sensors
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Thinner Image Sensor That Doesn’t Suck = Even Thinner iPhones
Omnivision makes image sensors for the iPhone. They’re pretty good. Their latest sensor uses a new 1.1-micron pixel architecture that makes it “20 per cent slimmer than any 8-megapixel module in commercial use today”. Meaning it can fit in the super-cramped spaces available in ultra-thin phones.
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Sensor-Laden Gloves Help Songstresses Make Music From Thin Air
Developed specially for the musician Imogen Heap, these gloves are equipped with an accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, wireless mics and a bunch of other sensors. Performing at the TEDGlobal stage yesterday, she made music using just her hands.
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Of Body Hacking, Ben Franklin And Your Data-Driven Future
In colonial times, Benjamin Franklin was fond of keeping a list of “13 virtues”. If he violated one, he would check it off, and use it as motivation to improve his moral standing. He was an original body hacker.
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The Touchscreen With No Screen
Can you touch what’s not there? That’s what some students have explored in this ZeroTouch project, which has dozens of infrared sensors and LEDs around what appears to be an empty photo-frame. Connected to a computer, it translates the gestures.