Exploring the CAVE

Article Abstract:

Engineers at Searle resorted to an unconventional method to find out if the fluid bed drier they were to install would not be higher than the factory ceiling. They used the virtual reality theater CAVE to assure themselves that the equipment would fit perfectly inside the factory. The CAVE Automated Virtual Environment (CAVE) was developed by Thomas DeFanti in 1992 at the Univ. of Illinois in Chicago. It is equipped with high-resolution 3-D video graphics equipment. CAVE is the size of a room and can project images on the walls and floors that can be viewed with stereo glasses.

Pharmaceutical Preparations, Usage, Drugs, Information management, Virtual reality, Computer simulation, G.D. Searle and Co.

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A sniff in time

Article Abstract:

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new device that can detect explosives and bombs about to be smuggled aboard aircrafts. The device has a portal as big as two shower stalls where air is sprayed over the hands and bodies of travellers. A computer is then used to identify the various types of chemicals detected. The device is based on technology developed at Sandia to protect nuclear weapons facilities from bomb threats. It can be used against plastic explosives which are not normally detected by conventional detectors.

Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified, Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, Other Measuring & Control Eqp, Instrument industry (Equipment), Evaluation, Measuring instruments, Airport security, Bomb detectors

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Precision pills

Article Abstract:

Pills that deliver specific doses of medicine at specific intervals may become a reality in the future. MIT professors Michael Cima and Emanuel Sachs are using computer printing to make pills that can contain exact amounts of drugs placed at exact locations. Portions of the pill that dissolve can be controlled such that medication on the outer layer may be absorbed earlier than those placed inside the pill. This type of pill would be a big help to people with chronic diseases who take their medicines at predetermined schedules.

Drug Delivery Systems, Pills

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