Article: Standing up to harsh environments: electronic imaging in the real world must survive heat, contamination, shock and radiation.(EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS)

* Cameras

* Harsh environment

* Machine vision

* Space exploration

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Forty years ago, when Bell Labs researchers developed the first CCD camera, the technology was exclusively for the clean, climate-controlled lab. Today, vision operates in punishing applications ranging from inspecting steel castings straight out of the furnace to imaging Jupiter amid staggeringly strong radiation belts. Such performance doesn't happen by accident, though; it takes careful design and testing to achieve systems capable of standing up to harsh conditions such as shock and vibration, extreme temperatures, contamination, and ...

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