Double the speed of a chip, and a thousand entrepreneurs are instantly figuring out how to use the speed or memory bonanza to write cooler software.
The system developed in Madrid makes use of a unit comprised of three accelerometers and three gyroscopes, which keep track of the speed and direction of a vehicle at all times.
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We'll have to wait and see how much -- if any -- of that is actually implemented any time soon, but if you'd like to check out the technology in use today, Speed TV has a live stream from several of the cars currently racing around the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
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Eventually, the Galileo team gave up on the main antenna and reprogrammed the craft to use its smaller secondary dish, which transmits data at a hundredth of the speed of the main one.
Mr. BEN HOCKSEY (Engineer, Eaton Corporation): Most of the energy used in a vehicle - the reason we have big engines in vehicles is to accelerate them up to speed at a reasonable pace, and then you only use a fraction of the power when you're going down the road.
The Accenture report suggests a cohesive digital platform that offers the flexibility, ease of use and speed for maximizing this profitability equation.
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In addition, a recent effort is under way to make use of the many PCIe-based interfaces that are developing as a consequence of the high speed data transfers that are possible using flash memory and future non-volatile memory devices.
Some navies are already testing rail guns, which use huge amounts of electricity to produce a magnetic field which then accelerates projectiles to many times the speed of sound.
Far better to use a broadcast signal, which we can target at a specific star, and which moves at the speed of light.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown is to urge Pakistan's leaders to use the Taliban shooting of a teenage girl as a catalyst to speed up education reforms.
Mr. Cuomo's administration has sent letters to banks and mortgage servicers asking they use "maximum discretion and effort to speed the release of the funds, " officials said in a news release Tuesday.
If it passes muster there, the next stage will be to modify it for use on the public Internet (which works at between a tenth and a hundredth of that speed), so that participants will be able to take part wherever they are.
The Olympus PEN E-PL5 and PEN E-PM2 deliver amazing image quality by packing superior image technology, blazing fast processing speed and total creative control in classic bodies that combine the portability and ease of use of a point-and-shoot without the complexity of a DSLR.
Mining involves solving a hard mathematical problem and miners typically use large numbers of computers to speed up the number-crunching involved.
Mining involves solving a hard mathematical problem and miners typically use large numbers of computers to speed up the number crunching involved.
Doctors would be able to use the data to gain a head start in treating and isolating outbreaks of infectious disease - an area where speed is crucial if death rates are to be minimised.
The Durham force has instead established a Casualty Reduction Partnership (CRP), which it says relies less on the use of speed cameras and more on education and promotion of road safety issues.
The WiGig Alliance was formed to establish a global ecosystem of high-speed and easy-to-use wireless devices that seamlessly work together to connect people in the digital age.
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