Imaging and Video Equipment Reference Materials
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Precise Detection of Pallet Pockets Using a 3D Snapshot Camera
From: SICKDescription: Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) from the manufacturer Transolt move about its customers' warehouses as if by magic. There's nothing supernatural at play here, of course, but AGVs do possess a certain ...
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What is LiDAR?
From: SICKDescription: For decades, LiDAR technology has been used as an effective means of detection and ranging in various settings and industries. But what exactly is it and where did it come from? LiDAR is an acronym , ...
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Case Study: CP Industries Chooses Radiant for Windshield Glass Testing for Head-Up Displays
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: With a decades-long legacy delivering end-to-end assembly and test systems to the automotive market, CP Industries is well-positioned to address windshield glass inspection to meet growth in head-up ...
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Smart TFT LCD Used on Variable-Frequency Drive
Description: Smart TFT LCD is very suitable for industry application, like medical, power and transportation. ...
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His Very Own Space Odyssey
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: Based in New York, USA, Carl Darby set out to create a scale model of the EVA Pod from the Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey - a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Not ...
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Australian Technology Manufacturer Contributes to Smart Medical Solutions
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: What exactly this 'new normal' is, however, subject to continuous change. With vaccines now becoming available, businesses are gaining hope that they can see some normality return, however supply ...
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iX Energy Case Study
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: iX Energy approached 4D Systems because they needed an enterprise-grade display for their vehicles that could deliver a great first impression and complementary aesthetics, and also integrate with ...
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Smart TFT LCD for Active Power Filter
Description: Human society replies on electricity. And active power filter is a critical part in power grid system. ...
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Weighing in on Silo Level Measurement, How New Technology Helps You Cope
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: In the past few years, technology has exploded. There has been a rapid transition to the industrial internet of things - or IIoT. Sensors increasingly began to use protocols like Modbus and HART. ...
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Topway LCD Display in United Nations - 5th Anniversary
Description: Five years ago, Topway LCD signage officially entered United Nations' meeting rooms. ...
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Teledyne e2v to Supply Infrared Detector for TRUTHS Climate Change Satellite
From: Teledyne e2vDescription: Chelmsford, UK, December 2, 2020 - Teledyne e2v, part of the Teledyne Imaging Group, will supply infrared detectors for the UK-led climate change TRUTHS mission. The Traceable Radiometry Underpinning ...
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Leading the Way in Solar Powered Vessels
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: The challenge for the team was to display every piece of relevant information while keeping power usage to a minimum so that the power could be used by the motors to outrun competitors. ...
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Redesign of an Outdoor LCD Display
Description: TFT LCD displays for outdoor use need to have special characteristics to defend harsh environment. ...
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Sunlight Readable LCD Display
Description: Most TFT LCDs are hard to read under sunlight. They are "washed" out under direct or indirect sunlight, normally. ...
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Developing Bespoke Products Profitably
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: Based in Nantes, France, Ledixis designs DMX controllers for lighting control on TV and cinema sets for its brand Exalux which targets commercial customers. It is a balancing act to cost effectively ...
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Optimising a World-class Ready-to-drive Vehicle
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: Formula Student is an international design competition for students in which teams from around the world construct a single-seated formula vehicle and produce a ready-to-drive prototype in which they ...
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Sensor Proliferation
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Two things that tend to capture my interest in an article are sensors and cars, and Bill Schweber's entertaining post in a recent EE Times featured both. So I was entertained. He started out with the ...
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Weather Forecasting
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Over the past month or so, I've been keeping my eye on the news about hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Maria. It's hard not to get caught up in all the dramatic scenes, the rescues, and the ...
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LCD Backlight Trends
Description: LCDs create their display with the manipulation of visible ambient light. In the absence of this light, we must add backlighting to make these LCD displays visible. ...
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TFT LCD Display and ESD
Description: TFT LCD display is external facing component in a product. ESD test on TFT LCD screen is a must before a product can be launched to market. ...
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LCD Burn In and Prevention
Description: LCD screen burn in is also called image retention or image persistence. ...
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LCD Screen EMI Issues and Solutions
Description: Any electronic device generates some amount of electromagnetic radiation. LCD display is the obvious place to show EMI. ...
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Thermal Imaging for Fever Detection
From: Teledyne DALSADescription: As government and business leaders start to talk about "returning to normal," and looking to thermal cameras to help, questions remain about "how," and whether the latest technology can help. ...
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How TFT LCD Works - Explained
Description: When compared to the ordinary LCD, TFT LCD gives very sharp and crisp text/graphic with shorter response time. ...
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Connect Raspberry Pi with LCD Display
Description: Raspberry Pi is a very popular single board machine. Connecting it with a touch screen LCD makes it a lot more useful. ...
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How to Implement LCD Capacitive Touch Screen
Description: We are showing an example of setting up and testing the hardware interface to capacitive touch LCD panel. ...
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Tracking Healthy Bee Hive Populations with the Latest in Machine Vision Technology
From: AdvantechDescription: The Environment America Research & Policy Center says in recent years, beekeepers have been reporting they are losing, on average, 30 percent of all honeybee colonies each winter. This is twice the ...
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CEiiA Rapidly Develops a Ventilator in the Fight Against COVID-19
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: Tiago Rebelo is the Director of the Product & Service Development Unit at CEiiA, the Centre of Engineering and Product Development that designs, develops and implements high-tech solutions to push ...
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MicroPlasma Ozone - Champaign, Illinois
From: 4D Systems Pty., Ltd.Description: MicroPlasma Ozone (MPO3) manufactures Smart Ozone Systems to automatically maintain the health of in-ground residential and small commercial swimming pools. Ozone is a powerful disinfectant; a more ...
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How to Implement LCD Display Touch Function
Description: LCD displays with touch screen are used in more and more applications. Here is a simple example on how touch screen is implemented. ...
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Photonis Scientific Continues to Provide Enabling Technology in the Fight Against Covid-19
Description: Photonis Scientific was designated as a critical healthcare infrastructure company and has remained open during this challenging time by adapting safe work practices in the factory. ...
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Ensure LCD Display Optimum Contrast in Mass Production
Description: Keeping product quality consistent is a major topic for manufacturer, so is making sure LCD uniform display effect. ...
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Three Great Ideas from One Great University
From: SICKDescription: Highlighting TiM$10K Project Submissions from Students at Texas A&M University ...
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LCD Display Brightness & PWM
Description: PWM is used in a variety of applications including sophisticated control circuitry, LCD backlight control is one of the applications. ...
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Proving the Case for Arson by Evaluating Pacemaker Data
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Like a lot of folks, I'm a fan of shows like CSI and NCIS, which demonstrate the ways that forensic technology can be used to solve crimes. I know that what's portrayed may not be 100% realistic in ...
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LCD Contrast Adjustment and Temperature Compensation
Description: LCD display looks lighter (blur) when the temperature drops; while the background appears 'ghosting' when the temperature increases. ...
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LCD Display Enhancement - Film & Filter
Description: Film & filter enhancements are an effective way to unlock your LCD's potential. Improve screen vivacity and clarity, enhance brightness and optimize light transmission. ...
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TFT LCD Module for EV Charger
Description: Most EV Chargers are installed outdoor. Which requires their screens to survive punitive working environment. ...
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TFT LCD Display for Medical Device
Description: Visualization is an important parameter in modern medical field and nowadays almost exclusively realized by use of Liquid Crystal Display, especially TFT LCD. ...
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Choosing a TFT LCD Display Module
Description: TFT color LCD is now the de-facto standard for most applications. So how do you choose the right TFT display? ...
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LCD Viewing Modes & Polarizers
Description: The type of image the display will create is a cosmetic issue LCD user needs to decide at the beginning. This is the easiest choice since there are only two basic selections. ...
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Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flow Meters Improve Hydronic System Performance at Large New York City Hospital
From: Badger MeterDescription: There's no question that chiller and condenser operational effectiveness can greatly impact building operating costs. Predictive maintenance and optimization of these crucial hydronic HVAC system ...
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Differential Pressure Flow Meters Optimize Steam Measurement at Large Educational Facility
From: Badger MeterDescription: An East Coast university deployed an accurate and reliable flow measurement solution to help make informed decisions about steam and energy allocation. The use of differential pressure flow meters ...
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Nutating Disc Meters Improve Operating Reliability in Hydronic Heating and Cooling Applications
From: Badger MeterDescription: Identifying leaks in hydronic closed systems is critical to reducing the overall cost of commercial/industrial building operation, while maintaining the superior performance desired. Facility owners ...
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Ultrasonic Transit Time Flow Meters Badger Meter Optimize Wastewater Operation at Growing Midwestern Municipality
From: Badger MeterDescription: Demanding lift station applications in the water and wastewater industry call for a reliable, accurate and non-invasive flow measurement solution. Crucially, the flow metering equipment has to be easy ...
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Build a Digital Scale Display with Smart TFT LCD
Description: Smart LCD Module is Topway's solution to off-load heavy lifting of display & touch control from host MCU, and simplify engineer's development effort. ...
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GotProduce?'s Got Plenty of Technology in their Hydroponic Systems
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: At one point or another, most of us - in search of a tasty tomato in the dead of winter, or a head of Bibb lettuce for a salad - have picked up some hydroponic produce at the grocery store. I take it ...
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Running on Technology
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: This past Monday should have seen the running of the Boston Marathon. I'm not a marathoner, but it's hard not to pay just a bit of attention to Boston, the longest running (since 1897) marathon in the ...
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What is Topway Smart LCD Module?
Description: "Show this interface", "Update that value on screen", "User's input is" ... Smart LCD module introduces high-level programming capabilities, and encapsulates all display logic. No more pixel drawing. ...
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All Keyed Up: Quality Inspection for Keyboards & Backlit Characters
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Todays consumers expect the highest quality from devices like smartphones, televisions and laptops-and not only for diplay screens the but for keyboards. Manufacturers of laptops and keyboards need to ...
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Case Study: How Omni-channel Retail Chains can use Image-based Identification to Digitize Package Attributes
From: SICKDescription: Warehouses that used to focus on replenishing retail stores with pallet-sized shipments have transformed into fulfillment centers adept at shipping e-commerce orders direct to consumers and store ...
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Proven Collision Prevention on AGVs
From: SICKDescription: The future is here and Industry 4.0 applications have become a reality. The reliable control of mobile platforms is an important part of this development. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are ...
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Classification of LCD Panels
Description: Everyday, most of us will look at a LCD screen at least once. Different types of LCD panels have different characteristics. ...
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BP's New Interactive Gas Pump
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I don't know about you, but I actually don't mind a little peace and quiet when I'm pumping gas. But with BP's latest development, going to the gas station may turn into a whole new interactive ...
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LCD Touch Screen Comparison
Description: Touch screens are everywhere nowadays; cell phones, ATM, vending machines all use touch panels. And there are five most common types. ...
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Not Your Great-Great-Grandmother's Player Piano
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: A friend of mine recently received an invitation to attend a demo of the Steinway Spirio, a high-res player piano. Anyway, my friend wasn't able to go and see Spirio for herself, but she thought I ...
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Who'd Pay $3,250 for a Robot to Carry their Groceries?
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I'm an overall tech person, with a longtime interest in robotics. So I find the growing number of new robotics applications - medical, manufacturing, assistive, even some of those built for a less ...
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AMETEK Surface Vision Supports Increased Production of High-Quality Protective Medical Equipment
From: AMETEK Surface VisionDescription: AMETEK Surface Vision is helping nonwoven material manufacturers meet increased demands for the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). ...
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Designing a Vision System
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: A Comprehensive Guide to the Technical Requirements for Building a Vision System for Your Unique Imaging Application ...
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How Imaging with Ultra Violet Light Reveals Hidden Details
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: By using camera filters to accomplish Ultra Violet (UV) imaging, more information and details outside of the visible spectrum can be revealed that can benefit a variety of imaging applications. ...
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Maximizing Camera Performance with Filters
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: Understand Filter Types and their Usefulness in Various Imaging Applications ...
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Six Optical Aberrations that Could be Impacting Your Vision System
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: This blog post focuses on six optical aberrations, how they occur, and how to prevent them / reduce their negative impacts on your vision system. ...
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The Most Important Camera Parameters for Aerial Imaging
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: Important camera parameters to consider when selecting components to build an aerial imaging system ...
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Using a Single Versus Multiple Cameras for Aerial Imaging
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: Understand the advantages of using multiple cameras for aerial imaging ...
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Eye Spy
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Even if we keep it relatively simple by using the same password - or variants of it - for multiple purposes, or we use some sort of single-sign on application, it's still hard and irritating to keep ...
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Once Again, We Revisit PTC
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Once again, there's been a train accident which, if there'd been Positive Train Control (PTC) in use, might have been avoided. So once again, we're revisiting PTC. ...
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Engineers as Dreamers
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: At the heart of pretty much every engineer I know - and I know a lot of engineers - there's a tinkerer, an inventor, a dreamer. It's just the way we think and operate. So I very much enjoyed an ...
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Tech Takes on the Coronavirus
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: It's probably safe to say that one of the things that's first and foremost on all our minds these days is the coronavirus pandemic. And it's not just on our minds, but in our everyday lives that are ...
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Cutting Down on Food Waste
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: It's something that I'm pretty sure we've all been guilty of. Our shopping carts are bigger than our stomachs, and as much as we think we're going to use every last bit of what we put in those carts, ...
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Mapping Out Autonomous Driving
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: As someone who has always enjoyed driving, I have mixed emotions about the pending arrival of autonomous cars. On the one hand, I'm intrigued by the use of technology - all those embedded systems! On ...
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Robotic Technology Comes to the World of Furniture
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Dating back to my graduate school days - now a few decades in the rear-view mirror - I've had a long-running interest in robotics, and I'm always on the lookout for new applications. One that I came ...
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The Internet of Tomatoes
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: As we're nearing that great time of year when local farm stands (and neighbors' backyard gardens) have local tomatoes, I couldn't resist what appears to be an advertorial by Analog Devices (a.k.a. ...
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Improving Imaging System Performance with Lens Aperture Optimization
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: The human eye has an iris and a pupil which is the opening that allows light to pass through. A similar system operates within a camera lens, but instead, the iris is made of pieces of metal ...
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Minimizing Spherical Aberration: Make the Right Lens Choice for Your Imaging System
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: Even with sophisticated lens systems, it can be difficult to get an entire image in focus. With any spherical surface, light will bend differently depending where on the surface the light is passing ...
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Sensitivity vs. Frame Rate in Low Light Imaging
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: When selecting a digital microscope camera for applications where a live preview in real time is crucial, such as electrophysiology, the sensitivity of the camera is a key factor as it can often ...
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USB and GIGE: The Evolution of Camera Interfaces for Imaging Systems
From: Teledyne LumeneraDescription: With camera sensors being able to transfer more and more data, choosing the right interface is crucial for any imaging application. Two popular interfaces are USB and GigE. Their cables and connectors ...
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Advanced Flow Meters Save Millions in Maintenance Costs and Non-revenue Water Losses
Description: At one of the largest municipal water treatment departments in the United States, 1,400 employees work hard to keep clean water flowing through the taps of households and businesses over a ...
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Meters Monitor Flow and Provide Pump Protection
Description: Siemens answers with SITRANS FS230 clamp-on meter. ...
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Pushback on the IoT
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I guess it was inevitable. After all the hype. After all those forecasts of kabillions of connected devices. After all the cool videos showing smart everythings. There seems to be a bit of a backlash ...
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What's Next for Newspapers?
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: We've been hearing for years that newspapers and magazines will be dying out, any day now. We want our news in real-time, and we want it in video format. Print? That's for old timers with time to read ...
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"The Fantastic Voyage" may be coming true
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: There's an old sci-fi movie, from the 60's, called Fantastic Voyage. The plotline has a scientist defecting to the West, who's shot in an assassination attempt and needs a blood clot removed from his ...
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A little something for the dog days of summer
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: As a car guy (and a tech guy), I often find myself blogging about topics related to automotive technology. And then sometimes I remember that I'm also a dog guy (and a tech guy), and I start noticing ...
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DSP's in the news. (Seems like it's been a while...)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: At Critical Link, we're - of course - quite partial to DSP. Many of our clients have deployed System on Modules that contain DSP. And way back in the day (about a decade back in the day), our original ...
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Technologically-Weaponized Martial Arts
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I wouldn't have come up with the idea, but when I think about it, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with the idea of a "new combat sport and entertainment experience." That someone ...
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Don't know about you, but I never get sick of car talk
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I'm a car guy. I'm also a tech guy. So when I see a story that combines car and tech, I'm always interested - even if, these days, such stories do seem to come fast and furious. The recent ...
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The Internet of Fishing Fleets
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: When we think about the Internet of Things (IoT), for most of us, the first thought is probably a Nest thermostat or some other connected appliance or home device, or a fitness application like ...
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Will the Promise of AR, VR Ever Become a Reality?
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: A recent estimate by Goldman Sachs reports that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are expected to grow into an $80 billion to $90 billion market by 2025. But will the promise of AR and ...
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How Smart is your City?
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: One of the most interesting and rapidly growing application areas for the Internet of Things (IoT) is the development of smart cities. Smart cities use sensors to collect data, and then use that data ...
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Fast as Lightning! That would be Li-Fi
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I've been hearing a lot about Li-Fi lately, which is getting plenty of hype in the tech press. And why wouldn't it be getting hyped? It promises to be 100x faster than standard Wi-Fi speeds. Which ...
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Neuro Computing. (This is Some Pretty Powerful Stuff.)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Many years ago, I heard it said that, at the time of the introduction of the steam engine in England, the changes over just one generation were so profound that a parent born before the Industrial ...
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Dissolvable Electronics. (Wow!)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I'm out in San Francisco this week for Photonics West, and, while on the elliptical in my hotel the other day, I caught up on some of my reading. One of the most interesting articles I came across was ...
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Driverless Cars: Not Quite Ready for Winter Weather
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: This is Upstate New York, so it's too early to call game over with respect to snowfall. It's only late February, after all, and we've been known to have snow in May. Still, the corner has been turned. ...
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CES 2016 - in case you missed it
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: As most "tech watchers" are no doubt aware, early January always means the Consumer Electronics Show, held each year in Las Vegas. Critical Link doesn't tend to get involved on the consumer-side, but ...
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Tis the Season for Tech Toys
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: With our youngest just off to college, we're well beyond Santa at our house, but I still like to do a bit of virtual window shopping for toys, especially to see what's out there that appeals to my ...
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Securing the IoT
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: One of the downsides of the Internet of Things (IoT) is the often flimsy security that comes along with them. This is especially true on the consumer side. Before we ever heard of the IoT, there was ...
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The Kitchen of the Future (According to IKEA)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I recently came across an article (published last spring) on IKEA's "Concept Kitchen 2025", a collaboration between IKEA, IDEO and some university student designers. It's all a bit Jetsons, but quite ...
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Seeing the Unseen
From: Teledyne DALSADescription: From the stars to our bodies, heat is everywhere. As long as atoms continue to move around, heat energy is generated and transferred via conduction, convection, or radiation. Heat energy transferred ...
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Electronics obsolescence and military technology
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Today, we celebrate Veterans Day. So now is as good a time as any to focus for a bit on military technology. An article by Editorial Director John McHale in Military Embedded Systems 2015 Resource ...
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Kangaroo Collision Avoidance
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: To me, kangaroos are one of those goofy-looking animals that manage to put a smile on your face. But if you live - and drive - in Australia, they're not a laughing matter. In fact, it's reported that ...
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Lots of technology behind the moon landing
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: With the celebration of July's 50th anniversary of the moon landing, I've been reading a lot about Apollo 11, especially the technology involved in it all. What's most interesting is how primitive by ...