Word: detectible
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...deforestation is 20% of the problem, it should be 20% of the solution," according to Benoit Bosquet, team leader of the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, which helps developing countries prepare for REDD projects. Tree-spotting has improved; Japan's alos satellite uses cloud-penetrating radar to detect deforestation even in the rainy Amazon, making projects cheaper to police...
...fuel costs rise, the payback improves," notes Trethewey. A good auditor will use a blower test, which lowers the air pressure inside a home - air from the outside will then rush through openings, revealing any leaks. A truly high-tech test will use thermographic cameras, which detect infrared light, to detect exactly where heat might be leaking...
High-Tech Body Scans. The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its millimeter-wave technology to the Atlanta and Indianapolis airports, making a total of 17 airports that now use the screening process. Passengers are randomly selected for the full body scan, which is used to detect weapons and other threats concealed under clothes; to protect passengers' privacy, the scans are reviewed by TSA officers in a remote location. People who don't want the scan can opt for a traditional full-body pat-down...
...ones - and lucky ones from outright frauds. In a recent paper, Dean Foster, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and H. Peyton Young, a senior fellow in economics at the Brookings Institution, argued that the lack of industry regulation makes bad managers nearly impossible to detect. By making bets that have a relatively low probability of failing - say, 10% - an unskilled manager has a 90% chance of making good. But if the bet does go south, the industry's fee structure, which often includes 2% of investors' money plus another 20% of profits, ensures that...
...Imagine if arsenic was found in the water supply,” Wagner said. “By measuring the amount of electricity produced by the modified Shewies, we may be able to directly detect the level of contamination...