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Butterfly Wings Inspire Thermal Imagers

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NISKAYUNA, N.Y., Feb. 13, 2012 — Mother Nature’s 5-million-year-old butterfly design has led to the development of a new bio-inspired sensor that is faster, smaller and more sensitive than today’s thermal imaging devices. Dr. Radislav Potyrailo and colleagues at GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Co., have copied the microscopic design on the iridescent wings of the Morpho sulkowskyi butterfly to develop thermal imagers for more advanced applications for industrial inspection, medical diagnostics and the military. Morpho butterfly scales doped with...Read full article

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    Published: February 2012
    AmericasBiophotonicsbutterfly wingsdefenseGeGE Global ResearchGeneral Electrichomeland securityImagingindustrialindustrial inspectioninfrared detectorsiridescent wingsmedical diagnosticsmorpho butterflynanostructured systemsNew Yorknight visionphotonic nanostructuresRadislav PotyrailoResearch & TechnologysensingSensors & Detectorsthermal imagersthermal imaging sensorsthermal security surveillancethermal visionthermal vision gogglesvapor sensingvisual heat maps

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