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Today we saw some amazing advancements in temperature sensor technology by Texas Instruments. The TMP006 is the first single-chip passive infrared temperature sensor to date, and is extremely smaller than any currently available.
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Texas Instruments advances ahead in contactless temperature measurement
Haptic feedback is a big part of what makes modern touchscreens usable – as early adopter of the original iPhone know, typing on a flat surface is a pretty poor method of tactile interaction. Texas Instruments is aiming to improve the current generation of vibration motors, vibrators and software by developing new piezo (Greek for “to press”) series of drivers.
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Texas Instruments’ Piezo haptic feedback allows precise control
When we reviewed Olympus’ SZ-30MR digital camera last year, we praised its handsome design aesthetic, and its swift performance. The followup Olympus SZ-31MR retains both features, and adds a touch-screen overlay on the LCD panel that aims to make it more intuitive to use
Late last year, DARPA launched UAVForge — a competition that invites contestants to create their very own unmanned aerial vehicles, and submit them for voter-based evaluation. The project is far from over, but competing teams have already started sending in their proof-of-flight videos, giving us a glimpse of what’s to come. So far, it looks like the GremLion UAV (pictured above) is the early favorite, after coming out victorious in the first round of voting
Late last year, we took a brief look at Olympus’ Tough TG-810, and came away unimpressed by its image quality.
Is your current wireless mouse not up to snuff? If that’s the case, you may want to take a gander at the Logitech Touch Mouse M600 that lets you do your navigating via a touch surface instead of those ol’ clicky buttons
