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It's a Wonderful WiFi
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:35
Blog It's that magical time of year when family and friends gather 'round a crackling fireplace, the smell of homemade cookies fill the air, and an annual tradition is renewed when Frank Capra's classic It's a Wonderful ...
Millennials are making more money than earlier generations did at the same age
TechRepublic - 17 Dec 2018 16:34
Millennial women are driving the increase in household incomes, according to a recent Pew Research report.
3D Printed Head Fools Android Face Recognition, iPhone X 'Impenetrable'
Mac Rumors - 17 Dec 2018 04:45
Forbes recently challenged a variety of smartphone face-recognition systems with a 3d printed head modeled after the author's head. The head was printed at Backface in Birmingham, U.K., where I was ushered into a dome-li...
Comcast Adds YouTube 4K Content to X1
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:28
News YouTube's catalog of 4K content is now accessible on Comcast's Xfinity X1 platform, the cable giant announced Monday. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
DOJ Gives Gray-Raycom Deal Greenlight, on Condition of Station Sell-Offs
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:11
News The Department of Justice has said Gray Television and Raycom Media's proposed $3.6 billion deal can move ahead, as long as the companies divest TV stations in nine local markets where the two currently compete agai...
Monitoring Lung Function at Home In Teens With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:10
News A new study in the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases describes the at-home use of a child-compatible, hand-held device (HHD) that makes monitoring pulmonary function in teens more convenient and provides the data ne...
How to Use Reduce Motion on Mac to Disable Most Animations
OS X Daily - 17 Dec 2018 22:17
The Mac has many visual animations that draw on screen as you perform various actions throughout the operating system, whether it’s the zooming in and out of opening Mission Control, or sliding between desktops in Spac...
Delivery robot catches fire at university campus, students set up vigil
Mashable - 17 Dec 2018 04:45California will require zero-emissions buses by 2040
Engadget - 17 Dec 2018 04:06
California isn't just interested in taking fossil fuel cars off the streets -- it wants to clean up buses, too. The state's Air Resources Board has voted to require that all buses are emissions-free by 2040. The transiti...
Virtual reality gaming and the pursuit of "flow state"
TechCrunch - 17 Dec 2018 01:30
Maggie Lane Contributor Share on Twitter Maggie Lane is a writer and producer of virtual reality experiences and covers the industry for various publications. More posts by this contributor Inside Nickelodeon’s Teenage...
New Study Finds That Surgeons Under Stress Make More Mistakes in the Operating Room
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:46
News A new study reveals that during stressful moments in the operating room, surgeons make up to 66 percent more mistakes on patients. Using a technology that captured the electrical activity of a surgeon's heart, resea...
Children of problem drinkers more likely to marry someone with a drinking problem
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2018 23:41
Children of parents who have alcohol use disorder are more likely to get married under the age of 25, less likely to get married later in life, and more likely to marry a person who has alcohol use disorder themselves, a...
Tiny implantable device short-circuits hunger pangs, aids weight loss
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2018 23:41
New battery-free, easily implantable weight-loss devices developed by engineers could offer a promising new weapon for battling the bulge.
Study Suggests CBD May Worsen Glaucoma, Raise Eye Pressure
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:27
News A study from researchers at Indiana University has found that a major chemical component in the substance appears to worsen the primary underpinning of the disease: a rise in pressure inside the eye... Contributed A...
Tiny Implantable Device Short-Circuits Hunger Pangs, Aids Weight Loss
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:20
News More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study. Now, a new battery-free, easily implantable weight-loss devices developed by engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Scandal-plagued CBS Grants $20M to 18 Women's Rights Groups
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 23:14
News CBS on Friday pledged to give $20 million to 18 organizations dedicated to eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace as the network tries to recover from a scandal that led to the ouster of its top executive, L...
NextGen Healthcare Launches Cloud-based Data Aggregation Platform, Health Data Hub
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 22:50
News NextGen Healthcare, Inc. announced the launch of NextGen Health Data Hub, a cloud-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform that supports the sharing and aggregation of patient health data... Contributed Auth...
MuSCAT2 to Find Earth-Like Planets in the TESS Era
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 22:41
News A Japan-Spain team has developed a powerful 4-color simultaneous camera named MuSCAT2 for the 1.52-m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez at the Teide Observatory, Canaries, Spain. The instrument aims to find... Contributed A...
Toward Brain-Like Computing: New Memristor Better Mimics Synapses
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2018 22:35
News A new electronic device can developed at the University of Michigan can directly model the behaviors of a synapse, which is a connection between two neurons. For the first time, the way that neurons share or... Cont...
It's Probably OK to Eat Raw Cookie Dough -- As Long As You're Smart About It
Discover - 17 Dec 2018 22:21
For many people, the holiday ritual of baking cookies isn't complete without also eating some of the raw dough. In my family, questions like "Who gets to lick the beaters?" and "Can I grab a piece of dough?" were always ...
CBD in marijuana may worsen glaucoma, raise eye pressure
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2018 22:15
A study has found that CBD -- a major chemical component in marijuana -- appears to increase pressure inside the eye of mice, suggesting the use of the substance in the treatment of glaucoma may actually worsen the condi...
Biodegradable, edible film kills pathogens on seafood
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2018 21:41
A biodegradable, edible film made with plant starch and antimicrobial compounds may control the growth of foodborne pathogens on seafood, according to researchers.