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...Predator fleet to rack up 250,000 flight hours, it reached the 500,000-hour mark just 20 months later. The Air Force currently runs 37 Predator "orbits" 24/7 over Afghanistan and Iraq, which requires about 150 personnel, as many as 10 pairs of pilots and sensor operators and four Predators. While their most important mission is to provide ground troops with real-time video for hours on end, the Predator crews can also fire missiles when high-value targets are identified. (Read "Flying Air Force Drones: Pilots No Longer Required...
...Energy Savings by turning lights off” clocks in at an average ranking of 4.91, boasting 115 votes, three comments, and a reminder that buildings like the Malkin Athletic Center are currently lit all night, and could benefit from the installation of a timer or motion sensor system...
...program using security cameras, a geographic-information-system platform and parents' cell-phone numbers. Participating families equip their kids with a U-tag - an electronic signature applied to a coat or backpack that allows a child to be tracked at all times. If the child leaves a designated ubiquitous-sensor zone near a school or playground, an alarm is automatically triggered alerting parents and the police. The child is then located via his or her mobile phone. The city plans to increase such zones rapidly. To some Americans, the Big Brother-ish qualities of the U-city push...
Hedonometer n.--A computerized 'sensor,' created at the University of Vermont, that surveys the Web to measure the collective happiness of millions of bloggers
...There’s only one way you should be paying for public transportation in Cambridge and Boston: a Charlie Card. They’re available for free from MBTA officials and can be endlessly refilled at ticket kiosks inside T stations. Simply tap them on the designated sensor to ride buses or get through the T gates. Don’t buy individual ride tickets, which are more expensive than when purchased on a Charlie Card, and under absolutely no circumstances should you buy a monthly pass...