News tagged with digital sensors


IBM launches water-management services operation (AP)

IBM launches water-management services operation

Technology / Business

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. wants to get really deep into water.





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What connects the elderly and sports people? Smart sensor technology

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Innovative smart sensing devices promise to boost mobility and quality of life for the elderly, reduce healthcare costs and even give sports people an edge through more effective training.


A man working an interactive TV screen

Controlling the TV with a wave of the hand

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand.


Supermarket robot to help the elderly

Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.


Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s (AP)

Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect ...


Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts (AP)

Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps.


Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...


'Rationalizer' bracelet tells traders when they're stressed

'Rationalizer' bracelet tells traders when they're stressed

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Electronics and the Dutch bank ABN AMRO have joined forces to develop a "Rationalizer" bracelet system that detects stress levels and displays a warning to help day-traders avoid making ...


HP Enables Better, Faster Decision Making with Breakthrough Sensing Technology

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently ...


SMOS, Proba-2 new ESA satellites successfully lofted into orbit

SMOS, Proba-2: Two new ESA satellites successfully lofted into orbit (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The second satellite in ESA's Earth Explorer series - the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission - and the second demonstration satellite under ESA's Project for Onboard Autonomy ...


Touch screen gamble: which technology to use

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prompted partly by the iPhone's phenomenal popularity, consumers are demanding and likely to get a wider range of touch screens on many more electronic devices.



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