Although the differences between hot-metal technology and photography seem clear to outsiders, the dominant manufacturers in hot-metal typesetting struggled for years to develop new photo typesetters.
Although that is two to three times the cost of a metal detector, it is less than the price of the fancy explosive-sniffing equipment that is the main rival technology being developed for detecting metal-free mines.
Apart from the arrival of less pricey full-frame digital SLRs, the other recent development that has impressed your correspondent is the way imaging chips are migrating from CCD (charge-coupled device) technology to CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor), used widely in the computer industry.
Inside a metal-clad tower at the gas technology Institute in suburban Des Plaines, Ill. sits a narrow, 40-foot steel tube bristling with instrumentation ports and pressurized pipes.
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Lin, Justin, and Marie examined the semi-conductor industry, where the initial reliance on vacuum tubes was replaced by bipolar technology, which in turn was replaced by complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS).
In Amsterdam, metal detectors and X-ray machines were in place, but the advanced scanning technology was not available.
Given current consumption of the metal, this is sufficient for only 13 years and less than that if CIGS technology takes-off.
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The technology could potentially be used in the high-performance composite polymer materials replacing metal in the new generation of superjumbo aircraft.
Inspired by the mysterious, incredible power of information technology, the LaCie Blade Runner combines an anthropomorphic metal interior with an angular cage-like shell.
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Even now, most of the company's products are up-to-date twists on technology that has been around since prehistoric times: the wheel and shaping metal into useful forms.
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