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Technology News Highlights 2006 p1 of 2:

• e2v image sensors launch with Solar-B mission
  SEPTEMBER 22--Image sensors from UK-based e2v are to be launched from Japan on 23 September with the Solar-B space mission to study the Sun.
• Infrared Training Center schedules courses
  AUGUST 1--The latest listing of fully certified infrared training courses offered by the Infrared Training Center (North Billerica, MA, USA) is now available.
• ESA selects Sofradir to design a detector for its mission to Mercury
  JUNE 22--Sofradir (Grenoble, France; www.sofradir.com)has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a near-IR detector for the Visible Infrared Imaging spectrometer, a measurement instrument that will be used in BepiColombo, the ESA's space mission to Mercury.
• Microsoft Robotics Studio supports robotics innovation
  JUNE 21--At the recent RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006, Microsoft Corp. showcased the community technology preview of a new Windows-based environment for academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers to create robotic applications.
• Infrared Training Center schedules courses
  MARCH 28--The latest listing of fully certified infrared training courses offered by the Infrared Training Center (North Billerica MA) is now available.
• Ulster University explores intelligent systems
  MARCH 28--Electronics and computing engineers from the University of Ulster (Londonderry, Ireland; www.ulster.ac.uk) have teamed up with neuroscientists, physicists, and biologists from across Europe to incorporate human senses into intelligent computer systems.
• Vendors team to speed systems
  MARCH 24--Previous attempts at offloading algorithms into parallel and programmable hardware architectures have fallen short of the mark due to technical barriers, price, or lack of suitable and easy-to-use design tools. .
• Subsea vessel uses video imaging
  MARCH 22--A FusionPro 1RU MultiViewer from Zandar Technologies (Dublin, Ireland; www.zandar.com) has been installed onboard the DMT Diamond vessel for Deep Marine Technology (Houston, TX; www.deepsubs.com).
• Smart cameras drive machine vision
  MARCH 20--Manufacturers of vision-system technologies are finding it extremely challenging to keep pace with developments in the semiconductor industry.
• Imaging technology may speed airport check-in
  FEBRUARY 27--Technology being developed at Sheffield Hallam University's Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI; www.shu.ac.uk) by a team led by Prof. Marcos Rodrigues may speed airport check-in.

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