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INSIDER: Imaging
Chameleon-Like Material Changes Color on Demand
Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have created a thin, chameleon-like material that can be made to change color — on demand — by applying a minute amount of force.
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The United States government spends a lot of money on its defense programs, investing in the training and technology necessary to arm and prepare the most advanced fighting force on the planet. The price tag for...
Briefs: Imaging
NGDCS Linux Application for Imaging-Spectrometer Data Acquisition and Display
A simple method of controlling recording and display of imaging spectrometer data in (airborne) flight was needed. Existing commercial packages were overly complicated, and sometimes difficult to operate in a bouncing plane. The software also was required to keep up with...
Application Briefs: Imaging
Clarity™ Matrix LCD Video Wall System Planar Systems Beaverton, OR 866-475-2627 www.planar.com
A Clarity Matrix video wall system was installed at NASA’s Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC)...
Briefs: Aerospace
The Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck (IIFD) project, part of NASA’s Aviation Safety Program (AvSP), comprises a multi-disciplinary research effort to develop flight...
News: Imaging
Ultra-Thin 3D Display Promises Greater Energy Efficiency
An ultra-thin LCD screen, developed by a group of researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, holds three-dimensional images without a power source, making the display technology a compact, energy-efficient way to display visual information.In a traditional LCD,...
News: Nanotechnology
'Squid Skin' Metamaterial Yields Vivid Color Display
The quest to create artificial "squid skin" — camouflaging metamaterials that can "see" colors and automatically blend into the background — is one step closer to reality, thanks to a color-display technology by Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP).The new full-color display...
News: Electronics & Computers
Nano-Pixels Promise Flexible, High-Res Displays
A new discovery will make it possible to create pixels just a few hundred nanometers across. The "nano-pixels" could pave the way for extremely high-resolution and low-energy thin, flexible displays for applications such as 'smart' glasses, synthetic retinas, and foldable screens.Oxford University...
News: Electronics & Computers
Over 24 hours from April 4 to 5, six top French design studios conceived and presented new product concepts for urban environments during the Small Spaces Design Hackathon, presented by Cut&Paste in partnership...
News: Defense
Army Works To Develop New Combat Headgear
In their quest for better helmet technologies to keep soldiers and marines safe on the battlefield, researchers at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center are making a "HEaDS-UP" play.
Podcasts: Imaging
Dr. Andrew Watson, Senior Scientist for Vision Research, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Dr. Andrew Watson works on models of human vision and applies them to
visual technology. The Founder and Editor in Chief of the Journal of
Vision, he is also a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, of the
Association for Research in Vision and...
Application Briefs: Imaging
Wilshire Media Systems, a division of Wilshire Home Entertainment, will allow NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to display ultra-high-resolution images from its active missions...
Articles: Medical
Prosthetic Leg Connector
Dave King Synergy Tech, Kelowna, BC Canada
This is a device to aid those who wear prosthetic limbs. The current state of the art is a multilayer system that...
News: Electronics & Computers
Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. Their generator is the first to produce electricity by harnessing the...
Articles: Imaging
The first 3D immersive environments, consisting of rudimentary software, projection, and display technologies, appeared two or more decades ago, but the past five years have seen a dramatic increase in the power...
Techs for License: Aerospace
Real-Time Dogfight Guiding System
Successful performance of BFM (Basic Flight Maneuvers) presents the greatest challenge facing combat pilots. Acquiring and maintaining the required skills for dogfights is a long, complicated and costly process. The solution is a system that provides automatic assessment of a situation and automatic recommendation...
Application Briefs: Imaging
IS-1200 inertial-optical motion tracker InterSense Bedford, MA 781-541-6330 www.intersense.com
NASA’s Langley Research Center has awarded InterSense a follow-on...
Briefs: Imaging
The NASA Ames hyperwall is a display system designed to facilitate the visualization of sets of multivariate and multidimensional data like those generated in complex engineering and...
Products: Imaging
Matrox Graphics, Montreal, Canada, has introduced DualHead2Go™, an external device that connects to the monitor connector of a computer to add support for an extra monitor. The operating system treats the device like a...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Software for Analyzing Root Causes of Process Anomalies
Root Cause Analysis (RoCA) is a computer program that assists analysts in understanding the root causes of process anomalies. As used here, “process anomalies” includes incidents that have caused, or that can potentially cause, injuries to personnel, damage to facilities, abnormal costs,...
Briefs: Imaging
Software for Scheduling Use of Shared Resources
The Quick Utility for Intelligence Planning and Scheduling (QUIPS) computer program automates the scheduling of resources that must be shared among multiple tasks or groups. Designed to aid coordination of military intelligence operations at the division and brigade levels, QUIPS might also prove...
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