This helps it determine where users spend their time, and therefore what local content and ads will be especially relevant to them.
The device itself includes a light source that illuminates the sample and a spectrometer (an optical sensor) that collects the light reflected from the sample, which is what helps it determine the item's molecular makeup.
Upon installation, you connect your Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Google Reader and now, Google+, accounts to the service, which helps it determine what sort of things you would find interesting.
This idea of "open source product development" isn't exactly new to Balanced: The Y Combinator alum has long depended on customers and partners to help it determine which features it should build into its two-sided payment platform.
Moreover, Everlane wants to create a personal experience: The company considers its members a community and, as such, collects feedback to help it determine which clothes to design and sell.
Up to a point, the EU has clear guidelines which should be able to help it determine what constitutes terrorism.
The Scrutiny Committee will consider a range of evidence to help it determine whether or not the decision is in the interest of health services across the region.
All these sources helped it determine which cities would have the worst Thanksgiving delays on the road.
FDA says it will be accepting public comments on the report, to help it determine what to do next.
It works by offering a "3D interaction volume," made up of a point cloud, which pmd says means it can be more accurate than Leap Motion, which just identifies points for fingertips to help it determine relative spacial distance.
