The Olympic fleet
The traffic chaos in Athens is notorious. To avoid gridlock during the Olympic Games, the "Eye in the Sky" uses helicopters to record the traffic from the air. On the ground, some vehicles notify the system of their state of progress. Up-to-date information is available to everyone. --- Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for... view more... (2004-08-27)
Sewer sensors examine the parts the inspectors cannot reach
A remote control sensing device is being developed to detect defects in sewer walls. Using both ultrasound and laser light, digital information on the condition of the sewer walls is fed back to a computer which can be programmed to spot problems. The research is being carried out by a team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at King's... view more... (2002-10-10)
Portable imaging system will help maximize public health response to natural disasters
Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a low-cost, high-resolution imaging system that can be attached to a helicopter to create a complete and detailed picture of an area devastated by a hurricane or other natural disaster. view more (2008-10-07)
Optical Breakthrough Enables Vehicle Occupancy Monitoring To Ease Jams
Infra-red cameras that automatically count people in cars could soon be a feature on the UK's motorways, making it easier to enforce priority lanes for car sharing to ease congestion and cut journey times. The unique patented technology to detect human faces in moving cars without distracting drivers was developed by Laser Optical Engineering... view more... (2004-07-28)
EU Funding Helps Pioneer the Biggest TV Boom In History
The launch of the biggest TV boom in history, the digital terrestrial services that form the platform for the phenomenally successful Freeview, was made possible thanks to a grant of 6.45 million euros from the EU's Framework Programme. view more (2004-11-09)
Tracking the spread of cancer cells - Photon02
Not much is known about how clustered cancer cells move, but it is important to understand how individual cancer cells break off from a cluster and spread throughout the human body. A research collaboration between the University of Wales College of Medicine and Kingston University * has lead to the development of a computational imaging technique... view more... (2002-08-28)
The psychology of politicians: What goes on under Big Ben
Given the impending General Election, this is an important time to consider how psychological factors influence decisions taken by MPs and what goes on in Westminster more generally. view more (2005-03-21)
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) For Car Radios
Fraunhofer IIS presented the first DRM chip design for car radios. This car radio solution will enable drivers to select their preferred radio program from hundreds of different radio stations. However, it is something more than purely listening to favorite music: the new radio formats offer multilingual support to ethnic news or talk programs. In... view more... (2005-01-10)
Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug
The response of tumors to anticancer drugs has been observed in real-time 3-D images using technology developed at Purdue University. view more (2007-03-07)
Musicians determine the boundaries of interpretation
Classical music listeners value a performance more if the interpretation of the music is consistent. In the opening bars the performer sets the tone with which he strongly limits the freedom for the rest of the performance. This is revealed in research carried out by Renee Timmers from the University of Nijmegen. The Nijmegen music psychologist... view more... (2002-03-18)
Paranal Receives New Mirror
A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) has been delivered to its new mountaintop home at Cerro Paranal, Chile. The mirror will now be coupled with a small camera for initial testing prior to installing the main camera in... view more... (2008-04-18)
Low-cost magnetic field sensors
People who can claim possession of the latest generation of outdoor wristwatch may rightly assume that the conventional compass with its magnetic needle has served its time. Thanks to modern, space-saving chip technology, new features are constantly being integrated: altimeters, cameras, or even electronic compasses can be conveniently worn on the... view more... (2002-06-26)
Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes find 'Lego-block' galaxies in early universe
The conventional model for galaxy evolution predicts that small galaxies in the early Universe evolved into the massive galaxies of today by coalescing. Nine Lego-like "building block" galaxies initially detected by Hubble likely contributed to the construction of the Universe as we know it. view more (2007-09-07)
Advances in breast imaging
A diagnostic device that resembles a mammography unit can detect breast tumors as tiny as one-fifth of an inch in diameter, which may make it a valuable complementary imaging technique to mammography. view more (2006-12-18)
The Not-So-Digital Future of Digital Signal Processing
Fungi processing audio signals. E. Coli storing images. DNA acting as logic circuits. It's possible, and in some cases, it's already happened. In any event, performing digital signal processing using organic and chemical materials without electrical currents could be the wave of the future. view more (2008-04-08)
Switching off analogue TV will silence radio mikes
Actors could be struck dumb when everyone has digital television SWITCHING off Britain`s analogue television network threatens to silence its theatres, concert halls and TV studios. After 2006, the government plans to raise billions of pounds by auctioning licences to use the UHF frequencies... view more... (2002-03-13)
Nanosecond-scale release of stinging jellyfish nematocysts
By using an electronic ultra-high-speed camera, researchers have characterized the explosive discharge of stinging jellyfish nematocytes and show that this event represents one of the fastest cellular processes in nature. view more (2006-05-09)
Watching the radio
The days are over when all that radio listeners could expect were words and music. At the International Audio and Video Fair (IFA) in Berlin, researchers from the Applied Electronics Department of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS presented multimedia radio. It is able to transmit small-sized moving pictures as well as sound.... view more... (1999-09-03)
Next Step to the Quantum Computer
Physicists from the University of Bonn have succeeded in taking a decisive step forward towards processing quantum information with neutral atoms: in the latest issue of the 'Physical Review Letters' vol. 93 (2004) they describe how they managed to set up a quantum register experimentally. Their next aim is to construct a quantum gate in which two... view more... (2004-10-08)
Images send by stars
The research team of the Public University of Navarre (Basque Country), under the supervision of professor Ramon Gonzalo Garcia of the department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, is participating in a project of the European Space Agency. The final objective is the design of a camera that, working in the range of millimetric frequencies,... view more... (2002-11-06)
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