Following collaboration with NASA engineers, a company licensed an advanced hyperspectral imaging technology and used it in medical, military, forensics and other applications worldwide. In chicken food-processing, hyperspectral imaging can detect the presence of harmful substances and pathogens by analyzing electromagnetic energy emitted by the surface of scanned objects.
Hyperspectral imaging — detecting emitted and reflected electromagnetic energy beyond each end of the visible spectrum — reveals a wealth of information. NASA uses infrared and ultraviolet imaging to learn about Earth's surface, other planets, and distant stars and galaxies. The agency collaborated with one company to create a smaller hyperspectral imager that didn't require relative movement between the scanner and the object being observed.
Learn more about how NASA helped develop technology that impacts hyperspectral imaging of chicken within your city's grocery environment!