Among SEG / Shimadzu Europa GmbH / Shimadzu Corporation / Aida Nanospace Project / Kratos Analytical Ltd. / AeroVironment / SEG / Airbus / Nature Materials / Solar Impulse / Earlier / GETTY IMAGES / Astro Flight / /
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Europe / /
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Japan / Australia / United Kingdom / China / Philippines / Germany / Mexico / United States / /
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USD / /
Event
M&A / Product Release / Product Issues / /
Facility
Shimadzu’s Technology Research Laboratory / University of Washington / Ian Wark Research Institute / Australian plant / The University of South Australia’s Hans Griesser / building Solar Impulse / With stable / University of South Australia Shimadzu Europa / / /
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carrier gas / quartz electrophoretic chips / energy storage density / aircraft equipment / indirect conversion systems / higher quality imaging / technology research / precision equipment / micro gas chromatography system / gas consisting / chemical reaction / analytical devices / implantable medical devices / imaging / energy / analytic products / pharmaceuticals / energy consumption / gas components / medical and industrial equipment / car industry / battery technologies / energy efficiency / inkjet devices / chemical analysis / gas chromatograph mass spectrometers / weather-prediction systems / precision equipment manufacturer / organic electronics / evolved gas components / scientific equipment / Gas chromatography / microelectromechanical systems / communications industry / energy con / inkjet technology / industrial equipment / manufacturing bases / gas chromatography columns / chemical important commercial product / ion chromatography suppressors analytical devices / satellite technology / chemical state / implanted medical devices / bad weather systems / analytic product / paint adhesion / flat panel detector technology / manufacturing plants / instruments and applications / satellite replacements / /
University of Washington / University of South Australia / Japan Science and Technology Agency / Department of Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering / Technology Research Laboratory / University of South Australia Shimadzu Europa / Ian Wark Research Institute / Federal Government / National ESCA & Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ministry of Economy / /
Person
Kai Siegbahn / Hiroaki Nakanishi / Castner / Alan Cocconi / Thomas Nordhoff / STÉPHANE GROS / Charles Lindbergh / André Borschberg / Chris Kelleher / Jacques / Robert Boucher / Michael Kaul / Hans Griesser / Albert Einstein / Paul MacCready / Eric Raymond / Bob Curtin / Vicki Cleave / Solar Challenger / Bertrand Piccard / Hans J. Griesser David / Burkhard Steinert / Ian Wark / / /
Position
Professor of Surface and Deputy Director / technical director / aeronautical engineer / Professor / senior manager / senior editor / solo pilot / chemical engineer / senior manager of the analytic division / Director / manager of lishment / General R&D Manager / pilot and chief executive / vice-president of business development / adviser / key adviser / senior manager of medical systems division / /
Product
Wright Flyer / HPV-2 high-speed video camera / flying wing / Solar Impulse / Airbus A380 / Flyer / IMPULSE / Helios / MobileDaRt Evolution / a next- tion has three major divisions /
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Hawaii / South Australia / California / Arizona / Oregon / /
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Nature Materials / /
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South Australia / /
Technology
radiation / X-ray / quartz electrophoretic chips / Applying μTAS technology / MEMS technology / Micro Gas Chromatography Column Using MEMS Technology / microelectromechanical systems / MEMS / biomaterials / gas chromatography system / semiconductors / electrophoresis system / DNA Chip / gene expression / spectroscopy / using μTAS technology / gas chromatography / medical diagnostic / semiconductor / flat panel detector technology / μTAS technology / microfluidics / fuel cell / battery technologies / X-ray system / satellite technology / using MEMS / /
The dream of perpetual flight without fuel has inspired pilots to take to the skies in solar-powered planes. Vicki Cleave looks at a mission to fly a solar plane through the night