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In late 2006, NASA acquired a Predator B unmanned aerial system for civilian earth science and to test out new aeronautical technologies. And since then, Ikhana has been hard at work collecting atmospheric data and providing real-time fire imaging and mapping. Its current task is to help evaluate a new system to sense wing shape and structural load.

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

LabVIEW Monitors Structural Health for Summer Olympics

The China Earthquake Administration is using a LabVIEW-based structural health monitoring system to monitor the stability, reliability, and livability of landmark venues in China for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Fieldbus Foundation Updates Device Description

The latest FOUNDATION fieldbus Device Description updates streamline fieldbus development for device and system suppliers.

VTI Introduces the First LXI Class A Instrument Series

Compact instruments provide an integrated hardware and software solution for precision synchronized thermocouple/voltage measurements and reduce setup time and complexity while improving the reliability and repeatability for high-performance data acquisition.

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The Best of Sensors Expo 2008
By: Melanie Martella
Meet the products that most impressed us at the 2008 Sensors Expo, held in Rosemont, IL.

Meet the Next Generation of OPC
By: Tony Paine, Kepware Technologies
Introduced in 1995, OPC enabled interoperability between Windows-based applications and process control hardware and software. The latest OPC specification, OPC-UA, seeks to improve upon and unify the earlier specifications into a single coherent foundation.

Asset Tracking in Industrial Settings—A Review of Wireless Technologies
Part 2: RFID-, GPS-, and Chirped Frequency-Based Systems
By: Peter Fuhr, Apprion
Real-time location systems require accuracy and reliability. Will RFID-, GPS-, or chirped frequency-based systems meet your minimum requirements?

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