile DTV Standard.

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There will be communications gear so that I can transmit stories and images, and also the usual camping gear.

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Those systems use cameras, usually embedded in eyeglasses, to capture images and transmit them.

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Customers can make phone calls, send faxes, access the Internet, transfer images, transmit videos and log on remotely to a local area network.

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One of the highlights is the use of next-generation security cameras, with lenses that are sharp enough to see the faces of passengers from far away in much sharper and more recognisable detail than the present cameras at most US airports and can transmit those high-definition images to hand-held devices carried by guards patrolling the airport.

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Family Dollar, for one, has started using Bamboo Rose to capture images at trade shows in Asia and transmit them to suppliers as wish lists of products they are interested in, Welch told Forbes.com.

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Captured at three to seven frames per second with about 100 images per pass, photos like these are designed to transmit details of natural disasters and environmental mishaps to developing nations.

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