Medical News
How Space Know-How Is Making Ambulances Safer
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:00
News An innovative new product, designed with NASA's help, aims to sterilize the rig and gear to make it safer for patients and paramedics... Contributed Author: NASA Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Underwater Robots Train to Explore Distant Ocean Worlds
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 21:47
Blog A NASA project known as the Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog (SUBSEA) will explore around a deep-sea volcano off the coast of Hawaii using underwater robots. However... Staff Autho...
Researchers Enable Real-Time Forensic Analysis with New Cybersecurity Tool
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 21:25
News As technology continues to evolve, cybersecurity threats do as well. To better safeguard digital information, a team of researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory... Contribut...
Three Ways Making a Smartphone Can Harm the Environment
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 21:02
News Nearly five billion people worldwide will use a smartphone by 2020. Each device is made up of numerous precious metals and many of the key technological features wouldn't be possible without them. Some... Contribute...
Emergency Stop Switches Target Industrial and Process Control Applications
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 20:55
Product Announcement Foremost Electronics announces the introduction of 9 new emergency stop switches from the IDEC e-stop series. The new products include the IDEC XA, X6, XN1E/5E, XN4E, EU2B, FB1W, XW, HW and... Contri...
Sensor Measures Skin Friction Drag Using Off-The-Shelf Components
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 18:23
Blog Using off-the-shelf components, a sensor that measures skin friction drag has been developed by University of Surrey researchers. As an object moves through a fluid, this drag occurs due to friction between... Staff...
AI to Seep Further into Everyday Life at Berlin's IFA
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 14:21
News Electronics manufacturers are betting on artificial intelligence weaving itself ever more tightly into our relationships with their products on show at this year's IFA... Contributed Author: Daphne Rousseau Topics: ...
Where Will 4D Printing Make its First Impressions?
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 17:38
Blog Also known as additive manufacturing, 3D printing is the process of converting information from digital blueprints to physical objects by constructing them layer by layer. As we all know, this technology is capable ...
Poke-In Connectors for Smart Home Wall-Mounted Devices
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 16:29
Product Announcement TE Connectivity (TE) is introducing BUCHANAN WireMate Two-Piece Poke-In connectors to provide designers with a three-directional mounting solution for wall-mounted devices. The product features a pan...
Report Says Artificial Intelligence on the Rise for Healthcare
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:34
Article Tractica, a market intelligence firm that focuses on human interaction with technology, has released a research report titled "Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications" The report discusses several maj...
Environmentally Friendly Photoluminescent Nanoparticles for More Vivid Display Colors
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:11
News Most current displays do not always accurately represent the world's colors as we perceive them by eye, instead only representing roughly 70% of them. To make better displays with true colors commonly available... C...
Startup Delivers Groceries in Self-Driving Cars
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:04
News Startup AutoX on Monday announced the Silicon Valley debut of a service that will turn self-driving cars into mobile grocery shops summoned with a touch of a smartphone application. The service will kick off... Cont...
UTSA Enters Guinness World Records With Smallest Medical Robot
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:00
News It can't be seen with a human eye. It doesn't look anything like C-3PO or R2-D2. But, nevertheless, it is a robot (all 120nm of it) and it now holds the world record in the Guinness World Records for the Smallest Me...
The Six Hottest Jobs In Artificial Intelligence
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:00
Blog The degree site, BusinessStudent.com has revealed which artificial intelligence roles are the most in demand following a comprehensive study of thousands of job listings. The results show graduates exactly what they...
Can Radar Replace Stethoscopes
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:00
News Researchers have developed a procedure for reliably detecting and diagnosing heart sounds using radar. Mobile radar devices could replace conventional stethoscopes and permanent touch-free monitoring of patients' vi...
Curbell Plastics Provides Durable Materials For High School Robotics Program
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:00
News Curbell Plastics, Inc., a supplier of plastic sheet, rod, tube and film continued its support of high school robotics programs with a donation to Websater High Schools... Contributed Author: Curbell Plastics Topics:...
Falling Military Robot Can Pick Itself Back Up
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:00
News Scientists have developed software to ensure that if a robot falls, it can get itself back up, meaning future military robots will be less reliant on their Soldier handlers... Contributed Author: ARL Public Affairs ...
Uber Heads In New Direction With Toyota On Self-Driving Cars
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 15:00
Article Uber is teaming up with Toyota to build self-driving cars for its ride-hailing service after its efforts to do it alone were derailed by a fatal collision and allegations of high-tech theft... Contributed Author:...
Robot Teachers Invade Chinese Kindergartens
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 14:33
News The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Robotic...
Study Shows AI can Deliver Specialty-Level Diagnosis in Primary Care Setting
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 14:29
News A system designed by a University of Iowa ophthalmologist that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect diabetic retinopathy without a person interpreting the results... Contributed Author: University of Iowa Hea...
Researchers 3-D Print Prototype for 'Bionic Eye'
Medical Design Technology - 29 Aug 2018 14:25
News A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time, fully 3-D printed an array of light receptors on a hemispherical surface. This discovery marks... Contributed Author: University of Minn...
Father's diet could affect the long-term health of his offspring
EurekAlert! - 29 Aug 2018 06:00
(University of Nottingham) New research has shown that a lack of protein in a father's diet affects sperm quality which can have a direct impact on the long-term health of their offspring.