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It combines a laser-camera sensor head with a video monitor to allow a machine operator to control from a remote location both the horizontal and vertical positions of a SAW (submerged arc welding) head. The digital version uses a colour touchscreen as the video monitor. Combined with a new, high resolution digital colour camera in the sensor head, it provides much improved image quality and noise immunity, together with many new features. Bob Beattie, Metas MD, commented, As an entry-level product, our MetaView system provides a user-friendly way of getting machine operators away from the welding head. At the same time, it actually improves their control over the position of the head in the joint, leading to better weld quality. Just as improved health and safety concerns rightly discourage operators from working at heights, so there is an analogous need for a system to allow welding machine operators to work remotely from a safe distance. In addition to providing a better, less noisy image, the digital MetaViews functionality includes digital zoom, pan and tilt, enabling the operator to optimise the image to his or her preference. New also is the ability to add a second camera to provide an overview of the weld head to complement the detailed positional view provided by the MetaView sensor.

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4, 2014, in Southgate. Photo by Lena Khzouz Photos and video by Lena Khzouz The Ile Camera/Digital First Media Members of the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber gathered to meet and mingle with more than 300 business professionals and local, state and federal elected officials at the annual Salute to Government Officials Dec. 4. The event was hosted by Farbman Group and presented by PNC Bank. The Sleigh of Cheer raffle is a tradition at the Salute. Jerrys Food Market in Wyandotte donated a sleigh filled with nearly $200 worth of premium liquor. Several additional prizes were raffled as well. Source: SWCRC

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Slashdot The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project (LSST), a 3-billion pixel camera/telescope to perch atop the Cerro Pachon mountain peak in Chile, has received "Critical Decision 1" (CD-1) approval by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to move into the next stage of the project. The LSST camera will be the largest digital camera ever constructed, measuring roughly 5' x 10' (credit: LSST Corp.) Now the project begins a detailed engineering design, schedule, and budget phase, with the DOE funding the design and construction. The full cost and logistics of the small car-sized telescope will be shared by the DOE and the National Science Foundation, as well as a large partnership of public and private organizations in the United States and abroad. The LSST will capture about 6 million gigabytes per year, the equivalent of shooting roughly 800,000 images with a regular 8-megapixel digital camera every night. The images are expected to help unlock the secrets of dark energy and dark matter and aid studies of near-Earth asteroids, Kuiper belt objects, the structure of our galaxy, and many other areas of astronomy and fundamental physics. "With 189 sensors and over three tons of components that have to be packed into an extremely tight space, you can imagine this is a very complex instrument," said Nadine Kurita, the project manager for the LSST camera at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. "But given the enormous challenges required to provide such a comprehensive view of the universe, it's been an incredible opportunity to design something so unique." Data from the LSST will be made publicly available, so that anyone with a computer will able to fly through the universe, zooming past objects a 100 million times fainter than can be observed with the unaided eye. The LSST project will also provide analysis tools to enable both students and the public to participate in the process of scientific discovery.

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The app captures light and color better and renders finer details more clearly. Packed with features: While keeping the UI simple, the app brings you many options found on digital cameras, such as ISO levels, white balance, different grid types, focusing choices, and several shooting modes for all occasions. These enable you to fine-tune your photos to maximize quality. Ad-free: Most other camera apps that offer a quality boost to your photos come with nagging ads. This one is a pleasant exception: it's ad-free. Cons Slightly awkward UI: The UI's icons are unappealing, and it packs all features into a single sliding drawer. Nagging editor: Whenever you go into the gallery to view your photos, you are prompted to install a photo editor from the same developer. Premium features: You have to pay to unlock features like Smart Multishot and High-Resolution Panorama.