The main stick uses magnetic sensors inside, not potentiometers that will lose accuracy, and has a resolution of 65, 536 x 65, 536.

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Freespace MotionEngine: Hillcrest's new product, the Freespace MotionEngine, is an embedded software platform that provides an integrated solution to enable MEMS inertial and magnetic sensors to work effectively and consistently in mass production.

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John Kestner and David Carr created Twine, a 2.5 inch-square device with on-board temperature and vibration sensors, as well as an expansion connector for other sensors, such as moisture sensors and magnetic switches, all tightly integrated through WiFi with a cloud-based service.

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When there are no agents around, cameras, reconnaissance drones and three different types of sensors seismic, magnetic and infra-red keep tabs on things.

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This could pave the way for ultrasensitve sensors that can detect minute changes in magnetic fields and gravity.

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While the swifter SATA drives will likely benchmark a bit better than the PATA counterparts, both versions sport perpendicular magnetic recording to prevent data corruption, as well as "industry leading free-fall sensors" that pack 700G of operating shock tolerance.

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From resistors and LED modules to light sensors, each block represents a real component that can be attached to each other via magnetic connectors, hopefully creating a circuit in the process.

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