Radiation experts will also be conducting checks on them to study their radiation levels, while some have special collars that are equipped
with radiation sensors and GPS receivers to track down the radiation levels across the area.
As winter digs in, the ice will become strong enough to support an automated meteorological station equipped
with radiation sensors.
Not exact matches
Manufactured in bulk, low - cost Sprites could be deployed and networked by the hundreds or thousands to create space - based
sensor arrays of unprecedented breadth,
with each craft so lightweight that it could operate without propellant, shifting or maintaining its orbit solely through the
radiation pressure of starlight or the forces imparted by a planet's magnetic field.
For example, an aerial robot equipped
with a
radiation detector, 3D camera system, and temperature and humidity
sensors could inspect something like the Fukushima nuclear reactors, where the
radiation level is too high for humans, or fly into tight crawlspaces such as mines or collapsed buildings.
While Juno is replete
with special
radiation - hardened electrical wiring and shielding surrounding its myriad of
sensors, the highest profile piece of armor Juno carries is a first - of - its - kind titanium vault, which contains the spacecraft's flight computer and the electronic hearts of many of its science instruments.
«If we infuse glass
with a nanoparticle that is sensitive to
radiation and then draw that hybrid glass into a fibre, we could have a remote
sensor suitable for nuclear facilities,» says Dr Zhao.
After conversations
with radiation oncologists
with whom he collaborates, Ziaie decided to take on the challenge of creating a tumor pressure
sensor.
With an arsenic concentration of 83 percent the material exhibits an extremely small band gap of only 0.15 electron volts, making it predestined for
sensors which can detect long wavelength infrared
radiation.
With the new MIT
sensor, doctors could track the state of the tumor and predict how it might respond to
radiation treatment, according to the researchers.
Even dental radiographs
with standard film require several times the
radiation of digital
sensor systems, like the ones used at Veterinary Dental Specialties & Oral Surgery.
Equinox Instruments Limited specialises in providing class leading instruments to its customers
with a product portfolio that includes solar
radiation sensors, compact weather stations, ultrasonic wind
sensors, anemometers, wind vanes, sun tracking systems, scintillometers, sky radiometers, data loggers, temperature profilers, chart recorders, and data acquisition recorders.
The output from these temperature
sensors, and the solar
radiation sensor, were recorded by a datalogger
with one microvolt resolution.
Given that the
radiation reaches the satellite
sensors having travelled through a warming lower atmosphere and cooling stratosphere, that bias exists between the various
sensors, issues
with orbital decay, and a host of other obstacles, there's a lot of careful and painstaking analysis required, and much that can go wrong.
Obviously the way the
sensor reacts to the incoming IR
radiation varies
with temperature.
Because generation of the Earth
radiation budget CDR requires inputs from other
sensors on NPOESS, the free flyers would have to fly in formation
with the NPOESS 13:30 spacecraft (within 5 minutes of VIIRS coverage).
Ensuring a long - term record of Earth's
radiation budget requires the flight of ERBS - type
sensors indefinitely, overlapping
with Aqua in the near term.
That won't be the only new trick up its sleeve; there have also been numerous reports that claim the device will be the first smartphone to include a UV
sensor that will measure the sun's ultraviolet (UV)
radiation and provide users
with tips on how to protect themselves based on the readings.