BACKGROUND The US commercial fishing industry is hazardous, as measured by mortality data. However, research on non-fatal injuries is limited. Non-fatal injuries constitute the majority of occupational injuries and can result in workers' lowered productivity and wages, lost quality of life, and disability. In the United States, a Work Process Classification System (WPCS) has previously been app...

In recent years, hyperspectral sensors for Earth remote sensing have become very popular. Such systems are able to provide the user with images having both spectral and spatial information. The current hyperspectral spaceborne sensors are able to capture large areas with increased spatial and spectral resolution. For this reason, the volume of acquired data needs to be reduced on board in order...

Abstract A fleet of connected vehicles easily produces many gigabytes data per hour, making centralized (off-board) processing impractical. In addition, there is the issue distributing tasks to on-board units in and them efficiently. Our solution this problem On-board/Off-board Distributed Data Analytics (OODIDA), which a platform that tackles both task distribution as well concurrent execution...

This paper shows the power of the combination of smart sensor technique and real-time parallel processing. This implementation results in a very compact system which consists only of four cameras and an extension board to a PC.

Detecting bubble in two-phase flow has been a basic issue in two-phase flow systems. A new method for measuring the frequency of bubble formation is presented in this paper. For this purpose, an electronic device was designed and constructed which works based on a change in intensity of laser beam. For this purpose, continues light beam is embedded just above the needle, which is received by a ...

This application report discusses the fundamentals of board level reliability (BLR) (sometimes referred to in literature as “second-level reliability”) testing and modeling as applied by the Texas Instruments Embedded Processing Group.

Widening of auditory filters in persons with sensorineural hearing impairment leads to increased spectral masking and degraded speech perception. Multi-band frequency compression of the complex spectral samples using pitchsynchronous processing has been reported to increase speech perception by persons with moderate sensorineural loss. It is shown that implementation of multi-band frequency com...

The authors have developed a new robotics platform for researchers and educators, providing an improvement in processing power compared to existing low-cost solutions while maintaining a low cost. The platform includes a microcontroller board, GNU-based development tools, and a suite of device drivers and basic utilities. The authors successfully used the platform in a one-month long robotics c...

Some events on the Earth’s surface require a fast and well coordinated reaction, such as disasters like earthquakes, floods, the occurrence of drifting icebergs or illegal activities like piracy or cleaning of oil tankers polluting the sea. Field help and prompt intervention can be supported by the examination of images recently acquired by Earth observing satellites. The extraction of useful i...