Medical News
Dena Haritos Tsamitis Secures $5 Million NSF Award for CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Program
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 23:09
News At a time when demand for cybersecurity expertise has never been higher, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has just been awarded a $5 million renewal of its National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps... Contributed...
Patients at risk of coverage denial
EurekAlert! - 19 Oct 2018 08:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital analyzed a national sample of Emergency Department visits between 2011-15 to determine what proportion of them could be denied coverage if commer...
System Tests Aircraft Starter/Generator Units
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 23:31
Product Announcement SAKOR Technologies Inc. announces that it has provided a system to a major West Coast aerospace manufacturer for the testing of aircraft starter/generator units (SGUs). Included in the testing system...
EU Leaders Vow Tough Action on Cyber Attacks
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 23:19
News EU leaders on Thursday condemned the attempted hack on the global chemical weapons watchdog and vowed to step up the bloc's efforts to tackle cyber attacks. With concerns growing about the malign... Contributed Auth...
ORNL Demonstrates 120-Kilowatt Wireless Charging for Vehicles
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 23:16
News Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a 120-kilowatt wireless charging system for vehicles--providing six times the power of previous ORNL technology... Contribute...
New Moon: China to Launch Lunar Lighting in Outer Space
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 23:12
News China is planning to launch its own 'artificial moon' by 2020 to replace streetlamps and lower electricity costs in urban areas, state media reported Friday. Chengdu, a city in southwestern Sichuan province... Contr...
Limelight Networks, Ericsson Collaborate on Content Delivery and Edge Cloud Services
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 20:25
News As part of the agreement, Limelight will deploy its content delivery technology on Ericsson's Unified Delivery Network (UDN) Edge Cloud Platform. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Content Delivery Networks
Scientists Demonstrate the Advantage of Quantum Computers
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 19:35
News Researchers including David Gosset from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo; Robert König, professor for the theory of complex quantum systems at the Technical University Munich... Sta...
Broadband Industry Groups Sue to Block Vermont's Net Neutrality Law
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 19:34
News Industry trade groups representing broadband and cable providers filed a joint lawsuit on Thursday that seeks to nullify a Vermont law requiring internet companies who obtain state contracts to abide by net neutrali...
Keysight Technologies, Xiaomi Corporation Collaborate to Accelerate 5G NR Device Development
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 18:36
News Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been selected as the sole supplier of 5G network emulation solutions by Xiaomi Corporation, a leading Chinese electronics company, to accelerate development... Contr...
Manufacturers Adopt Robots That Help Human Workers, Not Replace Them. For Now
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 18:33
News During more than 25 years as a factory worker, David Young has seen a parade of robots take over tasks he and his colleagues used to do by hand. So Young, a machine operator, isn't fazed by the sleek new... Contribu...
NASA Calls for Instruments, Technologies for Delivery to the Moon
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 18:25
News NASA has announced a call for Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads that will fly to the Moon on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020. The agency is working with U.S. industry... Contrib...
Robust Temperature Sensor Suitable for Harsh Operating Conditions
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 18:18
Product Announcement TDK Corporation presents the K525, a new EPCOS NTC temperature sensor that is designed for the extended measuring range from -10 °C up to +300 °C. Thanks to its ceramic sleeve that is filled with a...
New Material, Manufacturing Process Use Sun's Heat for Cheaper Renewable Electricity
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 18:08
News Solar power accounts for less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper... Cont...
Launching Space Vehicles with Beamed Microwave Energy
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 18:02
News Two Penn State College of Engineering faculty members have been awarded more than $823,000 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The fund will go toward a 3-year program that'll... Staff Author: ...
Keysight Technologies, SGS Extend Collaboration on 5G Conformance Testing
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 17:56
News Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that the company has extended its collaboration with SGS, a world-leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, on 5G conformance testing. SGS has... Cont...
DePuy Synthes Throws Weight Behind KASM Knee Articulating Spacer Mold
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 17:32
Product Announcement The offering from Ortho Development Corporation is designed to preserve range of motion for patients with infection after TKR. Contributed Author: Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies Topics: ...
Journal Retracts Stem Cell Work By Former Harvard Scientist
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 17:27
News A review found evidence that data may have been fabricated or falsified and images altered. Contributed Author: Associated Press Topics: Surgical Products
Nerve Stimulation In Mice Suggests New Way To Reduce Delirium After Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 16:43
Article Vagus nerve stimulation reduced inflammation and restored cognitive function after injury. Contributed Author: Duke University Medical Center Topics: Surgical Products
Simple, Cost Effective Treatment Following Failed Back Surgery Shows Promise
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 16:25
Article The Simplified Epiduralysis After Laminectomy/fusion uses a low-cost, standard obstetric epidural kit. Contributed Author: Boston University School of Medicine Topics: Surgical Products
Self-Healing Board Level Capacitors from ASC
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 16:00
Product Announcement New Yorker Electronics has announced the release of two new series of self-healing capacitors from ASC Capacitors. The new BLF (Board Level Filter) and BLS (Board Level Snubber) Capacitor Series... C...
SLAP: Simultaneous Localization and Planning for Autonomous Robots
Medical Design Technology - 19 Oct 2018 16:00
Article Researchers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Texas A&M University, and Carnegie Mellon University recently carried out a research project aimed at enabling simultaneous localization and planning (SLAP) ca...