Sentences with phrase «radar waves of»

A special metal plating is located behind the badge to allow radar waves of the Intelligent Cruise Control to pass through.

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A prime minister who came to office on a wave of optimism needs to find a way to provide a bit of it even to the sorts of hard - hit people who only rarely and fleetingly turn up on Ottawa's radar.

They use a millimeter wave (mmW) radar seeker with a semi-active laser (SAL) that enables final guidance to the target by either the launching platform or another plane, and are perfect to destroy a vehicle with very low collateral damage risk, and an accuracy of about 1 - 2 meters.

Traction control helps prevent skidding; crash - avoidance systems fling radar waves in every direction, looking for approaching vehicles; the Lexus LS series even features a windshield - mounted camera that monitors the lane markings in front of you and gently nudges you back into your lane, via electric motors that assist your steering, if you drift.

Because you have to use a radio wavelength that is smaller than the dimensions of the object you are trying to locate, radar relies on high - frequency waves, just a few inches long (higher frequencies have shorter wavelengths).

MESSENGER's maps of polar craters match up nicely with earlier imagery of the poles, taken by Earth - based radars, which showed anomalously bright features — patches that reflected radio waves much better than the surrounding terrain, just as ice does.

Here radar waves from the Lunar Radar Sounder reveal structures below the surface of a moon crater called Poiradar waves from the Lunar Radar Sounder reveal structures below the surface of a moon crater called PoiRadar Sounder reveal structures below the surface of a moon crater called Poisson.

Waves of vibrating electrons, freed by ultraviolet light from the sun, seem to be why radar beams bounce off the upper atmosphere

Now Harmon has carried out a new radar survey of Mercury, which shows that the areas which strongly reflect radio waves match closely the positions of polar craters photographed by Mariner 10, the American spacecraft which flew past Mercury in 1974 and 1975.

These two figures show the internal waves at Dongsha Island on April 23, 2010, as seen by the radar on TerraSAR - X in its conventional mode of operation (left) and in the experimental new mode that permits direct velocity measurements (right), with the measured surface velocities shown in color.

Radar satellites can detect the surface ripples produced by internal waves and the data collected allow researchers to calculate the speed of internal waves traveling below the surface.

Coastal altimetry, which provides detailed wave and sea level data in the coastal zone captured by specialist instruments called radar altimeters on board satellites, is at the heart of the project and scientists from NOC have been at the cutting - edge of this technique.

As Tulaczyk watched the Herc on Jan. 17, 2013, the lake remained a mere silhouette pieced together from noisy geophysical measurements involving radar, lasers shot down from satellites and the seismic echoes of shock waves released by explosives detonated in shallow holes in the ice.

Long, grinding and grim, the Battle of the Atlantic featured some of the war's great scientific innovations, such as sonar and short - wave radar.

A team led by Alex Hayes, a member of Cassini's radar team who is based at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., set out to look for how much wind would be required to generate waves.

The size of these atmospheric waves makes them easy to observe with radar and Lidar, a radar - like system using laser light to scan the atmosphere.

Godin and Zabotin plan to use an advanced research radar to study the atmospheric waves in more detail to better understand the behavior of the Ross Ice Shelf.

The high - power radar will illuminate particles in the upper atmosphere with short, high - energy pulses of radio waves.

Years later Tomonaga and Schwinger were to note astonishing parallels in their careers: both had worked on radar, wave propagation and magnetrons as part of their respective war efforts, and both used Heisenberg's theory to solve the same problem.

Together with Masao Kotani of the University of Tokyo, he developed a theory of magnetrons — devices used in radar systems for generating electromagnetic waves — for the navy.

The world has changed radically since the era of the Hindenburg; today's satellite weather forecasts, GPS - tracking, radar, computer - controlled avionics and in - flight management systems have paved the way for this new wave of hybrid airships.

The instrument sends down radar waves, which reflect off of the ice surface, layers inside the ice sheet and bedrock back to the instrument, giving researchers a three - dimensional view.

The radar waves bounced off the rock beneath the ice; returning echoes yielded this contour map of peaks and valleys as well as hundreds of miles of interconnected subglacial lake systems.

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar — A proposed satellite - based monitoring system that, if funded, will track the movement and deformation of the North American and Pacific plates by bouncing radar waves off the surfRadar — A proposed satellite - based monitoring system that, if funded, will track the movement and deformation of the North American and Pacific plates by bouncing radar waves off the surfradar waves off the surfaces.

Its three very high - frequency band radar sites in Texas, Arizona and Alabama ping the heavens with radio waves at wavelengths between 1 and 10 metres and their reflections enable us to detect objects down to the size of a basketball.

Radar waves penetrate glaciers all the way to their base, allowing direct assessment of how the bottom profiles of the three glaciers at their grounding lines differed between 2002 and 2014.

Partial mosaic of 70 cm radar images of nearside of the moon taken by the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) from radio waves transmitted by the Arecibo Telescope.

Clarke, T.S., and C.R. Bentley, High - resolution radar on Ice Stream B2: Antarctica: measurements of electromagnetic wave speed in firn and strain history from buried crevasses, Annals of Glaciology, Vol.

Horinouchi, T., 2002: Mesoscale variability of tropical precipitation: Validation of satellite estimates of wave forcing using TOGA COARE radar data.

In July, the Office of Naval Research made a survey in the waters off Virginia Beach, Virginia using ScanEagle UAVs to study the effect of oceanic and atmospheric changes on radar and radio waves, with the aim of improving military communications and the ability of radar to detect hostile craft..

Radio waves travel at the speed of light, so the number of nanoseconds divided by 2 tells the radar unit how far away the object is!

A rogue wave the size of Rhode Island that is somehow invisible to radar but not the serendipitous binoculars of an officer capsizes the boat.

Although the public presentation of charter school research today is nearly as contentious as it was when the AFT report made waves in 2004, beneath the radar screen is a growing convergence on a set of findings that fit neither the rosy predictions of the early advocates nor the dire fears of the early critics:

That media silence was due in large part to a calculated strategy among Common Core supporters: Advocates took pains to stay under the radar, avoid public debate, tightly coordinate their messaging, ridicule skeptics rather than respond to them, and ride the wave of support provided by the Obama administration in those years.

It also boasts a pair of pre-crash systems called «Smart City Brake Support,» which uses a windshield - mounted laser and automatically brakes at speeds below 20 mph if it believes a collision is impending, and «Smart Brake Support,» which uses the same millimeter - wave radar as the active cruise control and intervenes at speeds up to 90 mph, first by alerting the driver, then by applying the brakes.

Lidar — an alternative take on radar using lasers to analyze light waves instead of radio waves — lacks radar's range and, like cameras, is sensitive to weather conditions.

With Toyota Safety Sense ™ P2, PCS3 uses an in - vehicle camera and front - grill mounted millimeter - wave radar to help detect the vehicle in front of your vehicle.

The Pre-Collision system uses a short wave radar system to detect when there is an obstacle in front of your vehicle.

Pre-Collision System featuring the world's first use of both millimeter wave radar and stereo cameras developed

Autoblog Argentina has reported that the rumoured Fiat Toro SUV is back on FCA's radar as part of the «next wave» of products.

The range - topping CR - V 1.5 L Turbo Premium 2WD is the first Honda to be sold here with the package, which utilises a millimetre wave radar in the grille and a monocular camera positioned at the top of the windscreen to provide a number of new active safety features.

The LS 430 is the first Lexus with PCS, which uses a millimeter - wave radar sensor to detect obstacles in front of the car.

While the Honda Civic Type - R has been making waves worldwide since last year — this is what happens when a new version of a cult classic is on the way — the Civic Si trim has kind of been flying under the radar.

AcuraWatch ™ uses sensor fusion technology, the cooperative operation of a millimeter wave radar system and a windshield - mounted monocular camera to expand both the scope and fidelity of its sensing capabilities, including the ability to sense and respond to numerous road hazards, including a pedestrian detected in the roadway.

Utilizing both a camera and a millimeter wave radar system, the available Lexus Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection uses sensors to detect other vehicles and / or obstructions in front of the vehicle.

As part of a multi-faceted approach to active safety, the Lexus Safety System + package combines millimeter - wave radar with a camera, achieving high reliability and performance.

By using a forward - facing camera and millimeter - wave radar to monitor vehicles moving into or out of the lane, Radar Cruise Control helps maintain smooth acceleration and deceleration while driradar to monitor vehicles moving into or out of the lane, Radar Cruise Control helps maintain smooth acceleration and deceleration while driRadar Cruise Control helps maintain smooth acceleration and deceleration while driving.

AcuraWatch employs advanced «sensor fusion» technology, using the combined sensing capabilities of millimeter - wave radar and a monocular camera to help maintain the vehicle's position in traffic and to prevent or mitigate the severity of a collision, representing a technological bridge to the automated driving technology of the future.

Aside from this, the celebratory vehicles — available in a number of variants and two - wheel and four - wheel guise — also come equipped with a Toyota Safety Sense P collision avoidance support package as standard equipment, and items on the list include millimetre - wave radar and a monocular camera.

Unexpected comfort, great power, quiet operation although I would like to add some more acustimat, good fuel economy, wonderful cruise control with radar (millimeter wave speed tracking), great backup camera, one of the few cars with laminated windows all around, big trunk for a hybrid, heated seats for quick comfort in cold weather, and everyone comments on the gorgeous paint.