Medical News
Fire Hydrants Use AI to Detect Water Leaks
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 17:00
News Costly water losses in municipal water systems could be significantly reduced using sensors and new artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The technology has the potential to detect even small leaks in pipes... Co...
Wide Range of Industrial Motherboards Upgrade with 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor
Medical Design Technology - 1 Dec 2018 01:50
Product Announcement Advantech's IIoT Automaton Group announced that a wide range of its platforms, including industrial ATX motherboards, slot single-board computers (SBCs), modular IPCs, industrial server boards, and t...
Group Acquires Patent for Retrofit Blind Spot Detection System
Medical Design Technology - 1 Dec 2018 01:45
News A team of Kennesaw State University alumni are aiming to make roadways safer after inventing a blind spot detection system that can be retrofitted to older vehicles. The inventors - former electrical engineering... ...
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Meets Wireless System Challenges
Medical Design Technology - 1 Dec 2018 01:11
Article Recent years have brought many advancements for hardware-in-the-loop testing. Gone are the days when a single device could be connected at once and the amount of simulated wireless links couldn't cover... Contrib...
FCC 28 GHz Auction Update: Bidding Accelerates Post-Holiday
Medical Design Technology - 1 Dec 2018 01:05
News Bidding at the FCC's 28 GHz auction has heated up a little since returning from the Thanksgiving holiday, though totals still lag compared to amounts brought in during previous spectrum license auctions. Staff Autho...
AT&T Won't Stop Fiber Buildout at 14M Homes
Medical Design Technology - 1 Dec 2018 00:58
News The company won't stop its fiber buildout at 14 million homes and can shift to a more opportunistic approach to expanding the company's fiber reach, John Donovan, AT&T's CEO of Communications, said Thursday. Staff A...
Through Thick and Thin: Using XRF to Measure Coating Thickness
Medical Design Technology - 1 Dec 2018 00:36
Article Handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instruments report an element-by-element analysis of a material in a wide variety of applications such as alloys, precious metals, and geological samples. However, this... Contri...
A New Light on Significantly Faster Computer Memory Devices
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 23:58
News A team of scientists from Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences and Germany have published in Science Advances online today an explanation of how a particular phase-change memory... Contributed Aut...
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Isolator Features Re-Clocking Design
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 23:48
Product Announcement Saelig Company Inc. has introduced the Alldaq ADQ-USB 3.0-ISO series of USB 3.0 isolators, which support the full USB 3.0 SuperSpeed data rate of 5Gbit/s. This allows USB 3.0 SuperSpeed devices to be...
Amazon Wants to Get Alexa into Your Car
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 23:26
News The floor of the sprawling Los Angeles Auto Show is filled with fancy vehicles showing off their ultra-flashy, state-of-the-art infotainment systems, with giant screens that drivers really shouldn't be looking at wh...
Exercise Your Jedi Powers with "Force Push"
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 23:10
Videos Researchers from Virginia Tech have developed a virtual reality (VR) technique called Force Push. It allows users to move objects just like a Jedi thanks to a VR approach for remote object manipulation. "You basic...
LinkSure Aims to Build a Free Global Satellite Network by 2026
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 20:16
News At Beijing's strategic conference, Chinese company LinkSure Network announced an ambitious goal--its "LinkSure Swarm Constellation System" satellite network program. Developed independently by LinkSure... Staff Auth...
CVS, Aetna Announce Merger Complete, But Questions Remain
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 19:27
News The sprawling new healthcare company could have a major impact on U.S. hospitals. Staff Author: Daniel Seeger Topics: Surgical Products
Watch U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Crews Train in VR
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 18:50
News The Office of Naval Research (ONR) describes the deck of an aircraft carrier as "one of the most dangerous environments" within in the United States Navy. The chaotic environment brings high winds, dangerous... Staf...
Programmable Motion Controller for Servo and Stepper Motors
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 18:10
Product Announcement The DMC-40x0 motion controller is Galil's highest performance, stand-alone motion controller. It belongs to Galil's latest generation motion controller family, which accepts encoder inputs up to 22 M...
Ericsson and Volvo Cars Sign Five-Year Connected Vehicle Cloud Worldwide Deal
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 18:02
News Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) to provide the industrialized Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to further enable its digital vehicle services in more... Contr...
ADVA Brings Optimized 100G Service Aggregation to the Network Edge
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 17:57
Product Announcement ADVA (FSE: ADV) today answered soaring demand for cloud and mobile connectivity with two new edge devices. The new solutions bring 100Gbit/s service aggregation to the edge of data center and metro n...
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 17:22
Article Device reps have been attending surgeries for years, but that practice is coming under new scrutiny. Contributed Author: Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio Topics: Surgical Products
NYU Langone Health Details Surgical Journey Of Face Transplant Recipient
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 17:07
Videos The procedure, performed in January 2018, replaced much of the patient's upper, mid, and lower face and jaws. Contributed Author: NYU Langone Health Topics: Surgical Products
Prototype Wristband Detects Overdose in Wearer
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 17:00
News A team of software engineering students at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a wearable device that could help address the unprecedented rates of overdose deaths caused by opioid addiction... Contributed Auth...
OnSight 3D Extremity System Enhances Review Process for Radiology Reports
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 17:00
Videos OnSight 3D Extremity System provides hospitals and other imaging service providers with high-resolution 3D images that offer advanced anatomical detail, which in turn helps orthopedic specialists make more accurat...
Iron Man Style Suit May be the Answer to the World's Biggest Nuclear Challenge
Medical Design Technology - 30 Nov 2018 17:00
Videos A concept developed by a team of engineers and physicists is an 'Iron Man' type suit that would incorporate a wearable exoskeleton and a protective body covering made from composite materials... Contributed Author...