Medical News
System on Module and Software Stack Deliver Superior Enterprise-Class WiFi Connectivity
Medical Design Technology - 14 Nov 2018 00:34
Product Announcement Global technology leader Laird Connectivity has announced the new 60 Series System on Module (SOM) and the Summit Software Stack at the electronica trade fair in Munich, Germany, November 13th - 16th...
Image: Testing the Radar Antenna for Juice Spacecraft
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 20:37
News A miniaturised model of the Juice spacecraft during electromagnetic tests at ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands. Juice, or the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer, is ESA's future mission to explore the most massive... ...
AFAR 2018 Scientific Awards of Distinction
EurekAlert! - 13 Nov 2018 09:00
(American Federation for Aging Research) AFAR is proud to recognize the outstanding contributions of David A. Sinclair, Ph.D., and Laura Niedernhofer, M.D., Ph.D., to the field of aging research through its annual honora...
Why Space Debris Cleanup Might Be a National Security Threat
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 19:59
News As an international relations scholar who studies space law and policy, I have come to realize what most people do not fully appreciate: Dealing with space debris is as much a national security issue as it is a... C...
Understanding congenital heart defects to prevent them
EurekAlert! - 13 Nov 2018 09:00
(University of Houston) Cardiovascular failures are the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths in infants. To understand why congenital heart defects form, a University of Houston biomedical engineer is watching he...
ETI Taps Synacor to Help Operators Provide Better TV Everywhere Experiences
Medical Design Technology - 14 Nov 2018 01:43
News ETI Software Solutions aims to help its cable and broadband operator customers ease TV Everywhere authentication experiences under a new deal with Synacor. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
Expanded Offering for Modular "Jelly Bean" Series of Color-Coded Terminal Blocks
Medical Design Technology - 14 Nov 2018 01:23
Product Announcement BlockMaster Electronics introduces an expanded offering to its popular "Jelly Beans®" line of colorful terminal blocks for 600V applications. The new modular JB7 Series features thermoplastic termin...
Telecom Italia Ousts CEO in Long-running Boardroom Battle
Medical Design Technology - 14 Nov 2018 01:04
News A long-running board room battle in Italy's legacy telecoms provider, Telecom Italia, has culminated with the ouster of CEO Amos Genish, effective immediately. Contributed Author: Associated Press Topics: Telecommun...
Cellular-Vehicle to Everything Module
Medical Design Technology - 14 Nov 2018 00:53
Product Announcement LG Innotek announced that it has developed "C-V2X (Cellular-Vehicle To Everything) module" based on LTE cellular communication. C-V2X stands for "Cellular-Vehicle To Everything," referring to the sys...
Bluetooth Low Energy Switch Reference Design
Medical Design Technology - 14 Nov 2018 00:41
Product Announcement ON Semiconductor is defining new levels of ultra-low power operation in the IoT with the introduction of its Bluetooth Low Energy Switch reference design that operates entirely from harvested energy....
Secure Keyless Entry Technology
Medical Design Technology - 14 Nov 2018 00:29
Product Announcement At this year's Electronica 2018 (Munich, Nov. 13 - 16), imec demonstrates the first solution for secure and very accurate passive keyless entry on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). This technology enables ...
Ruckus, American Tower Team on CBRS-supported Private LTE at ISM Raceway
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 23:19
News As traction mounts for commercial deployments utilizing the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band, Arris' Ruckus Networks and American Tower have lit up a private LTE network at the ISM Raceway in Pho...
CenturyLink Simplifies Small-Business Customer Offerings
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 22:33
News CenturyLink is targeting small business customers with a simplified approach to purchasing business services, called CenturyLink SIMPLE. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Telecommunications
Internet Traffic Hijack Disrupts Google Services
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 20:44
News An internet traffic diversion rerouted data through Russia and China and disrupted Google services on Monday, including search, cloud-hosting services and its bundle of collaboration tools for businesses... Contribu...
Tuesdays with Roger: Verizon Reorg and Dish's Wireless Plans
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 20:40
Videos This week Recon Analytics' Roger Entner gives his take on Verizon's structural reorganization and new application-to-person messaging service. Roger also delves into Dish's NB-IoT and 5G network plans and discusse...
High Voltage BLDC Motor Driver IC Family
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 20:29
Product Announcement Power Integrations announced the release of its BridgeSwitch™ integrated half-bridge (IHB) motor driver IC family. BridgeSwitch ICs feature high- and low-side advanced FREDFETs (Fast Recovery Diode...
Know Before You Go: Electronica 2018 with Tom Bui
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 20:17
Videos Welcome to our electronica 2018 video series, where we talk with engineers who are gearing up to attend the show. Today we chat with Tom Bui, principal member of technical staff, applications engineer at Maxim Int...
Georgetown University Medical Center selects Nora Volkow for Highest Honor
EurekAlert! - 13 Nov 2018 09:00
(Georgetown University Medical Center) Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will present Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a part of the National Institutes of Health, with its hig...
New Research Center Based in Minnesota to Explore Spintronics Materials for Advanced Computing
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 20:08
News The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced today that it will lead and house a new $10.3 million Center for Spintronic Materials in Advanced Information Technologies (SMART)... Contribu...
Researchers ID Promising Key to Performance of Next-Gen Electronics
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 19:51
News Taking electrons out for a spin through the nanoscopic streets of a digital device - without spinning out of control - has challenged researchers for years. But maintaining that control as the sub-atomic particles.....
Driverless Cars Will Make You Sick - but There's a Fix
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 19:35
News Driverless cars will usher in a transport utopia, at least according to many of their proponents. Concept art for these futuristic vehicles often show passengers sat facing each other, reading, working or enjoying.....
Aboard the First Spacecraft to the Trojan Asteroids--NASA Ralph's Next Adventure
Medical Design Technology - 13 Nov 2018 19:20
News Ralph, one of NASA's most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much: on the New Horizons mission, Ralph obtained stunning flyby images of Jupiter and its moons; this was followed... Contri...