Animetrics Inc., a provider of face recognizing biometric solutions, has been awarded patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patents are titled ‘Generation of Image Database for Multifeatured Objects,’ ‘Facial Recognition System and Method,’ and ‘Viewpoint-Invariant Image Matching and Generation of 3D Models from 2D Imagery.’ These patents are based on breakthrough technologies that are revolutionizing face biometric-based applications in the domain of surveillance, security, and computer vision.
Lockheed Martin (LM) has been awarded a three-year contract valued at $36.8 million by the U.S. Army to support the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) and TADS/PNVS systems for Arizona Support Center’s AH-64 Apache helicopters. The Arizona Support Center is responsible for the induction, refurbishing and modification of legacy PNVS/TADS systems for incorporation into M-TADS/PNVS.
Radiation detection device manufacturer PartTec has entered into an agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory of the Department of Energy to produce and market the latter’s state-of-the-art neutron detection device.
InDevR’s ampliPHOX Calorimetric Detection Technology is currently under beta site testing for an impending product launch. The Boulder-based University of Colarado had licensed the related intellectual property (IP) to InDevR.
Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. (TAOS) has recently launched its initial range of state-of-the-art proximity detection and digital ambient light sensors (ALS). TAOS, a leading worldwide provider of digital ALS for the HDTV and smartphone markets, has designed the product range to enable manufacturers of consumer electronics products produce novel product designs. Besides this, the device range would also feature improved battery life and improved energy efficiency for next generation green electronic gadgets. These devices obviate the requirement to utilize plastic or glass before the sensor or drill holes in the product display, frame, or bezel so that light is able to reach the sensors.
Ongoing clinical trials by BodyMedia Inc. have revealed that individuals who tried out its wearable body-monitoring technology have achieved three times more weight loss as compared to individuals who did not use this technology. Outcomes of the company’s initial four-month trial studying the effect of its body-monitoring systems on weight reduction, pioneered by BodyMedia, were revealed during the recent 29th Annual International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) Trade Show and Convention.
The outer layers of Earth's atmosphere hold many secrets yet to be uncovered and three scientific instruments will fly soon on the FASTSAT-HSV01 satellite and seek to uncover them to benefit us here on Earth.
Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment.
By Richard Harth
15 Mar 2010
Sensata Technologies Holding N.V has announced the pricing of the initial public offering.
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has announced that PlayStation®Move motion controller for PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system launches worldwide this fall, offering a motion-based, high-definition gaming experience unlike anything on the market.
The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil.
A team of engineers from the University of Seville (US) has created a system for monitoring historical monuments by remote control and detecting possible damage.
MIT chemical engineers have built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell.
Intelligent devices to measure consumption - make it possible to read and control power consumption, even of private households, while away from the property. This is because the increasing use of solar and wind resources will be changing the electricity supply matrix in the very near future.
Claire Gmachl, professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University, will give a talk on “Engineering Light: Quantum Cascade Lasers,” at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, March 17, at 4 p.m. in the Hamilton Seminar Room. Sponsored by Brookhaven Women in Science, the lecture is free and open to the public.