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What's new in science : Weather Agency provides edge to warfighters
Bad weather can disable a Global Positioning System unit or cause low visibility for an aircraft mission
(Media-Newswire.com) - OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE (AFPN ) , NB, USA-- Today's warfighters are constantly looking for any combat advantage that they can gain on their enemies.One factor that can be the difference between a failed mission and a successful one is the weather. Bad weather can disable a Global Positioning System unit or cause low visibility for an aircraft mission.
Airmen at the Air Force Weather Agency here work around the clock to provide warfighters globally the information they need to best complete their mission.
Staff Sgt. Kelly Miller, a space weather forecaster, uses a complex series of programs and satellites to monitor the sun. She interprets the information and then simplifies and tailors it for her warfighter customers. Radiation from the sun can cause communications satellites to work erratically. With her help, satellite operators can reposition the satellites so that they are more effective.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 14, 2008 (564 Reads)
What's new in science : Fingerprints provide clues to more than just identity
Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, too!
(Media-Newswire.com) - WEST LAFAYETTE, IN, USA - Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology developed at Purdue University that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints.The new technology also can distinguish between overlapping fingerprints left by different individuals - a difficult task for current optical forensic methods.
A team led by R. Graham Cooks, Purdue's Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry, has created a tool that reads and provides an image of a fingerprint's chemical signature. The technology can be used to determine what a person recently handled.
"The classic example of a fingerprint is an ink imprint showing the unique swirls and loops used for identification, but fingerprints also leave behind a unique distribution of molecular compounds," Cooks said. "Some of the residues left behind are from naturally occurring compounds in the skin and some are from other surfaces or materials a person has touched."
The team's research is detailed in a paper published in last Friday's ( Aug. 8 ) issue of Science.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 (774 Reads)
DAQ & DAS : High-Temperature Logger iButton® with 8KB Data-Log Memory
World's Smallest Low-Cost Stand-Alone Data-Logger Measuring and Logging Up to 140°C Stand-alone data logger can measure and log steam sterilization temperatures in the +125°C to +140°C range
Sunnyvale CA, USA -- The DS1922E temperature logger iButton from Maxxim is a rugged, self-sufficient system that measures temperature and records the result in a protected memory section. The recording is done at a user-defined rate. A total of 8192 8-bit readings or 4096 16-bit readings, taken at equidistant intervals ranging from 1s to 273hr, can be stored. Additionally, 576 bytes of SRAM store application-specific information. A mission to collect data can be programmed to begin immediately, after a user-defined delay, or after a temperature alarm.
Access to the memory and control functions can be password protected.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 (1057 Reads)
New Products : Irradiance & Enhanced Sensitivity Packages
Ocean Optics Announces a New Product Sale
Dunedin FL, USA -- Here's an amazing offer!
From now until September 15, 2008, Ocean Optics is offering special, introductory pricing on two cool, new spectrometers.
These packages are application-ready, out-of-the-box solutions that save up to 20% compared with purchasing items separately.
1. PROMO-USB2000+RAD, USB2000+ Spectrometer with:
| Grating-2 (250-850 nm) DET2B 200-850 Slit-25 L2 | CC-3-DA Direct-attach Cosine Corrector Spec-CAL-UV 200-850 SpectraSuite Software Annual Service Package |
Price - $3,750 (Nearly $1,000 off regular pricing!)
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Posted by OceanPR on Monday, August 11, 2008 (613 Reads)
New Products : TACTILE PRESSURE INDICATING SENSOR FILM
Madison NJ, USA -- Sensor Experts is a world leader in the niche field of tactile surface pressure and force sensors. They distribute a pressure indicating sensor film that reveals pressure distribution and magnitude between any two contacting or impacting surfaces. When placed between two contacting or mating surfaces, this thin plastic film instantaneously and permanently captures the pressure profile, by virtue of a color change.
Similar in philosophy to Litmus paper, the color the film turns is directly proportional to the amount of force applied. These products are analytical tools used in the manufacturing and R&D processes by engineers and technicians.
They offer both customized and off-the-shelf systems used by all of the Fortune 500 industrial companies as well as thousands of smaller manufacturing firms. They have representatives in 15 countries.
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Posted by Joseane on Sunday, August 10, 2008 (1892 Reads)
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