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University of California researchers aim to build world s largest detector Your phone can receive messages from around the world. But how about emanations from beyond our solar system Scientists from the University of California UC have launched an effort to use smartphones to detect signs of cosmic rays, a form of high-energy radiation that sends subatomic particles zipping through space.The CRAYF
stanley termos IS Cosmic Rays Found in Smartphones project is aimed at using the cameras in smartphones and tablets to detect the lower-energy particles that are produced when cosmic rays st
stanley isolierkanne rike the Earthrsquo atmosphere. The goal is to further understanding of what is producing cosmic rays and help figure out where they come from. The researchers want to build a detector as large as possible so it will have a better chance of catching the rare particles. To do that, they need commodity hardware.The silicon-based CMOS sensors in mobile device cameras work along the same principles
owala canada as the sensors used in massive particle accelerators. The sensors can also detect higher-energy photons, the researchers note in a scientific paper posted on the physics website arXiv.We are attempting to build a detector that spans the entire world, UC Davis physicist Michael Mulhearn wrote in an email. It turns out that the efficiency of each cell phone for detecting cosmic rays is right at a point where, with enough people, wersquo;ll be able to make world-class measurements. Bhth Mall developer insisting on tech for merchant tenants
Back in mid-December, Synaptics, a developer of human interface devices such as the touchpad, introduced what itrsquo hoping is the next generation in mobile device concepts. Itrsquo called Fuse, and I got a chance to spend a few minutes with a very early prototype a prototype of a prototype as one of the reps described it this morning at CES. I have to say that if the concept fulfi
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stanley usa nd a whole lot of fun. Synaptics is working on the Fuse with several other companies mdash; including Texas Instruments, Immersion, TheAlloy and The Astonishing Tribe TAT . The idea is that consumers should be able to manipulate their mobile devices not only by moving their fingers over the display, but by squeezing the sides, moving fingers up and down each sides, and even using touch on the back of the device. The prototype used a graphic of multicolored bubbles to illustrate the concept. I squeezed the rubberized sides of the Fuse which otherwise looks like a fairly typical smartphone-type device and several bubbles popped into existence. I ran my finger down the left side, and they dimmed to a grey hue; ran my finger down the right side, and they acquired a rougher texture. Touched the front display, and they sped away from my finger; touched the back, and they moved in to the area that was being touched. It was only a fairly simple demo, but it was effective. By expanding the number of actions that could be undertak
