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Boeing uses National Instruments PXI, dynamic signal analyzers, and LabVIEW to perform phased array data acquisition for flyover tests. These tests help Boeing evaluate new designs for reducing commercial jet noise during takeoff. Did you know …. 200x300 Foot Area. Did you know ….
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Boeing uses National Instruments PXI, dynamic signal analyzers, and LabVIEW to perform phased array data acquisition for flyover tests. These tests help Boeing evaluate new designs for reducing commercial jet noise during takeoff. Did you know … 200x300 Foot Area
Did you know … Virginia Tech used National InstrumentsLabVIEW, Data Acquisition, Motion Control, PXI, and Vision to control and monitor “Rocky” for the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.
NI in medicine … National Instruments LabVIEW and R-Series are used by OptiMedica for controlling 532nm laser pulses for retinal photocoagulation to help save the vision of patients suffering from diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness for people ages 20 to 74.
Did you know … Shiner beer is brewed using the power of LabVIEW. The Shiner brewery uses National Instruments control and imaging software to manage many areas of their plant including water purification, filtration, and bottling.
NI in the movies … George Lucas used LabVIEWin Star Wars: Episode 3 to control a robotic arm used to simulate the movement of speeders. Using NI equipment to capture the motion of the prop, Lucas used LabVIEW to retrace the exact movements for each take.
Did you know … Microsoft selected LabVIEW and PXI to be the center of their test solution for its Xbox and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system controllers. The virtual instrumentation solution was recently deployed to the production line for the functional test of every Xbox controller.
Did you know … Lance Armstrong used NI equipment and software to test his helmet and bike designs prior to racing in each Tour de France race.
In the beginning … Before Dr. Truchardco-foundedNI out of his garage in 1976, he first thought about making artificial diamonds. NI’s founders looked at a variety of names for the company including Texas Digital, Longhorn Instruments, and several permutations of their initials. Thankfully, they eventually settled onNational Instruments.
LEGO and NI … LEGO uses LabVIEW to power their LEGO Mindstorms product line. Since they were introduced in 1998, the LEGO MINDSTORMS quickly became LEGO’s best-selling kit of all time. The EV3 robot is the next generation of LEGO Mindstorms.
NI in the ocean… The Institute of Marine Research used LabVIEW to detect fish close to the ocean floor with echo sounders onboard research vessels. LabVIEW allowed for non-complex code for building an extremely powerful autonomous unit to find fish in the ocean.
Did you know … Drivven, Inc. needed to prototype motorcycle engine controllers quickly and with minimal cost. The company selected National InstrumentsCompactRIOand LabVIEW FPGA to create their engine control units, and went from $500,000 and 2 years of development to $15,000 and 3 months.
NI in medicine … LabVIEW is used by doctors to cryogenically freeze humans for preservation. Ted Williams was frozen using an application developed in LabVIEW.
Did you know … Mexico City uses National Instruments PXI with LabVIEW Real Time to test boards controlling subway train movement throughout the city.
Did you know … NIwas named one of Fortune 100’s “Best Companies to Work For” for the last 13 years in a row
A Snapshot of Our Long-Term Track Record of Growth • Revenue: $300M in Q4 2012 • Global Operations: Approximately 6,870 employees; operations in more than 40 countries • Broad customer base: More than 35,000 companies served annually • Diversity: No industry >15% of revenue • Culture: Ranked among top 25 companies to work for worldwide by the Great Places to Work Institute • Strong Cash Position: Cash and short-term investments of $335M at December 31, 2012
Did you know … NI owned the original trademark for the term windows (our LabWindows product line which launched in the 80’s). Microsoft actually paid NI royalties for a short while as part of an agreement to let them use the term.
Little known fact … Dr. Truchard and Jeff Kodosky traced an oval label off an office trash can to complete the design of the first National Instruments logo in 1977. The final company logo with the eagle was designed by a marketing group in Dallas in 1980.
NI in ice… A research associate at the UT School of Geosciences used NI products in Antarctica! Ginny Catania used NIPXI Modular Instruments products to understand ice dynamics and glacier processes through remote sensing, field and model observations.
Did you know … NI LabVIEW was used to repair damaged levees left by Hurricane Katrina. Hayward Baker used NI LabVIEW and Compact FieldPointto create a highly flexible control and monitoring system for soil mixing as part of Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts. 22
NI for dinner… Kraft Foods uses the NI LabVIEW Graphical System Design environment for intelligent machine fault detection and analysis of Easy Mac and coffee packaging lines. 23
Did you know … Virginia Tech uses NI LabVIEW to develop and test autonomous robots for research and competition. In just one week, one student wrote the VIs that qualified DARwIn (shown on the right) as the first and only U.S. humanoid robot for the international soccer competition RoboCup in 2007. 24
NI in Medicine… Lebanese University researchers use NI LabVIEW to control the robotic arm responsible for extremely precise photodynamic therapy application for cancer patients. Using LabVIEW, the researchers get a smoother move resulting in less abrupt transitions, which both saves time and improves performance. 25
