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It took 10 years and an elite unit from America's Navy Seals to hunt down Osama bin Laden. Now the technology used to track the most elusive terrorist in history is at the centre of 　61　 top mission to help to enhance the life of cakes in British bakeries.

Strathclyde University 　62　 (award) a grant to examine how the imaging used on the helicopters that surrounded Bin Laden's Pakistan compound in 2011 might be used to perfect cupcakes, Victoria sponges and a host of other staples of the British diet.

They are working with a British food company, Lightbody, to try to accurately plot the deterioration of a cake and formulate a recipe with the best fat, sugar and liquid proportions for taste and shelf life.

“With hyperspectral imaging, you can tell the chemical content of a cake just by taking a photo of it. That allows the baker 　63　 (optimize) the process for shelf life and taste. It tells you 　64　 is going on, how the sugars are breaking down, how the fats are breaking down. If bakers can get the formula right, they can extend the shelf life and sell their cakes 　65　 (far) afield,” said Stephen Marshall, professor of image 　66　 (process) at the university.

In a military context, hyperspectral imaging captures hundreds of values in the electromagnetic spectrum which enable scientists to identify objects 　67　 sending them to a laboratory.

A hi-tech snapshot creates an electromagnetic “fingerprint” of the objects 　68　 can be used to identify minerals, crop disease, and movements of people and vehicles under military surveillance.

In the hunt for Bin Laden, it would have identified movements of people and vehicles simply by capturing changes in the grounds 　69　 (surround) the terrorist's compound.

Strathclyde and Lightbody received a grant of ￡61,000 from the Interface Food & Drink, a Scottish fund 　70　 (design) to forge links between business developers and academic research.

Howell Davies of Interface said: “You can basically take a picture of something and analyse the product without taking it away for testing in a lab. You can see things that you can't see with the human eye.”