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Technology News Highlights 2001 p4 of 6:

• Hyperspectral remote-sensing service is in operation for precision farming
  AUGUST 6--As of spring 2001 and for the duration of summer and fall, OKSI, a small business specializing in hyperspectral imaging for remote sensing, ground, and laboratory applications, is producing real-time data products for a precision farming-technology project sponsored by NASA as part of the joint NASA/USDA/Grower project known as Ag2020.
• Retinal Technologies offers hand-held retinal-scanning system
  AUGUST 1--Since no two retinas are alike--not even in identical twins--retinal scanning is widely recognized as the most accurate and reliable of the biometric technologies, yet cost and implementation issues have prevented its widespread adoption.
• New multislice CT scanner speeds diagnosis and treatment
  JULY 27--The University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore, MD; www.umm.edu/center/) has begun using a sophisticated new imaging tool called the multislice computed-tomography (CT) scanner, which speeds diagnosis and treatment of patients, including trauma patients with severe injuries.
• New imaging device offers better conditions for cancer treatment planning
  JULY 26--A new 'large-bore' (85-cm-diameter opening), x-ray imaging device, installed at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (St. Louis, MO) in Dec. 2000, allows patients to have a computed-tomography (CT) scan taken in the actual treatment position.
• World design standard now includes PCI-X and updated PCI design information
  JULY 25--Now in its fifth edition, PCI and PCI-X Hardware and Software (Annabooks; Poway, CA) by Edward Solari and George Willse contains detailed information on design to, and compliance with, all of the PCI and PCI-X bus specifications and covers hardware design and the hardware and software requirements for systems with multiple bridges and bus segments.
• ENEA to use data-visualization system to study biodiversity in Mediterranean Sea
  JULY 23--Advanced Visual Systems Inc. (AVS; Waltham, MA; www.avs.com) has completed a cooperative project with the ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre near Lerici, Italy, to create a visualization tool based on its AVS/Express that facilitates the centre's study of coastal marine ecosystem biodiversity.
• Global plasma-display-systems market to expand sharply
  JUNE 28-According to its report, Plasma Display Panels, market-research firm Stanford Resources Inc. (San Jose, CA;an iSuppli company; www.stanfordresources.com.), forecasts the worldwide market for PDP display systems will grow to 6.2 million units valued at $16.4 billion in 2007.
• Security concerns drive biometrics acceptance
  JUNE 27--Despite being viewed as space-age technology, biometrics is slowly moving into more mass-market uses, according to Cahners In-Stat Group (Scottsdale, AZ; www.instat.com)
• 1394 Trade Association Developers' Conference To Feature Sessions by KnowledgeTek
  JUNE 18--KnowledgeTek Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), a provider of technical training in new technologies, will present a comprehensive seminar on using the IEEE 1394 standard in computer peripherals and consumer electronics designs at this year's annual 1394 Developers' Conference, July 31--Aug. 2, at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA.
• Laser-based imaging pinpoints proteins in cancer
  JUNE 15--Researchers at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN; www.vanderbilt.edu) have combined molecular imaging with mass spectrometry to improve their ability to identify and quantify the production of proteins in potentially cancerous tissue.

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