Medical News
In VR Boys Learn Best When the Teacher Is a Drone -- Girls Learn Better From Virtual Marie
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:49
News Few years from now, students in schools all over the world will receive part of their education in virtual learning environments. Wearing VR-goggles the students will be able to enter 3-dimentional, simulated places...
Researchers Create Wireless, Battery-Free, Biodegradable Blood Flow Sensor
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:00
News A new device developed by Stanford University researchers could make it easier for doctors to monitor the success of blood vessel surgery. The sensor monitors the flow of blood through an artery... Contributed Autho...
Sprint Fires Up First 5G Call at 2.5 GHz on Commercial Network
Medical Design Technology - 11 Jan 2019 01:37
News Leaving the lab behind, Sprint has completed the first 5G data call using 2.5 GHz spectrum and Massive MIMO on the carrier's commercial network in San Diego. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Carriers
Remember Virtual Reality? Its Buzz Has Faded at CES 2019
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 23:26
News Just a few years ago, virtual reality was poised to take over the world. After decades of near misses, the revolution finally seemed imminent, with slick consumer headsets about to hit the market and industries from...
Sinclair, SK Telecom, Harman Team on ATSC 3.0-based Automotive Platform
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 23:22
News Sinclair Broadcast Group plans to bring HD terrestrial TV broadcasting and other services to vehicles through a collaboration with Korean mobile operator SK Telecom, and Harman. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: ...
TDK MEMS Extends Automotive Motion Sensor Solutions
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 22:11
Product Announcement TDK Corporation announced the availability of a new line of automotive high-accuracy devices from InvenSense. This can enhance the absolute position of a vehicle in GNSS- and GPS-denied environments,...
T-Mobile Reveals 1.4M Net Adds for Q4, Sievert Says 'Lots of Runway' Left
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 21:36
News T-Mobile posted preliminary results Wednesday, notching its best-ever fourth quarter for postpaid net additions with 1.4 million subscribers. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Carriers
Innovative VR System to Use Car Movement in Immersive Experience
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 18:16
News Virtual reality (VR) is the latest craze in the game and business world. Creating an entire world around them engrosses players in whatever game or experience they have in the VR. Audi has come up with a way to make...
Industry's Highest-Performance ARM-based CPU
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 18:10
Product Announcement [Shenzhen, China, January 7, 2019] Today, Huawei announced the industry's highest-performance Advanced RISC Machine (ARM)-based CPU. Called Kunpeng 920, the new CPU is designed to boost the developme...
An SUV for the Electrified Era
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:57
Product Announcement Previewing the brand's electrified future, INFINITI will unveil its new QX Inspiration concept at the 2019 North American International Auto Show this month. The new concept represents INFINITI's pla...
CES Innovation Award Goes to Smart Key Box
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:52
News As a steady flow of new technology emerges on the showroom floor of CES, some products have risen as clear favorites. The recipient of the 2019 CES Innovation Award is the LubnBox, a smart key box that uses... Staff...
IBM System Looks to Improve Weather Forecasts Around the World
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:51
News A new global weather system is set to improve local forecasts around the globe, created by IBM and its subsidiary The Weather Company. Announced at CES 2019, the system is called the IBM Global High-Resolution... St...
Robot Dogs and Autonomous Shuttles Team Up for Package Delivery
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:45
News Continental has unveiled an interesting vision at CES 2019--autonomous robot delivery dogs deployed by self-driving vehicles. With e-commerce sales on the rise, Continental believes driverless cars and... Staff Auth...
ESA Says Earth's Storm Hunter Is Operating Well
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:40
Videos Drifting above us right now is the storm-hunting Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM). An ESA-led project, ASIM launched in April 2018, and after months of regular operations, the team reports... Staff Aut...
Can You Turn an Old Car Into a Smart Car?
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:39
News Everyone is privy to the struggle of wanting to buy newer technology despite already having working devices. The same is true for cars. Many older vehicles don't possess the newer integrated technology that is extre...
Can Artificial Intelligence Tell a Polar Bear From a Can Opener?
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:36
News How smart is the form of artificial intelligence known as deep learning computer networks, and how closely do these machines mimic the human brain? They have improved greatly in recent years, but still have a long w...
Rare Metals from E-Waste
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:36
News The three natural resources gold, neodymium and indium are among the rarest elements on earth: each of the three metals accounts for less than 0.00001% of the earth's crust. They can be found in a large... Contribut...
Cryptocurrency Power Supply
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:33
Product Announcement Gresham Power Electronics, ("Gresham"), a Coolisys Technologies company, now part of the Coolisys' defence and aerospace and power systems provider, announces the availability of the Coolisys... Cont...
Robots of the Future: More R2D2 Than C3PO
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:00
News Researchers from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, have offered a bold glimpse into what the robots of the future could look like. And it's nothing like C3PO, or a T-800 Terminator... Contributed Author: C...
Smartphone App Detects Opioid Overdose and Precursors
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:00
News Researchers have developed a cellphone app, called Second Chance, that uses sonar to monitor someone's breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred. The app accurately detects overdose-related sympt...
Influencing the Materials Industry
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:00
Article Materials science is one of the fastest moving scientific fields. As such, there are so many advancements happening in the industry that it can be difficult to keep track. Here, Benjamin Stafford outlines some of...
'Smart' Swaddle Provides Ease to Parents by Monitoring Child's Breathing
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jan 2019 17:00
Videos Many parents constantly check on their newborn baby as they sleep to ensure they're breathing and healthy all snug in their crib. Now, parents can be more at ease with a wearable 'smart' swaddle that monitors and ...