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Image Processing Software Helps Preserve Ancient Art
Nov 1, 1997 — Artifacts from the city of Ravenna, Italy, which in the fifth century saw the sunset of the Western Roman Empire, have played an important role in developing a multispectral imaging technique. The technique exploits The MathWorks' MATLAB image processing technology and could prove to be of invaluable help in preserving and restoring ancient mosaics and other art. Italian mosaics in the church of St. Apollinare Nuovo undergo analysis before restoration begins. A research group, formed by...
IR Beamsplitter Coatings Reduce Gas Analyzer Size, Cost
Nov 1, 1997 — A manufacturer of gas-analysis equipment had developed a product that could quickly and accurately measure up to 250 hydrocarbon gases, but it was not without its problems. It was a large, expensive instrument. The company determined that a...
Laser Sensor Controls Mold Level for Aluminum Ingots
Nov 1, 1997 — The Reynolds Metals Co. Alabama Reclamation Operations in Muscle Shoals, Ala., processes aluminum from recycled cans, scrap from canning plants and other sources of new and used aluminum as part of the company's extensive recycling network....
Silica Fiber Monitors Temperature in Oil Wells
Nov 1, 1997 — The fuel industry has traditionally used submersible electric pumps to deliver oil from underground reservoirs to ground level. These devices are affected by changes in temperature and pressure, which can slow production and shorten the pump's life....
Digital Camera Saves Airline Time and Money
Oct 1, 1997 — 'United Airlines' System Aircraft Maintenance Control Group's job is to keep a fleet of 570 aircraft in service and well-maintained so the planes are safe and the airline remains profitable. It can be costly for airplanes to be grounded because of...
Fiber Optic Switch Sheds Light on Cancer Research
Oct 1, 1997 — Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are focusing on the application of near-IR light to probe the oxygenation states of tissues for diagnostic and functional imaging purposes. As part of a breast cancer study, the team is using a technique...
Fish Dine by Carefully Monitored Light
Oct 1, 1997 — Do the gilled inhabitants of Georges Bank, an important feeding and spawning ground just east of Cape Cod, Mass., prefer to take their meals at high noon, or are their appetites whetted by the ambiance of a sunset or the moonlight? Researchers...
IR Cameras Keep Texas Police ALERT
Oct 1, 1997 — Criminals in the Dallas area who rely on the cover of night are no match for local law enforcement's latest weapon. The US Department of Transportation and the Texas Transportation Institute recently employed Raytheon TI Systems' NightSight infrared...
Spectrometer Makes Astronomical Debut
Oct 1, 1997 — Amateur and university astronomers have more in common than a passing interest in stars. With the tight equipment budgets at universities today, professional astronomers often find themselves confronted with a problem that most amateur astronomers...
Face-recognition technology makes air travel safer
Sep 1, 1997 — Today more than ever, security is a primary concern for airport and airline personnel and -- most of all -- for passengers. The system ensures that only passengers who have checked their luggage can enter the departure lounge and board the...
Fiber optics technology takes to the big screen
Sep 1, 1997 — Visitors to the National Western Event Center in Denver, an equestrian arena used primarily for concerts, horse shows and other sporting events, can now see what's going on even better because of a newly installed FiberVision screen from Advance...
Oil refinery finds FTIR spectrometer is slick
Sep 1, 1997 — The oil refining industry has a tall order to fill: monitoring and ensuring the purity and quality of its product. In the quality control laboratory at a major US oil refinery, a laboratory spectrometer with an automated sample system from Analect...
CCD Camera Helps Analyze Print Head Problems
Aug 1, 1997 — Charge-coupled-device (CCD) technology plays a leading role in allowing visualization of ultrafast-motion events. A high-resolution, high-speed CCD camera from The Cooke Corp. in Tonawanda, N.Y., is making life a lot easier for one manufacturer of...
Custom Microscope System Takes the 'Bugs' out of Insect Study
Aug 1, 1997 — Entomologists who track the behavior of insects have some pretty specific needs with regard to a microscopy system. The head of a gypsy moth caterpillar can be seen clearly through the Zoom 70 system. They must observe live insects in their...
Fiber Drawing Tower Ups Quality, Enables Diversity
Aug 1, 1997 — Fiberoptic Systems Inc. (FSI) of Simi Valley, Calif., a manufacturer of optical fiber and assemblies for the OEM market, experienced a significant increase in demand for its diverse products and services. The company needed to produce raw optical...
Desert Nomads Rely on Photonics to Find Fertile Ground
Jul 1, 1997 — United Nations organizations are increasingly employing satellites and high-resolution imaging to combat desertification, pests and pollution. In one striking example, modern remote-sensing technology has come to the aid of Saudi Arabia's desert...
Dynamic Duo Streamlines Evidence Detection
Jul 1, 1997 — Any "whodunit" fan is familiar with the scene where the sleuth uncovers a vital clue from a pad of paper by rubbing it with a lead pencil to bring out the impressions of handwriting from the previous page. If only it were always that...
Giant Robots Build Airplanes with the Aid of Laser Tracking
Jul 1, 1997 — Juggling takes skill and focus. Imagine, then, juggling sections of airplanes that weigh 100,000 lb and that must be matched to within thousandths of an inch.That was the situation Ed Chalupa and two fellow engineers faced when in 1993 they formed...
Photonics Ensures Quality of Flexographic Printers' Rolls
Jul 1, 1997 — It is certainly an understatement to say that maintaining consistently high-quality graphics is a priority in the printing industry, and manufacturers of printing equipment face a formidable task in providing high-performance products. In...
Crime Fighters Find the Borescope a Powerful Ally
Jun 1, 1997 — Borescopes usually have a light source and a series of rods that allow magnified, illuminated viewing inside very small holes and apertures. Some borescopes use spaced achromats and others use the Hopkins design so the objective lens forms the image...
European Photonics Experts Focus on Munich
Jun 1, 1997 — More than 14,000 photonics scientists, engineers and technicians worldwide will converge on the Munich Trade Fair Site for the 13th LASER conference and exposition June 16 to 20. This year's event, touted as the leading international trade fair for...
Glass Aspheric Lenses Offer a Practical Solution for Bar-Code Scanners
Jun 1, 1997 — Bar-code scanning devices rely heavily on laser diode lighting systems to record data, and product designers are looking closely at ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs.Circularizing the elliptical beam from a laser diode for precise...
Machine Vision System Takes a Front Seat
Jun 1, 1997 — Lear Corp., a Canadian manufacturer of auto seat frames, needed a way to improve product quality and eliminate the problems in its production process. Misassembled auto seat frames are not only costly and detrimental to production rates, but also...
Network Chooses Terrestrial Fiber for TV Broadcasting
Jun 1, 1997 — News-12 New Jersey, a regional 24-hour all-news cable television channel owned by Rainbow Program Holding Inc. of Floral Park, N.Y., was looking for a high-quality yet economical means of transmitting the network's programming from its Long Island...
Photodetector Module Helps Monitor Magnetic Fusion
Jun 1, 1997 — For years, research scientists had had trouble navigating the cramped electronics hall at San Diego's DIII-D magnetic fusion facility. Packed with electronic and data-acquisition equipment, the hall had very little room for the large electronics...
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