Another company that I like a lot is a medial diagnostic and imaging system company by the name of Digirad ( DRAD).

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To do that, Project 1640 effectively blots out the light from stars, which allows astronomers to more clearly observe what might be around them, including objects up to 10 million times fainter than the star itself (the image on the right above is a nearby star captured with the imaging system in place, compared to the same star captured without the new system on the left).

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In the researchers' new imaging system, a beam of infrared laser light is widely dispersed throughout a room.

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The combination of features, including wireless connectivity, Canon's Intelligent IS system and ECO Mode, help make the PowerShot ELPH 330 HS digital camera a great imaging companion for vacations, all-day sporting events, or family parties.

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The ARTAS system itself is only used to extract the individual hair follicles under guidance of a doctor using computer imaging.

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Called ARGUS-IS (both named after the mythological eye guy and an acronym for Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance - Imaging System) this guy straps a 1.8 gigapixel camera to the bottom of an A-160T Hummingbird robot helicopter.

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