And in 2005 EADS Sodern, a French maker of satellites' control and positioning systems and subsidiary of the Franco-German company EADS, said it would start to phase out its American supplier base.
Mr Mahdavi says his technique could control the size and positioning of the bubbles in such foam, and so determine the material's strength and rigidity.
The current 3D camera module developed by Sharp incorporates functions to process the image data output by the left and right cameras, including Color Synchronizing Processing to adjust color and brightness, Timing Synchronizing Processing to synchronize the timing of the video signals, and Optical Axis Control Processing to correct positioning.
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Meanwhile, Yukos, a Russian oil company, is positioning itself to buy generating capacity, and thus ensure control of its electricity supplies.
So Ted Stevens may have saved my life and that was something a great many Alaskans could say as they looked about at the roads and bridges, the hospitals and flood-control systems, the satellite weather and global-positioning relay stations, the sprawling Army and Air Force bases, the rural landing strips and postal air-cargo flights that sustain existence in Alaska as it enters its fiftieth year of statehood.
Among its most recent products include a watch than can receive global positioning system location information, one that doubles as a TV remote control, and one that plays MP3 digital music files.
Such fine control would be employed in certain experimental set-ups in space where precise positioning of a craft was essential.
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MacDonald said she has heard from locals that Taliban fighters had taken villages by positioning heavily armed fighters on the streets in the area and telling village leaders that the Taliban has taken control of the area.
The report calls for accelerating the use of the global positioning satellite system (GPS) in U.S. airspace and ultimately linking GPS and the air traffic control system to provide better and safer separation for planes flying in the United States.
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