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ENHANCED
NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS OF #1 2009
News from LYYN Recommended reading
LYYN releases LYYN Hawk System™
Major order to SeaBotix with LYYN Inside™
New security dealer in USA
Two new LYYN Inside™ customers
New user clip on lyynified.com
Religion alters visual perception
End notes
NEWS FROM LYYN®
LYYN is proud to present our latest product; the LYYN Hawk System™
LYYN Hawk System

LYYN
Hawk System™

The real-time, 19” rack mounted, visibility enhancer solution for analog multi-camera systems .

One viewer - many cameras
By installing it with a video switch (not provided by LYYN) it is possible to lyynify the whole system. The operator can choose and switch any camera through the unit, providing lyynification wherever it is needed.

Cost efficient
Instead of installing more enhanced cameras you only need one LYYN Hawk System per simultaneous viewing channel. A simple system upgrade bringing a powerful result to the whole system.

Single or dual channel
LYYN Hawk System comes in two different configurations, single or dual video channels. This means that you can save rack space and money if you need more than one simultaneous viewer in your system.


Video standards
PAL 625-line 25 fps or NTSC 525-line 30 fps, auto sensing of format. Standard composite or S-video (separate luminance and chrominance), with BNC connectors.

Simple integration
LYYN Hawk System is controlled remotely. It can easily be integrated into operator consoles through four different control interfaces:
• RS 232
• USB 2.0
• Ethernet (RJ45) either using Telnet or internal web server

[more] [PDF]

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LYYN Hawk System being tested at customer site

See the LYYN Hawk System live at:

SeaBotix Awarded 27 LBV Order by US Army, equipped with LYYN
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The US Army TACOM has awarded SeaBotix Inc. a contract valued at up to $1.86M to deliver 27 of its LBV150SE-5 remotely-operated vehicles, with an option to extend the contract for additional systems through 2011.

The Army configuration includes a Tritech Micron Scanning sonar, 3-Jaw Grabber with Cutter Head attachment, LYYN video enhancement, digital video recording, and number of Crawler Skid Assemblies that can be shared among a group of vehicles. [more]

New security dealer in USA
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AFAB International is a 25 year old company based in Florida with offices in Latin America. AFAB works with all aspects of Security Marketplace including A&E's, dealers, distributors, Military and large corporate entities involved in the integration and implementation of security processes.

AFAB has experience in the fields of Access Control, Fire and Burglary, Perimeter control, CCTV and Video Analytics, Radar, Sonar, Wireless, Blast Mitigation and many other types of Security. It’s staff has provided valued consult and advice to projects in the Airport, Seaport, Corrections and Commercial markets, both domestic and international. [more]
New LYYN Inside™ customers
logo SIDUS SOLUTIONS, INC. (SSI) is a single source / full service provider for specialized and often, hazardous conditions of inspection products and systems. SSI serves oil and gas, nuclear, marine, military, petrochemical, environmental and related industries. SSI actively promotes safety, security, efficiency and improved profitability for each and every customer.

Sidus Solutions has extensive experience with a variety of imaging systems mounted in safe areas, hazardous areas or deep underwater applications. Typical uses have included surveillance, detailed inspection, image capture, and recording events. Offerings include: high and low resolution color, monochrome, low-light and infrared cameras and the ability to transmit those images via LAN/WAN or the Internet. [more]

Sidus is the first USA based manufacturer of underwater cameras that will be building LYYN into their products.

Seamor SEAMOR ROV was Inuktun's original product, developed over 17 years ago for the recreational boater market. Although the recreational market never materialized, the Seamor system was found to have many industrial uses.

Later, Inuktun designed the ROV Seamor system with modern technology to provide better quality images, improved sensor integration, increased power and greater operational depth. Now, Seamor can incorporate devices such as Sonar, auxiliary video cameras, CP Proves, brush cleaning motors and manipulators, and operate at depths of up to 1,000 feet underwater.

This combination of depth capability, sensor integration and the standard zoom camera make Seamor a unique system in the market - no other systems combine this much capability into a single, portable system. In addition, unlike many other small ROVs, the Seamor vehicle is modular, allowing easy swap out of thrusters, camera modules, or the electronics control canister.

The Seamor ROVs have been currently manufactured by Seamor Marine Ltd. incorporated in December, 2006. [more]

New user clip on lyynified.com
Mark

The steel car ferry Milwaukee sank in a Lake Michigan gale with all hands on October 22, 1929. At the time of it’s sinking it was a 338 foot long ferry carrying train cars and other goods across Lake Michigan.

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Watch the video on lyynified.com

That trip is approximately 85 miles and is still done today. The sinking of the Milwaukee occurred in the early evenings hours following the ships departure into a Fall storm from the city of Milwaukee. The entire crew of 52 was lost when the boat sank only a few miles from its starting point.

In July 2008, VideoRay ROVs were used to explore this shipwreck which lies in 90 to 125 feet of water off the Wisconsin shoreline. The ROVs were able to explore the Milwaukee from end to end as well as entering several compartments.

Dr. Mark Gleason, Chief Marine Scientist and ROV expert,
Pier Wisconsin-Discovery World Museum
RECOMMENDED READING
Religion alters visual perception

It might be cliched to say that religious people see the world differently, but new research finds that Dutch Calvinists notice embedded visual patterns quicker than their atheist compatriots.

Culture has long been known to distort visual perception, says Bernhard Hommel, a psychologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands who led the new study.

For example, one previous experiment found that Asians tend to dart their eyes around a photograph, while North Americans fix on specific people.

Read the full story in NewScientist


People of different religions have different perspectives on life,
but do they also have different visual perceptions?

END NOTES

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