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...master's TV remote control fixed to the lip of a basin. It has one button to turn on or increase the water's flow, one to turn it off or down, and one each to make it hotter or colder. Behind the minimalist exterior is a programmable sensor that allows the user to get precisely the temperature desired with a single push - er, caress - of a button. Nouvel can pick his tasks, so why bathrooms? "It turned out I have something to say about taps," says Nouvel, 61. "We have technology now that lets us minimize our gestures...
Dust CEO Joy Weiss says that in addition to enhancing efficiency in manufacturing, wireless sensor networks can help lighten environmental loads. "Tracking a building's temperature and lighting can save a tremendous amount of money," she says...
...take his pills. The doctor types into his computer instructions on when medication should be taken, and the information is transmitted to the patient's computer, which downloads it to the watch. Around the appointed hour, when the senior is near the location where the pills are stored, a sensor tracking the senior's movements alerts the watch, which signals that it's medicine time. The watch, which should be available in two years, can also alert the doctor if the meds aren't taken...
Intel has been researching a cane with a sensor that sends an alert when the cane hasn't been used for several days, a tip-off that its user may be unable to move around. The company is also looking at sensors that in the next couple of years might be placed in canes or shoes to inform a doctor about the minute changes in a senior's stride that may be an early indication of neurological problems such as Parkinson...
...PlayStation 3 will arrive in Cambridge stores this morning, boasting a 60-GB hard-drive in its premium version and commanding a top price of $599. The $249 Nintendo Wii will follow on Sunday morning, bringing with it a revolutionary remote control-sized game controller whose three-axis motion sensor will allow on-screen action to respond directly to the movements of a player’s hand. “We’re going to go out to Best Buy...eight hours or so before it opens—about midnight,” said Kevin P. Bartley...