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TESSENDERLO, Belgium, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The MLX90620 FIRray sensing device from Melexis, utilizes the company's innovative non-contact temperature measurement technology to create a highly cost-effective thermography solution. Covering a -20degree(s)C to 300degree(s)C temperature range, this 16 x 4 element far infrared (FIR) thermopile sensor array produces a map of heat values for the target area in real time, avoiding the need to scan the area with a single...

A remarkable ESA campaign in one of the remotest regions on Earth has been fundamental in ensuring that the SMOS mission is delivering reliable data to improve our understanding of Earth’s water cycle. The two-year campaign set out to answer a simple but important question: do the microwave signals of a particular wavelength emitted from the surface the Antarctic ice shelf towards the SMOS satellite change over time? For a satellite mission that maps variations in soil moisture...

NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Locus Energy is preparing to launch Virtual Irradiance(TM) -- a patent pending software service providing highly accurate estimates of historical and real-time solar irradiance across North America. The service will be offered as an add-on for all users of the company's web-based residential and commercial monitoring platform. Using patent pending algorithms, Locus Energy has developed an affordable high-quality model capable of estimating solar...

1024x768 detector increases range by over 60%. Fairfield, NJ (PRWEB) October 07, 2011 Sofradir EC, Inc. will be demonstrating their new ATOM 1024-DF100/300 High Resolution Uncooled Thermal Imaging Camera at AUSA in Washington DC on October 10-12, 2011. The ATOM 1024 (http://www.ircores.com) is the first commercially available uncooled XGA camera. The DF100/300 model incorporates a Dual Field of View (DFOV) 100mm-300mm Infrared Objective Lens designed and manufactured by General Dynamics -...

Researchers at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) and the Northern Ireland Semiconductor Research Centre (NISRC) at Queen's University Belfast have devised a way to eliminate the need for motors in space borne radiometers by incorporating liquid crystals in their Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) antenna arrays. The project has attracted funding of £0.5 million from the European Space Agency (ESA) and £100,000 from economic development agency,...

Radiometrics Corporation announces successful deployments of the MP-3000A radiometer system for improved prediction of short-term weather impacting wind power generation and utility load forecasting. Additionally, a radiometer recently deployed with the U.S. National Weather Service is providing real-time data for a regional air traffic control center. Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) September 06, 2011 Radiometrics Corporation, a privately held company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, has...

'UNECS-3000A' Dramatically Improved Performance Through an Automatic High-Speed Mapping Function Chigasaki, Japan, Sept 5, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - ULVAC, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has developed and will begin sale of the "UNECS-3000A" Spectroscopic Ellipsometer, which can measure the thinness of a thin film and optical constant.BackgroundA spectroscopic ellipsometer is a high-precision measurement instrument that uses the...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The newest addition to LumaSense Technologies' line of temperature-measurement devices is a digital-ratio, two-color pyrometer that allows industrial manufacturers to improve product quality and yield by more-accurately measuring extreme temperatures in the harshest environments. The ISR 6 Advanced is a non-contact pyrometer that gives operators greater control over their processes and is well-suited for the steel and metals, silicon, glass...

Radiometer America, Inc. has signed an agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust) to supply its comprehensive line of blood gas and acute care analyzers to HealthTrust's 1,400 acute care hospitals. Westlake, OH (PRWEB) June 01, 2011 The agreement (HPG-4020) covers Radiometer's ABL blood gas analyzers, the company's connectivity solutions and its innovative line of safePICO safety-engineered samplers. "We appreciate the confidence HealthTrust has shown by selecting...

1024x768 infrared images at 30Hz, 640x480 at 60Hz Fairfield, NJ (PRWEB) April 23, 2011 Sofradir EC, Inc. will be demonstrating their new ATOM 1024 High Resolution Uncooled Thermal Imaging Camera at the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Symposium in Orlando, FL, on April 26-28, 2011. The ATOM 1024 (http://www.ircores.com) is the first commercially available uncooled XGA camera available today. Incorporating ULIS's advanced silicon microbolometer technology, the ATOM 1024 is a true high...