Medical News
Sleep apnea could favour tumor growth at young ages
EurekAlert! - 12 Sep 2018 06:00
(University of Barcelona) A scientific study, conducted with animal models, states that sleep apnea can favour lung cancer growth in young individuals. Thus, aging would be a protecting factor against the fast tumor deve...
How Satellites Are Peering Into Public Health Issues
Discover - 12 Sep 2018 23:30
Scientists say they have a new way of measuring obesity -- from space. Can those jokes -- it doesn't have anything to do with individuals. Instead, researchers from the University of Washington took satellite maps of var...
Millimeter-Wavelength Telescope Sees $13-Million Upgrade
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 22:28
Blog The National Science Foundation (NSF) will give its Green Bank Telescope (GBT) a $13-million upgrade. "The GBT is the world's largest fully steerable telescope and the largest single-dish telescope capable... Staff ...
Apple's New Deluxe iPhone to Start at $1,100
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 21:47
News Apple's newest iPhone will again test the limits of how much people are willing to pay for the latest technology... Contributed Author: AP News Topics: Devices
A Simple Blood Test Could Tell You the Time Inside Your Body
Discover - 12 Sep 2018 21:40
In life, timing is everything. Your body's internal clock - the circadian rhythm - regulates an enormous variety of processes: when you sleep and wake, when you're hungry, when you're most productive. Given its palpable ...
Espial Launches Android TVaaS Solution for Video Service Providers
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 21:37
News Espial announced a TV-as-a-Service solution for Android TV, including support for Android TV Operator Tier set-top boxes and Android TV retail devices. The Android TV solution is powered by the Elevate Cloud IPTV Pl...
Virgin TV and Zone·tv Create Personalized Video on Demand for Kids
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 20:46
News Virgin Media has announced the launch of its personalized Video on Demand (VoD) Channel for children, My Virgin TV Kids, in collaboration with zone·tv. My Virgin TV Kids Dynamic Channel will allow young users to cu...
The MQ-25: An Unmanned Aerial Refueler for the U.S. Navy
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 20:20
Videos Boeing's MQ-25 is an unmanned refueler that's poised to help the U.S. Navy with aerial refueling capabilities. Boeing received an $805-million contract to develop the U.S. Navy's first operational carrier-based......
Nano-Sandwiching Improves Heat Transfer, Prevents Overheating in Nanoelectronics
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 20:13
News Sandwiching two-dimensional materials used in nanoelectronic devices between their three-dimensional silicon bases and an ultrathin layer of aluminum oxide can significantly reduce the risk of component... Contribut...
Altice's Fiber-to-the-Home Service with Gigabit Fiber Broadband
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 19:56
News Altice USA has launched the Altice Gigabit fiber symmetrical internet service over its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network that is available to residential customers in select areas of Long Island... Staff Author: Tier...
A Wireless Communication System That Clips To Your Teeth
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 18:57
Blog Sonitus Technologies has created a wireless, two-way radio communication system that can clip onto the wearer's upper back molars. Nicknamed Molar Mic by the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Defense... Staff Author...
Physicists Shed Light on the Properties of Plasmons in Nanostructured Graphene
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 18:00
News A group of scientists from Russia and Austria has demonstrated that the interaction between plasmon oscillations in nanostructured graphene causes a significant shift in the far IR light absorption spectrum... Contr...
Two New 16-Bit Arbitrary Waveform Generator Series
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 17:44
Product Announcement Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced two new 16-bit Arbitrary Waveform Generator series from Rigol Technologies. Both series are designed with unique SiFi II (Signal Fidelity II) technology to generat...
Multi-Domain Operations to Exploit Enemy Vulnerabilities, Say Army Leaders
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 17:18
News The genius of the new Army concept coined "multi-domain operations" is that it is designed to enable the maneuver commander to strike at the enemy's most vulnerable point, be that in the air, space, sea... Contribut...
A Hybrid Cooling System Armed with a Thermal Battery
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 17:10
Blog Clean technology startup NETenergy will commercialize a hybrid air conditioning system that centers around a thermal battery. The project was developed and licensed from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).....
Drones, Ride Sharers Could Team up for Package Delivery
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 16:44
News In the future, when you hail an Uber or take the bus, you might not only be sharing the ride with another traveler, but perhaps with a drone out on delivery as well. That is the vision of Naira Hovakimyan, professor...
Socket Plates Provide Custom Connectivity
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 16:27
Product Announcement Cliff Electronics now offers panel builders and system integrators a user customisable connectivity option. The new XRP Customisable Recessed Socket Plates continue to use the very popular XLR panel....
New High-Capacity Sodium-Ion Could Replace Lithium in Rechargeable Batteries
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 16:21
News University of Birmingham scientists are paving the way to swap the lithium in lithium-ion batteries with sodium, according to research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Lithium-ion batteries...
Unmanaged Industrial Ethernet Switches with M12 Connectivity for Railways
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 15:59
Product Announcement TE Connectivity (TE) is introducing a new range of robust unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches with M12 connectivity for use in railways and other forms of public transport. The new switches are de...
PerceptIn Launches the DragonFly Pod: The World's First $40,000 Autonomous Vehicle
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 15:52
News PerceptIn, a world-class full-stack visual intelligence company focused on robotics, today announced the launch of DragonFly Pod, the people's autonomous vehicle (AV) priced at $40,000. Created with PerceptIn's... C...
Nurses Sue Dignity Health, Claiming They Were Deprived Of Overtime Pay
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 15:46
News Plaintiffs allege timekeeping software used by the California-based healthcare organization stopped them from logging overtime hours. Staff Author: Daniel Seeger Topics: Surgical Products
AI-Based Research Toward Autonomous Robots and Drones
Medical Design Technology - 12 Sep 2018 15:45
News What if a parent could feel safe allowing a drone to walk their child to the bus stop? Robots working without human intervention? That might occur sooner than you think with a new avenue of artificial intelligence.....