News tagged with movement sensors
Intelligent shoe performs pressure imaging
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Schepers of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a new intelligent shoe. It has four sensors that measure pressure and movement during walking, giving doctors a ...
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Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The sensor of some optical mice can be used to easily and cheaply detect counterfeit euros, according to a study published by Spanish researchers of the University of Lleida (UdL) in the scientific journal ...
Visual system that detects movement, colours and textures created in Granada
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Mimicking the way in which a retina works is a hard as it sounds. Scientists from Stanford University, in the United States, have spent the past two years working on imitating the way in which information is processed in ...
Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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A UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia — tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and transmit signals ...
Mayfly-Mimicking Sensor Could be High Tech 'Canary in the Coal Mine'
Jun 21, 2008 |
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Security, health and safety sensors in coal mines, buildings or underground public transit areas where air or water does not readily flow may one day be improved by research on young mayflies at the University ...
Study: Wireless sensors limit earthquake damage
Apr 13, 2007 |
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An earthquake engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has successfully performed the first test of wireless sensors in the simulated structural control of a model laboratory building.
Uncooperative voltage sensors: Study advances conclusions about the Shaker Kv channel
Apr 27, 2009 |
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The May 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology features an article and accompanying commentary on new experimental evidence that advances previous conclusions about the essential features of the Shaker K+ channe ...
Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...
Nintendo Plans Summer 09 Launch of Wii MotionPlus, Wii Sports Resort (w/Video)
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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Nintendo will launch the Wii MotionPlus accessory on June 8 in the United States and set the stage for the July 26 introduction of Nintendo's summer sizzler, Wii Sports Resort game The Wii MotionPlus will ...
Movement's sixth sense
Jan 05, 2006 |
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Have you ever tried to balance on one foot with your eyes closed? No problem, you think? Well, just try it.
Come fly with me -- Bioengineers map a fly's nerves
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Apr 04, 2008 |
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The nerve cells in a fly’s brain dedicated to analysing visual motion have been characterised in unprecedented detail by scientists.
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