In the last half-year, a new generation of cameras, more frequently used for factory inspection systems, has made it possible to speed up the Complete Genomics sequencing process tenfold.
The lack of adequate inspection systems has important implications from the point of view of quality assurance, since it increases the costs, time and wasted material.
RapiScan Systems, which makes walk-through metal detectors and baggage inspection systems, has been trialing a range of scanners at U.K. airports that are set to be distributed in America, which can detect any opaque objects underneath a traveler's clothing.
All the problems with New Jersey's new motor vehicle inspection system have suited Rafael Ottenwalder and Jesus Valle just fine, the police say.
The inspection system has been a recurring source of embarrassment to Mrs. Whitman's administration, which awarded a $463 million contract to Parsons, the lone bidder, in 1998.
But the N.R.C. insists that since then, its regular inspection system has improved, eliminating the need for a repeat of that kind of audit at Indian Point.
The nation's meat inspection system has undergone sweeping changes, with the government shifting much of the responsibility for safety to meat companies.
Stephen G. Carrellas, coordinator of the New Jersey chapter of the National Motorists Association, said Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group, the private company operating the inspection system, had much more complicated equipment to install with far more stringent deadlines, for a system whose use is mandatory.
New Jersey officials said yesterday that the company hired to run the state's new automobile inspection system had significantly reduced the long waits, and would therefore receive $5.5 million that had been withheld by the state.
