But the researchers have now shown that at close range, it can also sense electrical signals.
The bodies of teenagers are found slumped on sidewalks, shot with machine guns at close range.
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The NFC technology enables passage of data and information between devices at close range without contact.
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Last month Brigadier Monge's own chauffeur was shot in the head at close range.
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Scott Parker should have equalised in injury time but was denied by Scott Carson at close range.
Then, three minutes later, Eduardo slotted in at close range from a corner to complete Arsenal's comeback.
He and other officers chased Graham into his family's apartment where the teen was shot at close range.
The PSNI said the father of a six-year-old child was shot a number of times at close range.
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On 15 February 2011, Fadhil al Matrook was hit by birdshot at close range and died within minutes.
Mr Mushaima was hit at close range by birdshot in the Sanabis district of the capital city Manama.
Andrei Kanchelskis was the chief cuplrit, hitting the bar at close range when it seemed easier to score.
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At close range, the sound from these devices can be terrifying and painful.
Salih Saif Aldin was shot at close range while photographing fire-damaged houses in a street in Baghdad on 14 October.
Sgt David Jenkins, Humberside Police's wildlife officer, said the birds appeared to have been shot several times at close range.
The Krebs trail involved trapping badgers and shooting them in their traps cleanly and at close range during the day.
Father-of-three Mr Millen was working on a car outside his home when he was shot four times at close range.
During the siege, survivors and police said, four militants shot young men at close range and held women hostage for hours.
Martin was shot once in the chest at close range, Gilbreath said.
All victims were shot several times, some of them at close range.
Police say he went into a classroom with two revolvers and lined people up before shooting them in the head at close range.
It is understood the roofing contractor was shot several times at close range through the window of his jeep as he arrived home.
Mr Draper was shot at close range in the stomach with a 12-bore shotgun and had to be airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
He saw the effects of the hamstrung presidency at close range.
In July last year, the couple were found at their home in Clough Avenue, Sale, and had been shot at close range with a sawn-off shotgun.
My mother, Roberta Murphy, 47, was shot at close range in the head, and Phillip Murphy, 54, my father, committed suicide in the bedroom.
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Hours after the killing an American soldier was critically injured when he was shot in the head at close range while chatting to students at Baghdad University.
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