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Technology News Highlights 2005 p2 of 3:

• Increased focus on R&D key to growth in microscopy sector
  AUGUST 31--Recent technological breakthroughs are likely to impact the microscopy industry positively. This upswing will grow further following large-scale digitalization and growth in related fields such as image reconstruction and restoration, according to researchers at Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company (www.frost.com).
• NASA chooses e2v CCDs for new Mars probe
  AUGUST 16--Image sensors from e2v technologies (Elmsford, NY; www.e2v.com) will capture images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment telescopic camera, looking in particular for clues on the planet's water and ice history.
• Fairchild Imaging CCD provides stunning imagery of comet Tempel 1
  JULY 28--Recently the comet Tempel 1 slammed into the impactor of the NASA Deep Impact Program providing a spectacularly bright flash of light.
• Machine vision helps judge fruit taste
  MAY 9--The produce industry is working with the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS)--the US Department of Agriculture chief scientific research agency--to make sure that fruits and vegetables taste as good as they look.
• Fujifilm to display holographic storage technology at NAB
  APRIL 15--Next week at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, NV, Fuji Photo Film USA Inc. (Valhalla, NY; www.fujifilm.com) will display its next-generation information storage-disk technology.
• FLIR Systems launches InfraMation 2005
  APRIL 14--FLIR Systems Inc. (N. Billerica, MA) has launched InfraMation 2005 (Oct. 17--21, 2005, in Las Vegas, NV; www.inframation.org)--an annual conference for infrared-camera end users and thermography professionals.
• FLIR schedules seminars For R&D and process control engineers
  APRIL 13--A series of free half-day seminars designed to introduce infrared thermography to engineers and others involved in research and development and process control has been established by FLIR Systems (N. Billerica, MA; www.flir.com).
• Cameras with on-board JPEG/Motion-JPEG compression now available
  APRIL 1--The Imaging Solutions Group (ISG Rochester, NY; www.isgchips.com) has announced the availability of cameras with on-board JPEG/Motion-JPEG compression to reduce bandwidth in the Internet-monitoring, security & surveillance industries, and military applications.
• CMOS photoreceiver cells target sensor market
  APRIL 1--1st Silicon (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia) and UniqueICs (Russia), a subsidiary of Kedah Wafer Emas (KWE; Malaysia), have announced completion of color CMOS photoreceiver cells that will be manufactured using 1st Silicon's 0.25-μm standard CMOS mixed-signal process.
• Mercury Computer Systems leverages NVIDIA Technology alliance to accelerate DBT reconstruction
  MARCH 7--Mercury Computer Systems Inc. (Chelmsford, MA; www.mc.com) and NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA; www.nvidia.com) announced that the company greatly reduced the image-reconstruction time for the 3-D mammography technique developed by MGH from five hours to five minutes.

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