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Sensor of Champions

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LONDON, Sept. 13, 2007 -- A sensor that collects and immediately transmits data from the human body could boost athletes' performance and eventually contribute to health care. About the size of some cufflinks, the sensor is clipped behind a wearer's ear and is reportedly inobstrusive yet can gather an unprecedented variety of data about posture, stride length, step frequency, acceleration and response to shock waves traveling through the body and other data. It can transmit the information for immediate visual display on a handheld device or laptop to, for example, a track coach. The coach can use the data to...Read full article

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    Published: September 2007
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    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
    sensor
    1. A generic term for detector. 2. A complete optical/mechanical/electronic system that contains some form of radiation detector.
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