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...TIME LAPSE VIDEO CAMERA RECORDER: Located in locked room on Widener Level D; time lapse recording capability of 480 hours; two recording lock modes; multiple sensor recording modes; steel chassis for continuous performance...
...alleged attacks have prompted a considerable boost in on-campus security. Student sensor cards, which open dormitory entrances, were reprogrammed by campus police, and students who have lost keys during the year received new locks on their doors, Sander said...
Some analysts said they were not surprised by the announcement, noting the ages of the retirees. But Diana Temple, an analyst at Salomon Brothers, was surprised by the departure of Symons, saying he was a main force behind Gillette's new Sensor razor, introduced earlier this year...
Adaptive optics depends on taking starlight focused by a telescope's main mirrors and bouncing it off yet another mirror before studying the image. The additional mirror is made of a superflexible material -- plastic, in the Johns Hopkins device. A light sensor monitors a reference star within the telescope's field of view and looks for the shimmering caused by currents in the atmosphere. When the sensor detects disturbances, it sends signals to electrodes flanking the plastic mirror. The electrodes create electric fields that make the plastic bulge or dip, canceling out the flicker. Both the Hawaii and Johns Hopkins...
...Sensor is the product of Gillette's all-out effort to lure customers away from throw-away razors, which have grabbed more than 60% of shaver sales. Gillette makes such razors too, but they typically produce a thin profit margin for their manufacturers. The Boston-based company invested $200 million in Sensor technology, and will spend an additional $175 million this year to introduce the product. When it goes on sale in January, Sensor will be priced at about $3.75 for the razor and three blades. Gillette hopes to sell 15 million razors the first year and snare...