(Image: Earth Search Sciences, Inc.)

May 2, 2007 — Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a commercial provider of hyperspectral remote sensing technology, has received a patent on its third-generation imaging instrument, the OmniProbe. The OmniProbe promises vastly improved spectral and spatial resolution to a wide range of resource industries at a fraction of the cost of its leading-edge predecessor instrument, Probe 1. In addition, it will provide a greater number of applications for use.

The first generation of hyperspectral instruments weigh 500-plus pounds and are approximately six feet in diameter. Thanks to the influence of nanotechnology and MEMs, Earth Search’s new instrument will weigh less than 40 pounds, be approximately the size of a shoebox, and will attach to virtually any airborne platform. OmniProbe will quickly and accurately map targets of interest from altitudes of 35,000 feet, at speeds of 500 to 600 knots per hour, and will possess telescoping optics to scope down to 6 inch data.

“As we move into the next stage of our strategy, our newly-advanced instrument will enable us to joint venture with mineral, hydrocarbon, environmental, and military resource industries to quickly map targets of interest more precisely and economically than any instrument with which we’re familiar,” said Vance.