{"id":3842,"date":"2012-07-17T09:35:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2012-07-17T09:35:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:35:58","slug":"work-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=3842","title":{"rendered":"WILL THIS WORK AT SEA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW TECHNOLOGY
\nA new sensor system from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications,
\nHeinrich Hertz Institute can help to detect weak points on time and warn
\nyachtsmen when breaking point has been reached. Prof. Wolfgang Schade and
\nhis team in the Project Group <\/a>for Fiber Optical Sensor Systems in the
\nGerman town of Goslar have developed “nerves of glass” which can measure
\nthe forces that act on hulls, masts, and sails.<\/p>\n

Schade and his team’s next objective is to adapt the measurement technology
\nso it is fit for use in competitive racing. “We have now fitted sail
\nbattens with fiber optic sensors, which will help competitors in future to
\nfind the optimal trim…” explains Schade. For the first time, the fiber
\noptic sensors and the connected measuring equipment – which is no bigger
\nthan a cigarette packet and contains an LED light source, spectrometer, and
\nelectronics – are supplying reproducible values.<\/p>\n

This data tells the crew in which areas there is too much or too little
\npressure, or how stresses shift to different areas, for example when the
\nsheets are pulled in tighter. The results provided by the sensor technology
\nwill be accessible everywhere on board at all times – Schade’s team has
\nalready developed an app that allows crew members to access real time data
\nfrom their smart phones. The new measuring system will be launched shortly
\nunder the name NextSailSystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW TECHNOLOGY A new sensor system from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute can help to detect weak points on time and warn yachtsmen when breaking point has been reached. Prof. Wolfgang Schade and his team in the Project Group for Fiber Optical Sensor Systems in the German town of Goslar have developed … Continue reading WILL THIS WORK AT SEA?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1220],"tags":[1384,1386,1385,1387],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-fiber-optics","tag-heinrich-hertz-institute","tag-sensors","tag-wolfgang-schade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3843,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions\/3843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}