Medical News
High Winds for Power Generation
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 23:41
News Renewable energy sources hold great promise for a future free of fossil fuels, but some forms of renewable energy remain out of reach. Researchers have developed a new kind of wind turbine that can produce... Contri...
Models of Dinosaur Movement Could Help Us Build Stronger Robots and Buildings
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 16:00
News A team has started to develop computer simulations to estimate how 11 different species of extinct archosaurs might have moved. They will focus on five different types of motion: walking, running, turning, jumping a...
NIH study finds probiotic bacillus eliminates staphylococcus bacteria
EurekAlert! - 10 Oct 2018 08:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A new study from NIH scientists and their Thai colleagues shows that a 'good' bacterium commonly found in probiotic digestive supplements helps eliminate Staphy...
MCU Development Board for Google Cloud
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 23:52
Product Announcement Creating cloud-connected applications traditionally can require significant time and resources for embedded designers to develop necessary expertise in communications protocols, security and hardware...
Stanford Shows That Breast Cancers Punch Tunnels into Neighboring Tissue
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 23:36
Videos Stanford researchers have found that malignant breast cancer cells can extend protrusions known as invadopodia to dig escape tunnels through surrounding tissue, revealing a possible new target for therapies... Con...
Smart Home Technology Poised for Blockbuster Growth
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 23:25
News Among the devices Google announced at its big hardware event on Tuesday was the Google Home Hub, a Google Assistant device that resembles Amazon's Echo Show by adding a screen to create what is... Contributed Author...
Simple Fabrication of Full-Color Perovskite LEDs
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 23:18
News Perovskite nanoparticles is regarded as next-generation of optical materials that can achieve vivid colors even on very large screens. Besides, due to their high color purity and low cost advantages, it has also... ...
Research on Light-Matter Interaction Could Improve Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 23:14
News A paper published in Nature Communications by Sufei Shi, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer, increases our understanding of how light interacts with atomically thin semiconducto...
AT&T's WarnerMedia Plans to Launch Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Service in Q4 2019
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 21:39
News AT&T's WarnerMedia unit plans to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service in the fourth quarter of 2019 that leverages its recently acquired entertainment assets, including content from Turner and Warner Bros. ...
Engineers Develop Process To 3-D Print Cells To Produce Human Tissue Such As Ligaments And Tendons
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 20:45
News A team of University of Utah biomedical engineers have developed a method to 3-D-print cells to produce human tissue such as ligaments and tendons, a process that will greatly improve a patient's recovery. Contribut...
Verizon's Vestberg Vetting 300 Execs, Considers Leadership Shake-Up
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 19:28
News Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg is evaluating hundreds of the company's top-level managers as he looks to form a new leadership team by the end of the year to implement the operator's 5G strategy, according to Bloomberg. ...
Push-button Terminal Blocks with Positive Operating Feedback
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 19:11
Product Announcement WAGO has expanded its TOPJOB®S line of DIN rail mount terminal blocks to include push-button actuation. Orange push-buttons on both sides of the terminal block clearly identify where the operating t...
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group Announces New ASEPCO AKS Actuator Series
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 18:51
Product Announcement Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) announced an enhancement to the ASEPCO Weirless Radial Diaphragm™ in-line-valves; a new lightweight actuator combining a plastic body with stainless ste...
Lighting The Way For New Materials
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 18:31
News Army researchers are using metallic alloys to lighten the load and enhance the power of soldier devices used on the battlefield... Contributed Author: U.S. Army Research Laboratory Topics: Product Design and Develop...
In-Series Charging Stations for Wearable Enclosures
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 18:15
Product Announcement New mountable stations for OKW's BODY-CASE wearable enclosures enable multiple units to be charged at once. BODY-CASE is OKW's first enclosure designed specifically to fit a standard size watchstrap....
Thin Films for More Efficient Solar Cells
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 18:07
News The efficiency of solar cells can be increased by thin-film contacts developed by researchers at KAUST. Improving the performance of solar cells requires scrutinizing every aspect of their design. First, this means....
Report: Pentagon Weapons Systems Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 18:02
News Defense Department weapons programs are vulnerable to cyberattacks, and the Pentagon has been slow to protect the systems which are increasingly reliant on computer networks and software, a federal... Contributed Au...
Army Researchers' Technique Locates Robots, Soldiers in GPS-Challenged Areas
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 17:54
News Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed a novel algorithm that enables localization of humans and robots in areas where GPS is unavailable. According to ARL researchers Gunjan Verma... Contrib...
AI Tool Automatically Reveals How to Write Apps That Drain Less Battery
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 17:51
News To send a text message, there's not only "an app for that," there are dozens of apps for that. So why does sending a message through Skype drain over three times more battery than WhatsApp? Developers... Contributed...
To Crash or Swerve? Study Reveals Which Actions Taken by Self-Driving Cars Are Morally Defensible
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 17:49
News A crash by one of Uber Technologies, Inc.'s self-driving cars earlier this year resulted in the first pedestrian death associated with self-driving technology. The incident highlighted the challenges technology... C...
Automotive Radome Tester Analyzes Radar Compatibility
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 17:45
Product Announcement Placement of radar sensors often involves compromises between vehicle design and sensor performance. They are therefore usually located behind brand emblems and bumpers or integrated into rear-view.....
Brainstorm: The Initial Issues of 5G Networks
Medical Design Technology - 10 Oct 2018 17:29
Article Industry experts answer the question: Inevitably, the 5G network will have some bugs and kinks that need to be worked out when it's first deployed. What issues do you anticipate the network will initially face......