Medical News
Intelligent Dieless Crimper Sets New Benchmark for Ease of Use and Data Recording
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:23
Product Announcement ABB is bringing electrical installation tools into the modern age with the ground-breaking new Smart®Tool+, a die-less crimper that can scan lug characteristics, automatically configure itself to de...
GE Opens Wind Turbine Blade Test Center at NASA Rocket Factory
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 17:00
News There are few places in the world like NASA's rocket factory, where the U.S. space agency and its contractors are building the Space Launch System. It's the most powerful rocket ever designed--and may one day take a...
Strong but uneven spending in medical and health R&D across sectors over five-year period
EurekAlert! - 20 Nov 2018 09:00
(Research!America) Total US investment in medical and health research and development (R&D) in the US grew by 27 percent over the five-year period from 2013 to 2017, led by industry and the federal government, according ...
Misconceptions about opioids affect pain control among cancer patients: a Malaysian survey
EurekAlert! - 20 Nov 2018 09:00
(European Society for Medical Oncology) Misconceptions about the use of strong opioids showed to undermine optimal pain control among Asian cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy according to a cross-se...
PCORI board approves $54 million to support comparative effectiveness research
EurekAlert! - 20 Nov 2018 09:00
(Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $54 million to fund 12 new studies comparing how well different treatments work in...
Stand Up To Cancer grant funds UC San Diego health research in pancreatic cancer
EurekAlert! - 20 Nov 2018 09:00
(University of California - San Diego) Although pancreatic cancer comprises just 3 percent of cancer cases in the United States, it is the nation's third deadliest cancer due to its aggressive nature and tendency to spre...
GPS-Enabled Ear Tag Keeps a Watchful Eye Over Grazing Livestock
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:54
News Australia's national science agency CSIRO and startup Ceres Tag have developed a smart ear tag to help farmers keep tabs on the whereabouts of their livestock. Producing similar data similar to consumer... Staff Aut...
Altice Debuts First OS Enhancement for Altice One Home Hub
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:46
News The update features includes mobile access to Cloud DVR content via the Altice One app, access to the YouTube Kids app, and more 4K UHD content, among others. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
DBL Distribution Blocks with Exclusive Compact and Modular Design
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:42
Product Announcement The newly launched DBL distribution blocks improve installation efficiency and provide three configurations in one single product: Single pole splitter: split of power main circuit input into several...
FPGA AI Accelerator Card Features Integrated On-Chip HBM2
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:32
Product Announcement On November 14th CST, Inspur and Xilinx announced the launch of Inspur's F37X, the FPGA AI accelerator card featuring integrated on-chip HBM2. Providing 28.1 INT8 TOPS and 460GB/s bandwidth... Contri...
Digital Mobile Radio Product Range Delivers More Choice, Innovation
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:26
Product Announcement Land mobile radio communications solutions provider Hytera unveiled its 2018-2019 product range for the US market, comprising the industry's widest array of high-value professional DMR two-way radios...
Racial Discrimination Suits Against Charter, Comcast will Proceed to Trial
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:25
News Lawsuits alleging Civil Rights Act violations by Comcast and Charter will head to trial following a failed attempt by the cable operators to get the suits dismissed. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
Pin-Type Humidity Sensor Enables Easy Replaceability
Medical Design Technology - 21 Nov 2018 00:18
Product Announcement Sensirion presents the new pin-type relative humidity sensor SHT85 for easy replaceability in a wide range of applications. The digital humidity sensor SHT85 is Sensirion's best-in-class humidity sen...
Smart Car Technologies Save Drivers $6.2 Billion on Fuel Costs Each Year
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 21:14
News On one of the busiest traveling holidays of the year, drivers may be focusing on getting to grandma's house for Thanksgiving dinner, not on what smart car technologies are saving them in fuel costs. But in the first...
When AI and Optoelectronics Meet: Researchers Take Control of Light Properties
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 21:13
News Using machine-learning and an integrated photonic chip, researchers from INRS (Canada) and the University of Sussex (UK) can now customize the properties of broadband light sources. Also called "supercontinuum"... C...
Robots - Boom or Bust for Japanese Society?
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 21:09
News Ever since the concept of creating machines that can operate autonomously exists, Japanese people have been fascinated by it. After the first mobile and perceptive robot was developed by a U.S. scientific... Contrib...
New Fingertip Sensors to Help Veterans Feel Through Their Prosthetics
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 21:06
News Today's prosthetic limbs are tools - literal attachments to the body. They help with the daily activities that impact quality of life, but they are not integrated into the user's body like our intact limbs. That cav...
Explaining the Plummeting Cost of Solar Power
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 20:58
News The dramatic drop in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, which has fallen by 99 percent over the last four decades, is often touted as a major success story for renewable energy technology. But one question...
Dish Taps CenturyLink Exec Tinic as CIO
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 20:49
News In his new role Atilla Tinic will head up IT strategy and operations for the Dish TV, Sling TV, and Wireless groups. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
Customized Starter/Alternator Testing Systems for Major Automotive OEM
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 20:36
Product Announcement SAKOR Technologies, Inc. announces that it has designed and provided a dynamometer testing system to a major original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for testing starter/alternators for hybrid/electric ...
Panther Brigade Uses Crucible of Ground Combat to Test Technology
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 20:27
News Fort Bragg-based paratroopers recently concluded an intensive training exercise requiring them to test what may be the U.S. Army's next step in Mission-Command technology. Paratroopers of the 3rd Brigade... Contribu...
Amazon in the Running to Buy Disney's RSNs: Report
Medical Design Technology - 20 Nov 2018 20:10
News Fox itself could potentially participate in the second round of bids, which are anticipated before year-end, but sat out the first round, per CNBC. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Video