Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Sensor
Sensor noun - Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.
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Later Shaw finds a tracking sensor and realises he is the one who has the tracking device implanted under his skin by a doctor working in league with The Mole, who 'accidentally' injured him during a basketball game.
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Everything Sensor: A plot device that tells the heroes what and where the danger is.
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Sensor Suspense: During the Chase Scene after the second show, when Dylan uses the tracker device to follow Daniel through the streets of New Orleans.
Source: Film / Now You See Me
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