Medical News
Empowering Autism with an Electronic Coach and Google Glass
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 17:00
Videos Developed by neuroscientists and doctors from MIT and Harvard, the Empowered Brain system is an electronic coach that empowers children and adults along the autism spectrum. With the combination of wearables and a...
Vine compound starves cancer cells
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2018 09:00
(University of Würzburg) Researchers from Würzburg and Toyama have discovered that a compound isolated from tropical rainforest vines inhibits the growth of pancreatic cancer cells in the lab.
WarnerMedia Plans to Launch New Classic Film Streaming Service
Medical Design Technology - 17 Nov 2018 01:50
News After deciding last month to shutter classic film-focused streaming service FilmStruck, AT&T's WarnerMedia appears to not have abandoned fans of the niche service after all. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Vide...
Simply Seeing and Smelling Food Preps the Liver for Digestion
Discover - 17 Nov 2018 00:18
After a long day's work, sometimes you can't help but drool over that hot, tempting meal sitting in front of you. Well, it turns out that your liver can't either. A new study published in Cell Reports on November 15 sugg...
Keysight Technologies Wins Bid to Deliver Comprehensive Suite of 5G Test Solutions to China Mobile
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 23:55
News Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world... Contributed Author: Keysight...
Hermetically Sealed Relays Offer a Rugged Means of Power Switching
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 23:36
Product Announcement Interstate Connecting Components, (ICC) has added CII FC-335 Series relays from TE Connectivity (TE). Built to MIL-PRF-6106 specifications, TE's CII FC-335 Series relays... Contributed Author: ICC To...
Skeletal Studies Show Sex, Like Gender, Exists Along a Spectrum
Discover - 16 Nov 2018 23:27
She wasn't especially tall. Her testosterone levels weren't unusually high for a woman. She was externally entirely female. But in the mid-1980s, when her chromosome results came back as XY instead of the "normal" XX for...
LED and Diode Markation Guidelines for PCBs
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 23:24
Blog Have you ever had an LED or other diode placed backwards? PCB assemblers work hard to place every component, from the largest, highest pin-count logic chip, down to the smallest... Contributed Author: Duane Benson, ...
Small Satellites Tackle Big Scientific Questions
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 23:09
News CU Boulder will soon have new eyes on the sun. Two miniature satellites designed by researchers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) are scheduled... Contributed Author: Daniel Strain, Universi...
SpaceX Gets Nod to Put 12,000 Satellites in Orbit
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 22:58
News SpaceX got the green light this week from US authorities to put a constellation of nearly 12,000 satellites into orbit in order to boost cheap, wireless internet access by the 2020s... Contributed Author: Phys.org T...
Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane?
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 20:10
News High Altitude Pseudo Satellites, or HAPS, are just one of the forms of technology that help take Earth observation into the future. While a traditional weather balloons could be considered... Contributed Author: Eur...
Harnessing Body Heat to Power Electronic Devices
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 19:59
News If thermoelectric materials can convert low-grade heat into electricity, we may never need to charge wearable technology at home again. At night, most of us plug in a jumble of wires... Contributed Author: Agency fo...
Terahertz Laser Pulses Amplify Optical Phonons in Solids
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 19:49
News A study led by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science in Hamburg/Germany presents evidence... Contributed Author: Dr. And...
Small Form Factor Modules Offer Excellent Processing and Graphics Performance
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 19:38
Product Announcement congatec is presenting new versions of its NXP i.MX 8 based SMARC 2.0 and Qseven modules at electronica (Hall B5, Booth 402). The new small form factor modules based on the... Contributed Author: con...
Introducing an H.265 4K Compact Video Encoder from Z3 Technology
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 19:28
Product Announcement Z3 Technology, LLC, a leading provider of video encoding systems, announced today the release of the DME-20, a new H.265 video encoder capable of encoding resolutions up... Contributed Author: Z3 Tec...
Five Nanosecond Decision-Making: New Chip Design to Make Speedy Calculations for Researchers
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 19:22
News Computer scientists develop algorithms that control everything from unmanned aerial vehicles to desktop computers to the cellphones in our pockets. But it can be complicated to match... Contributed Author: Universit...
$1.6M for Solar Cell Windows, High-Temperature Solar Power
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 19:19
News Electricity-generating windows and high-temperature solar power are the aims of two new University of Michigan projects, funded with a total of $1.6 million from the Department of Energy's... Contributed Author: Uni...
Air Taxis - Why They're No Longer Pie in the Sky
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 18:45
News Imagine a taxi service that picked you up (into the sky) and then dropped you off after an exciting journey, completely free of road works and traffic lights. It has been claimed that air taxis... Contributed Author...
Graphene Flickers at 400Hz in 2500ppi Displays
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 18:36
News With virtual reality (VR) sizzling in every electronic fair, there is a need for displays with higher resolution, frame rates and power efficiency. Now, a joint collaboration of researchers from... Contributed Autho...
Nurse's Kidney Donation Triggers Bi-State Transplant Chain
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 17:36
News Six surgeries were conducted at two hospitals. Contributed Author: Associated Press Topics: Surgical Products
Pay Inequality Hits the Operating Room
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 17:27
Article New study finds female docs uncomfortable pursuing comparable salaries to men. Contributed Author: LA BioMed Topics: Surgical Products
Medacta Unveils Two New Kinematic Alignment Options For Knee Replacement Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 16 Nov 2018 17:18
Product Announcement The Medacta Individualized Kinematic Alignment (MIKA) surgical strategy provides two alternatives. Contributed Author: Medacta Topics: Surgical Products