Sentences with phrase «electrical sensors measure»

Electrical sensors measure both the angle and the force applied by the user on the ankle, and a computer modifies the strength of the magnetic field accordingly.

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The $ 299 device measures brain electrical activity via 16 scalp sensors, which the company claims allow recognition of basic emotions and up to 30 specific thoughts, such as «lift this object,» «fire death ray,» or «fly forward.»

The borehole will be laced with sensors that measure chemical, electrical, and gravitational perturbations.

The microclimate has been recorded with various wireless monitoring systems, including the use of balloons to elevate the sensors, together with infrared thermography, hygrometry and electrical resistivity devices to measure the two critical parameters for conservation: temperature and humidity.

The EPOC detects brain activity noninvasively using electroencephalography (EEG), a measure of brain waves, via external sensors along the scalp that pick up the electrical bustle in various parts of the furrowed surface of the brain's cortex, a region that handles higher order thoughts.

Another set of sensors measure electrical conductivity, which Burger says can be used as a proxy for measuring nitrate.

On the other side, sensors can be added to measure pressure, temperature or electrical properties such as resistance.

Ashikaga and his team used a basket - shaped catheter with 64 electrode sensors to measure the heart's electrical communication just before and right after the procedure, and again at six months in 22 patients with an average age of about 64 years treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

«The equipment currently used to measure electric field strength has some significant downsides,» explains Andreas Kainz from the Institute of Sensor and Actuator Systems (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, TU Wien).

Using a tiny sensor implanted in the dACCs of the monkeys, Platt's group was able to measure the electrical activity of single neurons.

Plant - based sensors that measure the thickness and electrical capacitance of leaves show great promise for telling farmers when to activate their irrigation systems, preventing both water waste and parched plants, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Monkeys typically find other monkeys impossible to ignore, and this experiment was no exception: the monkeys often failed at the reward task because they looked at the faces, especially if the faces depicted emotion.When humans are torn between paying attention to two different things, it triggers a «conflict» circuit in a brain region called the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) which is part of a larger brain structure controlling rational thought and emotions.Using a tiny sensor implanted in the dACCs of the monkeys, Platt's group was able to measure the electrical activity of single neurons.

According to the article by Jennifer Schuessler, «Over the past two weeks, Mr. Grunberg has spent several hours a day writing his novella, while a battery of sensors and cameras tracked his brain waves, heart rate, galvanic skin response (an electrical measure of emotional arousal) and facial expressions.

The helmet features a soft forehead - based sensor that uses EEG (electroencephalography) to measure electrical activity in the rider's brain, along with an ear - based sensor that's used to remove noise from the EEG signal.

This sensor measures the electrical changes stemming from touch: The largest change is toward the top while the smallest change resides at the bottom of the clip due to the thickness of the interior and exterior materials.

More specifically, the controller # 212 (shown in FIG. 2) may be configured to detect a position or movement of a finger along the length of the touch - sensitive retention clip # 218 based on an electrical signal measured by the touch sensor # 214 that is sent to a computing device, via the communication interface # 220.

Briefly, the 128 - channel Geodesic Sensor Nets connected to a DC - coupled amplifier (Net Amp 300, Electrical Geodesic Inc.) were used to measure brain activity during 40 min of a passive auditory oddball task in infants at 6 months and 18 months of age.