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Microsoft’s Kinect helps keep surgery sterile
Engineers based at Microsoft Research (Cambridge, UK) have developed a system based on the Microsoft Kinect that allows surgeons to manipulate images in the operating theater.
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Brican launches unmanned aerial vehicle
A Brampton-based flight system developer has unveiled a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that will be used to remotely track and gather data on wildlife. The TD100 series was the showpiece item for Brican Flight Systems Inc, located at 54 Van Kirk Dr., during the Ontario Centres of Excellence's ...
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Cascade classifier clears up clutter from radar
A technology that started life in detecting faces and penguin markings in the Antarctic is being adapted to help aid operators of military radar screens.
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Vision trains its eye on fork-lift trucks for materials handlers
As part of the so-called 'Forklift Eye' project, researchers from the Institute of Materials Handling, Material Flow and Logistics (Garching, Germany) are developing a vision-based system to improve the efficiency and performance of fork-lift trucks.
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Combined CT and PET scanning improves cardiac risk prediction
Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that could help doctors to predict a patient’s risk of having a heart attack.
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Image processing app is just for the birds
A team of researchers led by computer science Professor Serge Belongie at the University of California, San Diego has developed an iPad app called Visipedia that will identify most North American birds, with a little help from a human user.
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UK researchers to give legs to robot vision
Researchers at Bristol University (Bristol, UK) are involved in a £500,000 project that will see them create a vision-based control system for legged robotic systems that can travel over complex terrains.
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Hyperspectral imaging system sorts nonferrous materials
A team of Irish and Spanish researchers has developed a hyperspectral image processing system that could be used to sort nonferrous metals.
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Imaging spectroradiometers show turbines heating up Texas
A region of Texas that contains four of the world's largest wind farms has shown an increase in land surface temperature that researchers have connected to local meteorological effects of the turbines.
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Vision system helps monitor germination of seeds
Researchers at GEVES (Beaucouzé, France) have developed a machine vision system for monitoring the germination of seeds from a dry state to young seedlings.