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A Technology Ahead of Its Time in Finally Winning Acceptance

Charles T. Troy, Managing Editor

Imagine a world where buildings are their own watchmen, aircraft twist themselves into optimal aerodynamic shapes and pipelines find and report their own leaks. On a limited -- and often experimental -- basis, that world is now. And, if a cadre of researchers working in locations across the globe have their way, that once improbable sounding scenario will become the way of the world. A propeller blade on the US Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star wears an array of 54 Fabry-Perot fiber optic strain gauges. Courtesy of Fiso Technologies.Fiber optic sensors were embedded in a 20 x 50.5-m...Read full article

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