Wikio - Infrared

ICU project gives cars infrared eyes - Optics.org (Arik's blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:50:00 GMT

ICU project gives cars infrared eyes Optics.org, UK - 28 minutes ago According to Niklaus, the bolometers will be manufactured using heterogeneous 3D MEMS integration that is compatible with standard MEMS foundry services. ...

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Swann Mega Flood Security Camera (About Home Guard)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:54:13 GMT

SWANN SW-C-MFC Mega Flood CCD Color Security Camera High-resolution, 420 TV-line video display; Powerful 1/3″ Sony CCD color image sensor chip; Operates in freezing temperatures down to 4F(-20C); 44 ultra-bright, infrared LEDs can see in the dark up to 160 ft; Easy to install and connects to existing TV or monitor Mega Flood CCD [...]

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Redding command center works to predict hot spots, coordinate fire crews (Sacramento Bee)

menkoji@sacbee.com (M.S. Enkoji) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

REDDING Gazing out a wall of windows, Mike Lococo watched lightning stab the horizon, over and over, like a bizarre light show gone awry. Fire intelligence officer Mike Lococo works to analyze wildfires and predict hot spots. Mike Lococo, left, looks over infrared maps with other staff members at the Redding center where they track wildfires and deploy fire crews.

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SOFIA Telescope Mirror Gets Key Coating (Aviation Now )

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:22:27 GMT

Protective coating for the mirror on Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is 1/300th thickness of human hair.

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In Memoriam (TigerHawk)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Tragic News.William R. Bennett Jr., 78, a physicist who helped develop one of the first lasers nearly 50 years ago, died Sunday of cancer of the esophagus at his home in Haverford.In 1960, Mr. Bennett, Ali Javan and Donald Herriott built the first gas laser, which generated a continuous infrared beam from a mixture of helium and neon, at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J. Mr. Bennett would...

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Brain breathalyzers may scan astronauts for stress (Thaindian News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:41:02 GMT

London, July 3 (ANI): Scientists would now be able to look for signs of stress in astronauts, thanks to a portable brain scanner could study brain activity, which makes it a sort of a breathalyzer for the brain. The brain scanner works by sending weak pulses of near-infrared light into the brain, then reading [...]

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Aquarena in IR (Gibberish)

noreply@blogger.com (Jayme Lynn Blaschke) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:32:00 GMT

Though I'd share another infrared shot with you folks. This one's of the San Marcos Springs--commonly known as Aquarena, the former home of Ralph the Swimming Pig. No longer an amusement park, it still boasts its famous glass bottomed boats and has a focus on the environment and ecology now. The building in the background is the old Aquarena hotel, now home to the Texas Rivers Center. I might...

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ISP Optics Buys Coatings Unit (Photonics.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Infrared optical components maker ISP Optics Corp. announced this week it has acquired the infrared optical coating assets of Opticorp Inc., of Chelms

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Main Mirror for SOFIA Infrared Observatory Receives Finish Coating (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:40:24 GMT

... to apply the shiny aluminum coating to the glass mirror for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA. The telescope is scheduled to begin initial observations in mid-2009. "The change was quite sudden and stunning," said Patrick Waddell, a systems engineer with the Universities Space Research Association, which manages the SOFIA science mission for NASA. "One moment,...

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Main Mirror for SOFIA Infrared Observatory Receives Finish Coating (PR News Wire )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:39:00 GMT

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Spyshots with the Prowler Stealth Cam (übergizmo)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:28:16 GMT

For people who like to take stealth shots of things from a distance, the Prowler Stealth Cam might just be the thing. This device is designed for hardcore hunters, and sports a 5 Megapixel camera for daytime shots, along with a 2 Megapixel infrared-capable cam for black and white shots in the night. This device is set to shoot on motion, and features an SD card slot, 42 infrared emitters...

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The largest optical and infrared telescopes in the world (DTS)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:41:00 GMT

They are the twin Keck telescopes, located at the summit of the extinct volcano Malina Kea in Hawaii. They have eight stories tall and weigh 300 tonnes. Each has a mirror 10 meters, with 36 hexagonal segments, and together create a single reflecting surface.

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Forget Air Guitar, Play Air Piano (OhGizmo!)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:58:41 GMT

By Jonathan Kimak Omer Yosha has created a pretty cool instrument. The Air Piano is an electronic piano of sorts that lets you play notes without touching any keys. It uses infrared technology to detect movement and plays a music note based on where the movement came from. If you leave your hand hovering over a [...]

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Get your grill on with some tech (MSNBC.com)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:07:03 GMT

Even favorite summer activities like barbecuing and grilling are taking advantage of technology, from remote thermometers to infrared grills.

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Anti-Paparazzi Glasses (Gaya, Ruang dan Kepelbagaian)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:53:02 GMT

Wearing a sunglasses doesn’t help to cover your face from paparazzi. But this does help, the anti-paparazzi glasses. It has two infrared LEDs fixed on the frames and the cables run to the earpieces and they were powered by two button batteries. When you put on these glasses, they press against the batteries making those [...]

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June 2008 Monthly Round-Up for Kitchen Contraptions (Kitchen Contraptions)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:04:26 GMT

Free Standing Kitchens Portable Kitchen Cubes - Pick Yours A La Carte General News Electrolux Kitchen Stars - Become a Star in Your Kitchen Grilling Review: Nuwave Pro Digital-Controlled Infrared Tabletop Oven Basting Sauce Pot & Brush Floating BBQ Donut Kitchen - Grill on the High Seas Folding Grill Tools The Original Grillslinger Barbecue Tool System Evo Grill - The $3000 Open Faced Grill...

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Ghost (Gibberish)

noreply@blogger.com (Jayme Lynn Blaschke) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:15:00 GMT

I picked a thorn or something in the ring finger of my right hand. It's really annoying me, but thus far my extraction attempts have only met with futility. What's that got to do with the image I've posted below? Absolutely nothing. You see, I ordered an infrared filter for my camera, and it came in yesterday. I took it out to Aquarena and experimented. Focusing is tough with it, since none...

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Look, no hands! Eye-tracking World of Warcraft interface lets you grind mobs on sight (TechDigest)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:09:40 GMT

Researchers at the De Montford University, UK are developing a pioneering new eye-tracking system to enable users to control computers with out touching a keyboard or mouse. The Eye-Gaze system works by reflecting infrared light from LEDs below the screen to track movement using infrared cameras. Kind of like reversed Wii Remote, in a way. Essentially this can track where you're looking...

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‘Cooking’ cancer cells with nanotechnology (Foresight Institute Nanodot)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:22:08 GMT

Antibody-coated carbon nanotubes only bind to cancer cells targeted by the antibody, and irradiation with near-infrared light causes the bound carbon nanotubes to heat up and kill the cancer cells.

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Time Magazine aroused by robots (shake well before use)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:05:00 GMT

The movie picture prominence of Wall-E has generated quite a bit of electronic lust for robots in the past few days. As such, Time Magazine has listed off their top 15 cutest robots . From the infrared-wine-identifying Sommelier Robot to the micromanipulating medical Micro Machine, these hunks of metal make us go bot crazy.

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