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The tiny sensors, which consist of infrared light - emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled with a sensitive light detector, measure infinitesimal gradations in light in human tissue, due to changing blood volume in the microvasculature as blood circulates through the body — a process that follows in rhythm with the beating of the heart.

Built into a tiny circuit board, the sensor uses an accelerometer and «machine learning software» to identify the motions of a person's mouth, such as how much time he or she spends chewing, drinking, speaking, coughing or smoking.

One interactive display transforms a steel pedestrian bridge into a musical instrument, using sensors to detect the tiny vibrations from your footsteps and change them into a symphony as you walk.

As the scanner pokes its prey (here, a small, green plastic frog) with a needle - like probe driven by a tiny motor, a light sensor detects contact between probe and object with an accuracy of 30 micrometers, and a linear actuator translates the rotation of the Lego gears into linear distance at a resolution of 6.25 micrometers.

Aside from greater autonomy and resiliency, Ferrari said her lab plans to help outfit RoboBee with new micro devices such as a camera, expanded antennae for tactile feedback, contact sensors on the robot's feet and airflow sensors that look like tiny hairs.

Gadget makers often rely on piezoelectricity — the ability that some solids have to produce voltage when pressure is applied to them — to power tiny embedded systems, such as a BlackBerry Storm 2's touch screen or a car's airbag sensor.

The latest version of the device, which can measure 50 to 100 cells per hour, consists of a series of SMR sensors that weigh cells as they flow through tiny channels.

A tiny sensor embedded inside a bicycle helmet is being promoted as a better alternative for cyclists who want to keep an eye on their heartrate during work - outs.

Professor Georges Gielen, Vice Rector of Science, Engineering and Technology at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium, said the next generation of electronics, including wireless sensor networks and other tiny devices envisioned as part of the «Internet of things,» require low - power, high performance chips.

The cells act as tiny sensors and actuators, driving the flaps to open when an athlete works up a sweat, and pulling them closed when the body has cooled off.

A handheld reader (top right) wirelessly powers and interrogates a tiny blood - pressure sensor embedded inside a prosthetic graft, inserted in this case as a conduit for haemodialysis in a patient with kidney failure.

MEMS accelerometers are tiny sensors used in common devices, such as smart phones and laptops.

A Stanford electrical engineer has invented a way to wirelessly transfer power deep inside the body and then use this power to run tiny electronic medical gadgets such as pacemakers, nerve stimulators or new sensors and devices yet to be developed.

Wiese glued a tiny Lucite block to a krill to immobilize it, as shown here, and placed a small pressure sensor near the swimmerets — the bristle - covered legs that propel the animal.

They found high concentrations of sensors known as Merkel cells at the base of tiny hairs that cover the wings, they report online today in Cell Reports.

The sensor also detected tiny magnetic vortices, which appear and disappear as the material becomes superconducting and may be a key to understanding how these materials become superconducting at high temperatures.

The tiny straw - shaped molecules are stronger than steel, flexible, and conductive and have been touted as the right stuff for everything from chemical sensors to wires for nanoscale computer circuitry.

Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory now contains over 1,000 nanotechnology - enabled consumer products, reflecting the increasing use of tiny particles in everything from conventional products like non-stick cookware and lighter, stronger tennis racquets, to more unique items such as wearable sensors that monitor posture.

As a result, choosing which Jeep Grand Cherokee model is right for you isn't exactly easy — though we reckon, due to the rather sparse amount of equipment on the entry - level «Laredo» trim (dual - zone climate control, a reversing camera and rear parking sensors are about as fancy as the standard equipment levels get), we recommend you consider the $ 35,375 75th Anniversary trim, as that comes with the sort of features you expect from a vehicle of this caliber (18inch alloy wheels, heated and power - adjustable front seats and an 8.4 - inch touchscreen interface that replaces the tiny 5inch system seen on the Laredo - spec Jeep Grand Cherokees) whilst being fairly reasonably priceAs a result, choosing which Jeep Grand Cherokee model is right for you isn't exactly easy — though we reckon, due to the rather sparse amount of equipment on the entry - level «Laredo» trim (dual - zone climate control, a reversing camera and rear parking sensors are about as fancy as the standard equipment levels get), we recommend you consider the $ 35,375 75th Anniversary trim, as that comes with the sort of features you expect from a vehicle of this caliber (18inch alloy wheels, heated and power - adjustable front seats and an 8.4 - inch touchscreen interface that replaces the tiny 5inch system seen on the Laredo - spec Jeep Grand Cherokees) whilst being fairly reasonably priceas fancy as the standard equipment levels get), we recommend you consider the $ 35,375 75th Anniversary trim, as that comes with the sort of features you expect from a vehicle of this caliber (18inch alloy wheels, heated and power - adjustable front seats and an 8.4 - inch touchscreen interface that replaces the tiny 5inch system seen on the Laredo - spec Jeep Grand Cherokees) whilst being fairly reasonably priceas the standard equipment levels get), we recommend you consider the $ 35,375 75th Anniversary trim, as that comes with the sort of features you expect from a vehicle of this caliber (18inch alloy wheels, heated and power - adjustable front seats and an 8.4 - inch touchscreen interface that replaces the tiny 5inch system seen on the Laredo - spec Jeep Grand Cherokees) whilst being fairly reasonably priceas that comes with the sort of features you expect from a vehicle of this caliber (18inch alloy wheels, heated and power - adjustable front seats and an 8.4 - inch touchscreen interface that replaces the tiny 5inch system seen on the Laredo - spec Jeep Grand Cherokees) whilst being fairly reasonably priced.

And now we arrive at the thorny issue of performance because as I said at the start of my review it's pretty hard to pick up on the tiny differences between sensors when you're up at this sort of price bracket.

The goal of the project is to create an ultra sensitive and tiny gas sensor, less than an inch long and twice as sensitive as current sensors of a similar size.

Keddy said that from wearables to internet connected things such as washing machines, smart meters, traffic cameras, and even trees with tiny sensors could be always transmitting data that could be analyzed quickly to help you make decisions where and when it matters.

Sensor swabs, as seen in the photo above, are like little tiny plastic spatulas wrapped in a special cleaning cloth.

As the publication points out, LinX develops and markets tiny cameras for smartphones and tablets that use an array of sensors to capture multiple images at once.

I highly doubt a tiny sensor like those found on smartphones could achieve the same amount of detail and color accuracy as an MFT / APS / FF sensor.

The tiny white pucks pack in occupancy and temperature sensors and serve as little satellite data detectors for the main thermostat.

The tiny sensor, which packs the same design as the rest of the products in the Eve line, lets you keep tabs on temperature, humidity and air quality (by measuring volatile organic compounds).