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di tek ting

  • n  a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
  • v  discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

  • Even the gold standard for detecting fatty deposits, an invasive procedure called angiography, can't tell you which plaques are likely to burst--though doctors are starting to .
  • For example, WarioWare: Snapped! has you move in response to onscreen cues, but the motion-detecting game required a very well-lit room and still behaved erratically.
  • As more students turn to online paper mills for help, schools are fighting back with their own high-tech methods of detecting cheats.
News & Articles

  • Auburn Systems Illustrates the Advantage of DC/AC Technology for Detecting Baghouse Emissions
    Auburn Systems' schematic illustrates the new, unified DC/AC platform which represents the latest major technology for particulate monitoring and detecting baghouse emissions where industrial pollutants are problematic. (PRWeb June 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/particulatemonitoring/baghousedetectionsystems/prweb10835666.htm
    June 17, 2013 - PRWeb
  • Seitz on Futurama’s Final (Final) Frontier
    “Detecting trace amounts of mental activity, possibly a dead weasel or a cartoon viewer.” That’s a quote from Big Brain, mastermind of the Brain Spawn invasion of Earth in the animated sci-fi spoof Futurama, and it’s characteristic of the show’s self-­deprecating humor. But all kidding aside, Futurama has nothing to ... More »
    June 17, 2013 - Vulture
  • Google's new plan to combat Internet child pornography
    Internet giant Google announced plans Saturday to build a database of encrypted child pornography images to “enable companies, law enforcement and charities to better collaborate on detecting and removing these images, and to take action against the criminals" producing and sharing them.Google is developing the database to be shared with other tech and Internet companies to extend the reach of ...
    June 17, 2013 - NBC NEWS
Quotes

  • Barry Cunliffe in AFP
    Responsible metal detecting provides a valuable record of history, but illegal activities bring responsible ones into disrepute,said English Heritage chairman Barry Cunliffe. "Nighthawkers, by hoarding the finds or selling them on without...
  • Pranab Mukherjee in Times of India
    On his part, Mukherjee said, "We are advising Iran that since it's a signatory to the NPT, it has some obligation to international treaties. We tell the US, do not take on yourself the responsibility of (detecting) whether Iran was manufacturing...
  • Stephen Fry in Independent
    Fry told the Radio Times: "I shouldn't be saying this, high treason really, but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting a brilliance that may not really be there. I mean, would they notice if Jeremy Irons or Judi...

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