Word: detectable
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Ordinary touchpads found on many notebook computers can detect only a single finger at a time. By contrast, the Touchstream uses special sensors developed by FingerWorks founders John Elias and Wayne Westerman that can tell exactly how many fingers are touching the surface and the direction they are moving in. This gives the device a much broader range of functions than ordinary touchpads...
...Mosquitoes detect exhaled carbon dioxide and follow this vapor trail until they reach whatever is breathing...
ODORS Nearing the target, the bugs are able to detect lactic acid secreted by the skin, proof that they're still on course...
...electrified storm cloud passed overhead, Franklin said, the pole--preferably sharpened at the end--would pull out a small amount of the cloud's "fire." Or to put it in modern terms, it would induce an electrical charge in the pole. An observer in the sentry box could detect the charge by touching the pole with an insulated ground wire and drawing sparks. Or if the pole itself was grounded, it would extract all the cloud's "fire" in a lightning bolt and sweep it harmlessly into the earth. Franklin had created the lightning...
...proof, Muslims in southern Thailand could riot. The Thais arrested in May, including a doctor, were prominent members of the Muslim community; many in the south claim they are innocent. But officials know they must move fast; the plotters may have set October as a target date. "If we detect signs that [the suspect at large] is planning an attack, we will pick him up," the intelligence official says...