Notebook 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: VAIO
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsVAIO notebook computers are customizable with a choice of processor, hard drive, and memory capacity. Z1 Series notebooks feature Intel Centrino mobile technology; they provide performance, battery life and wireless access. The TR Series features a 10.
Desktop Computer 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: Power Mac G4
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPower Mac G4 features a choice of a single 1 GHz, dual 1.25 GHz or dual 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4. It also features FireWire 800 and has internal support for 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth wireless networking.
Notebook 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: ThinkPad
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe ThinkPad family features ThinkVantage Design attributes to strike a harmonious balance of form and function, including UltraNav multi-pointing system with a customized touch pad and wrap-around buttons with the same touch and feel as the IBM TrackPoint.
Data Acquisition Board 2003 Readers’ Choice Award Winner: 6120 Family
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | National Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsThe 6120 family of 16-bit multifunction I/O DAQ devices allows users to capture waveforms with better vertical resolution and frequency resolution than with traditional oscilloscopes.
Rugged-Industrial Computer 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: MP Series
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Azonix Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsThe MP series incorporates shock and vibration protection, shielding from ambient EMI/RFI interference, isolated circuitry, low-power design for long life, full metal enclosures with internal-to-external heat dispersion, no outside air exchange, an dNEMA 4 ratings for the entire unit.
Database Management 2003 Readers’ Choice Award Winner: Oracle
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Oracle object-relational database is available in three editions: Enterprise, Standard, and Personal. It is designed for fast data access and analysis. The standard edition includes a fully-integrated set of management tools, replication and Web features.
Data Acquisition System 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: OMB-DAQBOOK Series
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Omega Engineering | Product Releases | CommentsOMB-DAQBOOK portable data acquisition systems for notebook and desktop PCs offer 12- or 16-bit, 100 kHz data acquisition. They provide greater than 700 Kbyte/s bidirectional data communication to the PC via an enhanced parallel port (EPP) or PCMCIA link interfaces.
Image Analysis -Processing 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: Matrox Imaging Library
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Matrox Electronic Systems | Product Releases | CommentsMatrox Imaging Library (MIL) is a programming library that offers an extensive set of optimized functions for image capture, processing, analysis, display and archiving.
Supercomputer 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: Origin family
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Origin family of high-performance servers and supercomputers is based on the NUMAflex global shared-memory architecture and the IRIX operating environment.
Server 2003 Readers’ Choice Award Winner: Proliant Family
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Proliant family includes the BL Line, power-efficient, ultra-dense edge server blades
Data Acquisition 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: WinWedge
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Tal Technologies, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsWinWedge RS232 data acquisition software inputs serial data directly into any PC application. It can collect data from any RS232 instrument or device.
Supercomputer 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: eServer Cluster
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe eServer Cluster 1600 is based on RS/6000 SP technology, users can create a cluster with p690 servers attached to existing SP systems allowing extreme scalabilty and performance.
Imaging System 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: MCID
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Imaging Research Inc | Product Releases | CommentsThe MCID Basic Densitometry System is a dedicated macro-imaging system well-suited for autoradiography applications, including quantitative tissue autoradiography, receptor binding, in situ hybridization and gel and blot analysis.
Image Analysis-Processing 2003 Readers’ Choice Award Winner: Image-Pro Plus
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | Media Cybernetics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsImage-Pro Plus image analysis software allows users to acquire, process, and analyze images on a single machine or across an entire network.
Instrument Control 2003 Readers’ Choice Finalist: MATLAB
June 30, 2003 8:00 pm | The Mathworks, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMATLAB is an intuitive language and technical computing environment that provides core mathematics and advanced graphical tools for algorithm and application development, data analysis and visualization.






