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NEWS ABOUT: sensors

sensors stories: 4 news summaries

 Air France Changes 
 Airbus Speed Sensors 

Icing concerns fueled replacements beginning last month

Jun 7, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Air France is speeding up the process of replacing sensors on its Airbus planes following the crash of Flight 447, the BBC reports, a process it began in April. In May of last year, Air France said, it observed a “small number” of “incidents of loss of airspeed... More »

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Airbus • plane crash • sensors • Air France • Airbus A330 • monitoring • Air France Flight 447 • Airbus A340

(Newser) - Just-released patent applications suggest Microsoft has indeed created a so-called “Magic Wand” to rival the Wii remote, the BBC reports. It could come out at next month's industry expo in Los Angeles. The applications say the wand has "biometric sensors" that would detect "fingerprint, hand geometry, hand... More »

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technology • Microsoft • Xbox • sensors • video games • Wii

 Seals Plunge for Climate Data

Scientists use deep-diving creatures for Antarctic research

Aug 17, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Giant seals living in the chilly waters of Antarctica are helping researchers gather important data on climate change, reports Popular Mechanics. The elephant seals, tagged with hat-like sensors, make frequent dives deep into the Southern Ocean and surface with valuable details about water temperature and salinity. The dense waters of... More »

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climate change • global warming • Antarctica • sensors • ocean temperature • scientific research • elephant seals

You'd Better Silence That Spray Paint

SoCal city installs sensors that can
hear graffiti artists

Nov 16, 07 9:11 AM CST
(Newser) - If you’re going out to tag in Montebello, Calif., consider using a paintbrush. The Los Angeles neighborhood has spent $1 million on an anti-graffiti system that can hear aerosol cans up to 80 feet away. The 25 “tagger traps” employ sound sensors to catch graffiti artists red-(or blue-... More »

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crime • police • Los Angeles • graffiti • Montebello, California • aerosol • sensors

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