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Technology News Highlights 2008 p1 of 2:
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Vision-guided laser welding automation systems support battery manufacturing
JULY 15, 2008--Automation Engineering Incorporated (Wilmington, MA, USA) is delivering multiple FlexLase laser welding stations to a producer of battery cells for hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles.
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Image processing and fuzzy logic to automate cancer detection
JULY 14, 2008--Technology that will make it possible to semi-automate the process for detecting cancerous tumors more precisely is being developed by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire.
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Algorithm estimates geographic location of images
JULY 11, 2008--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) have devised the first computerized method that can analyze a single photograph and determine where the image likely was taken.
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Simultaneous framing/streak camera visualizes nanoscale biomedical events
JULY 2, 2008--Recording simultaneous, ultrafast two-dimensional (2-D) and time-resolved images is of significant interest to scientists in a growing number of fields.
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Robots use vision to navigate pipe
JUNE 30, 2008--Cybernetics and optical measurement scientists at SINTEF (Trondheim, Norway) are working on a robot to inspect pipes.
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New speed detection and enforcement systems to be introduced in Eastern Europe
JUNE 27, 2008--Twelve fixed PoliScanspeed systems, designed by VITRONIC (Wiesbaden, Germany), are to begin operation on roads in Lithuania in summer 2008.
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Spanish scientists detect shadows in satellite images
JUNE 2, 2008--Scientists at the University of Malaga have devised a procedure for accurately identifying shadows in high-resolution images captured by satellites.
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Face recognition gets embedded in IP
MAY 22, 2008--Oki Electric has developed face-image-processing hardware intellectual property (IP) to enable face detection functionality on ICs.
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Image analyzer improves protein-detection accuracy
MAY 20, 2008--Syngene (Frederick, MD, USA) has announced that a US medical institute is improving detection of proteins associated with spinal-cord injuries with its image analyzer.
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Vision sensors open new markets and uses at VISION 2008
MAY 8, 2008--At VISION 2008 (4 to 6 November 2008; Stuttgart, Germany), the escalating growth of vision sensors will be clearly seen.
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