With every pulse, the altimeter gave a loud beep, and then a fainter beep as the echo returned.
"When Sputnik hit, and all the fear, people going underground and fallout shelters, kind of the end of the world mixed with the beep, beep, beep of the satellite, it touched off American pop culture at its best, " Hoffman says.
So leave a message at the beep and baby, they'll call you back one more time.
Teenagers revved their motorbikes outside and others ran to their cars just to beep their horns.
You also have the choice of having the watch beep or vibrate when a message arrives.
Because it's a pager at heart, the device can beep or vibrate when new e-mail arrives.
Any swipe that resulted in a beep would qualify the cardholder for a drawing to win a free Spark.
People are already habitually checking smartphones that beep and flash regularly with notifications.
The device remains on, so if the driver receives a new dispatch, it will beep and he can pull over and read the message.
One customer created a device that uses the gps module to wake him up with a loud beep whenever he sleeps past his train station.
The beep coming from the mobile phone is sudden, and unexpected.
"A typical CubeSat mission was a student-built satellite that would maybe go beep or try something out that didn't cost a lot of money, " he says.
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Just wait for those dirty looks from fellow caffeine addicts as you fumble to unlock your phone, launch your app, tap it, and wait for the beep.
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For instance, if two crossings are close to each other neither will beep in case pedestrians are misled into walking out into oncoming traffic on the wrong road.
The middle-aged woman is the one spread-eagled over there in the delicate silk blouse beneath the removed jacket, praying nothing on her body goes beep and makes people look.
Curiously, the camera doesn't beep when turned on with the remote, so unless you have an assistant standing by to look at your little light it's awfully hard to tell whether you're recording.
To authenticate a key, it is placed in the USB slot at the front of the device and the "Copy" button is held in until the MyDitto emits a beep to start the process.
The raised slider is textured and easy to find, even with gloves on, and there's still the reassuringly loud beep to let you know that you have, indeed, started filling up your memory card.
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Please leave your slanderous epithets after the beep.
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Swiping repeatedly left or right cycles through all three views, while tapping the status bar on top allows you to set profiles (silent, beep, or ringing), adjust the volume, select connections and change your online status.
But when Dr Ciccocioppo took half the rats back to their drug den, and then flashed the light and sounded the beep, the animals immediately set about pressing the lever that they thought would deliver cocaine.
"If you want to set it at a certain speed -- say, 'I don't want my kid going over 65 mph' -- it'll beep at them until they slow down, " said Michael Copeland, sales manager for manufacturer Davis Instruments.
The app will offer several other features, including a "Virtual Leash" that alerts you when the sticker goes out of range -- a "Reverse Virtual Leash" will make the device (perhaps attached to your keys) beep, letting you know you've left your smartphone behind.
Footie fans can breathe a sigh of relief thanks to the state-of-the-art trolley which comes complete with tilting iPad holder and speakers, a front bumper complete with a sensor which lets off a warning beep if you get too close to other shoppers and an onboard battery with self-charging solar panel to ensure the viewing device never runs on empty.
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