sensors
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NBN Co is Using Sensors and AI to Prevent Damage to its Fibre
NBN Co is looking at new ways to prevent accidental damage to its fibre, announcing a new trial with FiberSense to monitor its cable network.
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Clever Halloween Hack Uses Sound Waves to Simulate a Spooky Doodling Ghost
There’s really no wrong way to decorate for Halloween. It’s the effort that counts, even if all you do is toss some pumpkins on the porch, or set up an inflatable witch on the lawn. But there are those that go above and beyond the call of duty, like Dan Beaven, who leverages some cutting-edge…
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A Smartphone Sensor Can Measure the Heat of Chillis Before You Accidentally Nuke Your Mouth
Popping a random chilli into your mouth is the culinary equivalent of playing Russian roulette. Some are mild and packed with flavour, while others will make you feel like you’ve just bitten into the surface of the sun. Without knowing where a chilli is from it’s hard to know how hot it is, so researchers…
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The World’s Largest Automotive Supplier Probably Makes Parts For Your Phone, Too
If you want your car to automatically brake for collisions, beep when you’re about to back into something, turn on its wipers when it rains and deploy its airbags during a collision, you’re going to need a lot of sensors. And when those sensors start being used for phone accelerometers, automated driving systems and aerial…