Two types of crystalline silicon are used in the production of solar cells. In the first type, monocrystalline silicon solar cells are produced by slicing wafers from a single...
Producers of packaged meat products must ensure that the portions of meat that are packed are accurately portioned and cut. Deviating from specified weights by more than a half...
Today, many camera vendors develop products based around standard sensors from manufacturers such as Aptina, Sony, and Eastman Kodak. Because of this, it has become increasingly...
DapTechnology demonstrated an S3200 3.2-Gbit IEEE 1394b FireWire system-on-a-chip (SoC) in November at VISION 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. The demonstration showed video data being...
The neural processing involved in visually recognizing even the simplest object in a natural environment is profound—and profoundly difficult to mimic. Using graphics processing...
Researchers Hiromasa Oku and Masatoshi Ishikawa at the University of Tokyo have developed a rapidly deformable, variable focus liquid lens in which they can change and control...
The City of Fredericksburg, VA, has improved the way it manages parking by adopting a vision-based, automated parking system known as autoChalk from Tannery Creek Systems. The...
Punctuated equilibrium is a theory describing evolutionary change that happens rapidly and in response to geological events occurring between long periods of stasis, or equilibrium...
Compact, 12-lb linear steppers (53 N continuous force, 16 lb, 71 N peak force) travel at 80 in./s (2 m/s), with 1-µm (0.00004-in.) resolution and can operate in any axis. They...
