Abstract: Method for identifying a cork stopper comprising: capturing an image of a surface of the cork stopper which is being illuminated tangentially to said surface; comparing the captured image to a database of previously stored images of cork stoppers; indicating whether the captured image matches one of the previously stored images of cork stoppers. It is also disclosed a device for identifying a cork stopper comprising an electronic data processor arranged to carry out said method. A kit comprises said device and an illuminator arranged for illuminating tangentially (grazing light) a surface of the cork stopper. The kit and the method can be used to easily identify cork stopper and bottle together thus making counterfeiting much harder.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a cutting device to be used with portable trimmers, made by a rigid disc (1) where several centrifugal cutting blades (2) are conveniently fixed. This device can be used with any existing portable trimmers. Also, this device can efficiently cut virtually any kind of vegetation, from small grass to small trees. It was designed to keep cutting with efficiency even after several hard impacts against extremely hard objects, such as stones.

Abstract: Tomography by emission of positrons (pet) system dedicated to examinations of human body parts such as the breast, axilla, head, neck, liver, heart, lungs, prostate region and other body extremities which is composed of at least two detecting plates (detector heads) with dimensions that are optimized for the breast, axilla region, brain and prostrate region or other extremities; motorized mechanical means to allow the movement of the plates under manual or computer control, making it possible to collect data in several orientations as needed for tomographic image reconstruction; an electronics system composed by a front-end electronics system, located physically on the detector heads, and a trigger and data acquisition system located off-detector in an electronic crate; a data acquisition and control software; and an image reconstruction and analysis software that allows reconstructing, visualizing and analyzing the data produced during the examination.