In a process called active electrolocation, animals are able to detect and analyse objects in their environment, which allows them to perceive a detailed electrical picture of their surroundings even in complete darkness.
When analysing objects in heritage collections, it may be necessary to enclose the treated object into a suitable container (plastic/glass storage box, or 'tent' around the object) to isolate and concentrate any emissions from the material surface.
Groups simplify both the software engineering and the human computer interaction of Pathway Tools because Groups ties together several existing functionalities of Pathway Tools, such as tools for generating sets of objects, analysing sets of objects and displaying sets of objects.
The distinctive and unique feature of this instrument, which makes it rather attractive for analysing large objects, is the possibility to cover a large area in a single radiograph, thus avoiding tile scanning of the object.
South Korea's defence ministry said it was analysing the objects shown in the North Korean photos.
When class labels are unavailable, or perhaps debatable, unsupervised methods may be applied to attempt to model the class structure by analysing inter-object similarities with reference to features alone.
The researchers believe their findings could be used to develop a "photography popularity tool" that would analyse colour, object and texture information to provide photographers with "suggestions on how to modify their pictures for broad appeal".
Another question is whether one should analyse the object of the body senses at the level of the sensory receptors or at the representational level.
The technology could easily be added to existing baggage scanning equipment and would mean that if a suspicious item is seen in a regular X-ray image, the operator of the equipment could analyse the object in detail without opening the bag.
