Abstract: An automated airborne video recording system for imaging pipeline or electric line rights-of-way, irrigation canals, or any other linear ground features. The system includes a gimbaled, stabilized camera system, a data recorder, and autonomous imager software that computes the shortest vector between the aircraft position and the pipeline based on the aircraft GPS and the Geographic Information Database. The system then commands the stabilized camera system to point directly at the pipeline regardless of the aircraft position and orientation, automatically collecting continuous NTSC or digital video of the entire right of way.

Abstract: An automated airborne video recording system for imaging pipeline or electric line rights-of-way, irrigation canals, or any other linear ground features. The system includes a gimbaled, stabilized camera system, a data recorder, and autonomous imager software that computes the shortest vector between the aircraft position and the pipeline based on the aircraft GPS and the Geographic Information Database. The system then commands the stabilized camera system to point directly at the pipeline regardless of the aircraft position and orientation, automatically collecting continuous NTSC or digital video of the entire right of way.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bicycle pedal, especially for BMX bikes, which consists of a solid tread plate and a solid mating plate (1, 2) that are identical so that, depending on the position of the pedal, the tread plate (1) can also be the mating plate (2) or vice versa. A spacer (3) is interposed between the tread plate (1) and the mating plate (2) and guarantees the distance between the tread plate and the mating plate (1, 2). Said spacer has a bore (5) receiving a bearing unit (6) for the pedal pin (4), the remaining strip of material (a) between the bore (5) and the external surface of the spacer (3) being almost zero in the area of the tread and mating plate (1, 2) so that the force is transmitted almost directly from the tread plate (1) onto the bearing unit (6). The tread plate and the mating plate (1, 2) are connected by at least two connecting elements (9) which are arranged at both sides of the bearing unit (6).

Abstract: Biomedical and tissue engineering devices, such as surgical sutures and microporous scaffolds, respectively, which undergo swelling and increase in dimensions when placed in aqueous environments such as living tissues, are produced by the melt-spinning or electrostatic spinning into strong monofilament and multifilament yarns or microfibrous fabrics, respectively. Such devices are formed from especially high molecular weight crystalline polyether-esters having a minimum inherent viscosity of 0.8 dL/g and heat of fusion of at least 5 J/g, wherein the polyether-esters are made by grafting to a polyester component a polyether glycol component having a minimum molecular weight of about 1 kDa with at least one cyclic monomer.