Apparently, this post was lost in the transition to the new blogging application (which took place May 15-22). The FDA earlier this month announced plans to increase field testing and other inspection of imported food and pharma goods in response to the recent salmonella and drug scares. The FDA budget...
For this interesting article on U.S. inspection of pharma manufacturing plants, I thank my friend Pipo Caban, a systems, supply chain, manufacturing and pretty much all-around expert at HP: http://www.newsobserver.com/1573/story/1263668.html The article states: "13 years is...the time it would take...
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10-25-2008
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Filed under: security, Flat Earth, authentication, pharmaceuticals, inspection, mass serialization, Unflat Earth, Pharma, ePedigree, FDA, Foreign drug manufacturing, Offshoring
In a blog post earlier on this busy blogging week (hard to tell I'm spending a lot of time rotting in airports/hotels, no?), I introduced some of the difficulties in image clustering, or aggregation. This post introduces some of the broad approaches used to solve such imaging challenges. Broadly...
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09-20-2008
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Filed under: security, authentication, forensics, inspection, imaging, image transformation, exposure, contrast, machine vision, pattern matching, image modeling, segmentation, image processing, templates, steganography, image understanding
"Imaging" is a broad term meaning the ability to transform, interpret and/or associate an image. Sounds pretty easy, right? But when you consider what is actually involved, it's pretty hard. Most modern digital cameras (and other photo-capture devices) are packed with a host of "automatic"...
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09-18-2008
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Filed under: security, authentication, forensics, inspection, imaging, Sao Paulo, Morumbi bridge, GPS, image transformation, exposure, contrast
Immanuel Kant addressed human morality and its position in nature and the universe with his categorical imperative. The formula of Universal Law states that one must act in such a manner that you can at the same time will it should become a universal law (keep in mind, this last sentence is paraphrased...