An offshore supply vessel is a sea motor vessel used for transporting cargos, goods, supplies, crews, and offshore exploration and production (E&P) across oil platforms. OSVs support marine offshore drilling activities through transportation of offshore energy resources, and they also facilitate the installation process of oil rigs. They are mostly used by oil and gas companies for E&P activities. The OSVs are operated by ship owners or by companies that take OSVs on lease. In addition, the OSVs facilitate maritime logistics operations for different industries such as subsea and deepwater mining.

Non-lethal weapons, also known as less-lethal weapons, feature less intensity so that these do not kill a living target. These weapons are used in situations to limit the escalation of violence, as well as in scenarios where the use of lethal force is undesirable, or where policy restricts the employment of conventional force. These are used by military police and armed personnel for riot control, prisoner control, crowd management, refugee control, and self-defense.

Night vision devices collect ambient light, which includes moonlight, starlight or infrared (IR) light through the front lens of the device. This light is made of photons. It is converted to electrons by passing it through a photocathode tube. The electrons are then amplified through a chemical and electrical process. After that, the resulting light is thrown against a phosphorous screen that converts the electrons back to the visible light, which the user sees through the eyepiece. The image is a clear, green-hued, amplified recreation of the scene. It is green because of the phosphorous screen, which converts light to green. This is because human eyes are more sensitive to green light than to any other color.

Network cameras were first released in 1996. A network camera, also known as an IP camera, is made from a combination of a camera and a computer in a network infrastructure. The camera consists of a lens, an image sensor, memory, and a processor. The processor has image processing, compression, video analysis, and networking functionalities and the memory stores videos and images captured by the network camera to be accessed later. Network cameras are used in surveillance as they can be installed at several points within a network and they enable efficient data transmission to a set of monitors over an IP network.

Nanotechnology refers to the technology that controls matter on an atomic and molecular scale (typically, 100 nanometers or smaller) and the fabrication of devices and materials that fall under the 100-nm range. Nanopatterning is concerned with imprinting nanoscale patterns on the substrate without using light or radiation-based techniques. Nanopatterning involves patterning on a nanometer scale and is currently a vital ingredient of nanotechnology. Nanopatterning and nanofabrication are essential when patterns with different densities are required for nanoscale devices. The primary benefit of modern nanopatterning techniques is the ability to generate different patterns in a single-step procedure.

Since the advent of aviation, aircraft have been operated with carbon-based fuels such as gasoline or kerosene. Though these fuels generate high power, they come with unpleasant effects such as increased production of greenhouse gasses. Therefore, aircraft OEMs have endeavored to find new ways to address such challenges and one of the solutions that have emerged is the development of more electric aircraft (MEA). MEA are advanced aircraft that use a large number of electrical components to reduce the non-propulsive power systems such as mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems, all of which derive its power from the aircraft engine. This, conceptually, reduces the weight of aircraft, leading to a low cost of ownership, use of less fuel, reduction in emissions, increased reliability, and several other added benefits.

Mechanical seals converge/connect parts of systems or mechanisms to prevent leakage of fluids. The plumbing systems in the manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, electrical and electronics, and petrochemical industries use these seals to prevent fluid leakage by maintaining the pressure flow. The plumbing mechanism employed by the industries determines the type of seals required for joining the parts.

Military aerial refueling (also called air-to-air refueling) is the process of pumping aviation fuel from a military tanker to another military air platform during the flight. This process allows the receiving aircraft to remain airborne for a longer duration, supplementing the mission effectiveness. Owing to the growing investments in developing long-range aircraft, the importance of maintaining sturdy fleets of aerial refueling tankers has revived its importance among the defense ministries of many countries across the globe.

Until recently, discussion on feminine matters was taboo in the social community because of which, women suffered from a lack of knowledge on the subject. However, the situation has changed significantly over the years, and women have become aware about their health, including feminine hygiene issues. With the evolving perceptions of women, vendors are trying to fulfill the demand for proper feminine hygiene by providing high-quality products. Currently, sanitary pads are the most commonly-used products for feminine hygiene by women. In the feminine hygiene market, sanitary napkins are followed by menstrual cups and tampons.

Meat and poultry processing equipment is used by manufacturers of meat and poultry products for processing meat using techniques such as blending, homogenization, pasteurization, and filling. Processing of food helps in removal of toxins and preservation. Processed food offers advantages such as enhanced taste, low risk of contamination, enhanced shelf life, and a high degree of portability.