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General Dynamics SATCOM and Stratosat to Deliver 64 Radio Antennas for MeerKAT Telescope Array

General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies, a provider of radio astronomy, tactical, strategic and emergency satellite communications equipment, has entered into a partnership with Stratosat Datacom to deliver 64 radio antennas for South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope array.

10 Sep 2012

Use of Thermal Imaging Technology to Identify Drunks

The concept of thermal imaging may assist in identifying drunks in airports, bars and other public areas. Vassilis Anastassopoulos and Georgia Koukiou from the Electronics Laboratory of the University of Patros in Greece are generating a software that can impartially determine if an individual has ingested too much alcohol based on the temperature on different portions of the individual’s face.

5 Sep 2012

New Imaging Technology Analyzes Walking Patterns to Prevent Falls

An interdisciplinary team comprising researchers from the Photon Science Institute and three academic Schools at The University of Manchester has developed a smart carpet to prevent falls, a major cause of hospitalization for people in the above 65 age group.

4 Sep 2012

MRI Advantageous Over X-Rays in Detecting Early-Stage Osteoarthritis

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) conducted a study on the usage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting osteoarthritis and found that it had significant advantages over X-ray imaging.

4 Sep 2012

New Open Platform for Improved Biomedical-Image Processing

San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid) researcher Ignacio Arganda and working for MIT, is one of innovators of an open source platform, ‘Fiji’, that facilitates application sharing as a means to advance biomedical-image processing.

3 Sep 2012

Astellas Pharma Adopts Advantest’s Terahertz Spectroscopic/Imaging System

Advantest recently declared that Astellas Pharma has adopted Advantest’s THz wave technology-based TAS7500, a terahertz spectroscopic imaging system.

1 Sep 2012

Canon U.S.A. Launches Compact Cinema Zoom Lenses for Professional Digital Photography

Debuted at NAB 2012, Canon U.S.A.’s two new lightweight and handheld cinema zoom lenses in EF- as well as PL-mount versions now complement the Canon Cinema EOS product line.

From Canon U.S.A., Inc. 31 Aug 2012

VECTRA 3D Imaging System for Breast Enhancement

Women who are thinking of going through a breast enhancement procedure have the problem of not being able to foresee the end result. They cannot decide on the shape and size of the implant that will help them achieve the look that they desire to possess.

30 Aug 2012

Two Telescopes Help NASA Discover First Two-Planet Solar System Surrounding a Binary Star

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the first two-planet solar system around a binary star, with the help of astronomers at the University of Texas at Austin utilizing two telescopes at the University’s McDonald’s observatory at West Texas. The discovery confirms that planetary systems can form around binary stars.

30 Aug 2012

Scientists Use Normal Video Cameras to Capture Movements of People in Real Time

Computer scientists belonging to the Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics (MPI) in Saarbrücken have developed a novel method to capture the movements of several people, in real time, using conventional cameras. The discovery will benefit animation specialists, athletes and medical scientists.

29 Aug 2012