News tagged with scanning technology
Use a laser, save a tree
(PhysOrg.com) -- Laser un-printers that can remove toner from scrap paper so that it can be used again may be coming to an office near you in the future, results from a new Cambridge study show.
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Researcher uses medical imaging technology to better understand fish senses
University of Rhode Island marine biologist Jacqueline Webb gets an occasional strange look when she brings fish to the Orthopedics Research Lab at Rhode Island Hospital. While the facility's microCT scanner is typically ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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The world's smallest magnetic data storage unit
Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Team uses high-tech optical technique to pull sound from 125 year old recordings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have succeeded in using 3D optical scanning technology to effectively lift the voices from 125 year old recordings created by researchers ...
Dec 28, 2011 |
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'E-gate' adds face recognition to airline security
Silicon Valley-based AOptix on Monday introduced new "e-gates" that recognize faces as well as irises of passengers before opening to let them board flights.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Tunnel view of how electrons play
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons behave like football teams: the match becomes interesting when the teamwork is as good as that conjured up by the players of FC Barcelona. Electrons which interact strongly with ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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3-D printers make replicas of cuneiform tablets
Today's Assyriology scholars study Sumerian and Babylonian cuneiform tablets with the help of digital photographs or handwritten copies of the texts, but ideally, they visit collections to see the tablets ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Scientists looking to burst the superconductivity bubble
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests.
May 16, 2011 |
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EyeLock brings biometric security to your websites
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biometric security is always a field of interest for those people who need to keep your data secure. Currently, it is used in a wide variety of high security applications, mostly by large ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 13, 2011 |
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Mapping Dino Footprints in 3-D
The May 2011 issue of Earth Magazine reports on the research of SMU paleontologists in the SMU Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 03, 2011 |
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3-D digital dinosaur track download: A roadmap for saving at-risk natural history resources
Portable laser scanning technology allows researchers to tote their latest fossil discovery from the field to the lab in the form of lightweight digital data stored on a laptop. But sharing that data as a ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 11, 2011 |
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New magnetic resonance imaging technology developed
The development of a new magnetic resonance imaging technology that could revolutionise the way medical conditions are diagnosed and treated is to take a major step forward as a £7m research centre is established at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Tracking the 'evolution' of nanoparticles as they decontaminate groundwater
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers use advanced imaging techniques to examine bimetallic materials that have remediated more than 50 toxic waste sites.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 18, 2010 |
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'Mind-reading' brain-scan software showcased in NY
(AP) -- Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers - now some computers can do it, too.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Airport body scanners spreading across US
(AP) -- The Transportation Security Administration on Friday announced nine more U.S. airports that will receive body-scanning technology, as the U.S. heightens its effort to detect hidden explosives and ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 05, 2010 |
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