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Technology News Highlights 2007 p2 of 3:

• Computer imaging to be used to identify frogs
  SEPTEMBER 27, 2007--A scientist from the University of Portsmouth (Portsmouth, UK) has received a grant to research the use of computer imaging technologies for identifying frogs in research.
• DataLase and FractureCode offer item-level track-and-trace system
  SEPTEMBER 4, 2007--DataLase (Cheshire, UK) and FractureCode (Copenhagen, Denmark) are partnering to offer item-level coding and track & trace systems for individual products.
• TSA announces testing of passenger-imaging technologies
  AUGUST 1, 2007--The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA; Washington, DC, USA) has announced contract awards to begin testing millimeter-wave imaging machines, as well as backscatter machines, at airport security checkpoints.
• IR imaging could end flat road-congestion charges
  JULY 26, 2007--Dtect, developed by optical engineering experts at Vehicle Occupany, a Loughborough University spinout, can be used for scenarios where multiple occupancy could attract lower fees.
• Embedded systems compete with smart cameras at VISION 2007
  JUNE 26, 2007--Simply comparing processor performance is not enough.
• Endoscopic video capture aids conservation of rare cello
  MAY 21, 2007--A Moritex PalmScope video-capture device, fitted with a 9.8-mm flexible endoscopic probe, has enabled authentication of an 18th century cello.
• Wavelets compress images at high-resolution
  MARCH 29--As electronic storage, retrieval, and distribution of documents becomes faster and cheaper, documents and papers are becoming increasingly digital.
• IR imaging tests fatigue in engine turbine blades
  MARCH 29--Snecma (Villaroche, France), a Safran Group company that designs, develops, and produces engines for civil and military aircraft, launch vehicles, and satellites, is using a Silver 450M thermal IR camera from Cedip Infrared Systems (Croissy-Beaubourg, France; www.cedip-infrared.com ) to help its engineers improve the design of its aero-engines.
• MathStar collaborates with LG Electronics
  MARCH 20--MathStar (Hillsboro, OR, USA; www.mathstar.com) is working with LG Electronics (LGE; Lincolnshire, IL, USA; www.lgcommercial.com) on a solution that supports the migration to MPEG-4 high-definition video technology in the lodging industry.
• Scientists develop crime-busting fingerprint-recovery technology
  MARCH 15--Innovative new technology being developed at Swansea University Materials Research Centre (Swansea, UK; www.swan.ac.uk/) could play a crucial role in the fight against gun crime and terrorism.

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