The phrase "a device that detects" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a tool or instrument that identifies or measures a specific phenomenon or condition.
Example: "The new model is a device that detects changes in temperature with high accuracy."
Alternatives: "an instrument that identifies" or "a tool that senses".
Another line, the governor cable, is connected to a device that detects if the elevator car is descending at a rate twenty-five per cent faster than its maximum designed speed.
Anyone questioning the authenticity of a trading card can send it to Donruss to be scanned by a device that detects the chemical's presence.
A sensor can be described as a device that detects or measures a physical property or some type of input from the physical environment, and then indicates or reacts to it in a particular way (e.g. [19]).
For those looking to pair their smart changing pad with a device that detects soiled diapers, Korean startup Monit has rolled out a Bluetooth-enabled sensor that sends alerts at the earliest sign of moisture.
The automatic reflective diagnosis system (ARDK) is a device that detects human bioenergy through measuring skin conductance at 24 special acupoints on the wrists and ankles.
When physical activity was measured by a device that detects movement, only about 3 5percentt of adults completed 30 minutes of moderate or greater intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week [ 40].
Working alone since the age of 40, he invented a device that detected CFCs, which helped detect the growing hole in the ozone layer, and introduced the Gaia hypothesis, a revolutionary theory that the Earth is a self-regulating super-organism.
The positioning of one or several stimulus objects in a window near the subject's hand is controlled by a photoelectric device that detects periodic openings in the conveyor belt.
Developed by a team at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a laser device that detects molecules in one's breath that may hint at diseases.
A small device that detects motion by sensing the user's natural hand movements, Leap Motion allows Fujimoto to manipulate the beat with his mouth and his hands (see video below).
In 2009, she left the academic world to start AUM Cardiovascular, to create a handheld device that detects blockages in the blood vessels around the heart, which can determine whether someone is developing heart disease or may be at risk for a sudden heart attack.
