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Watch Hackers Gain Access to Huge Construction Site Cranes
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:20
Videos Did you know the giant cranes at construction sites were vulnerable targets for cybercriminals? Federico Maggi and Marco Balduzzi were able to easily hack their way into various, large-scale industrial machines......
Spring Smart Walker Designed from Scratch
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:00
Videos Foray Design has listened to people with mobility problems and designed, from scratch, a smart walker called Spring. Spring is a smart rolling walker that is functional, so individuals can easily stand tall and si...
HPV vaccination rates remain critically low among younger adolescents in the US
EurekAlert! - 17 Jan 2019 09:00
(Infectious Diseases Society of America) Only about 16 percent of US adolescents have been fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) by the time they turn 13, despite national recommendations that call for vacc...
TDS CEO: Carriage Negotiations with Nexstar 'Not Going Well'
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 22:29
News Retransmission negotiations between TDS Telecom and Nexstar Media Group are not going well, TDS's chief executive said Wednesday as a channel blackout on TDS systems continued into day 16. Staff Author: Bevin Fletch...
Cox Media, Nielsen Renew Audience Measurement Deal
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 21:15
News Cox Media Group has reached a multi-year deal with Nielsen for TV and audio ratings services, covering all of Cox's local TV and radio stations. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
These Bacteria Might Make A Better Mosquito Repellent
Discover - 17 Jan 2019 21:00
In the search for new compounds to fight off mosquitos, researchers have struck pay dirt in an increasingly common location: Soil bacteria. A pair of molecules produced by a species of insect-infecting bacteria appear to...
Engineers Detail Bird Feathers Could Lead to Better Adhesives, Aerospace Materials
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 20:39
News You may have seen a kid play with a feather, or you may have played with one yourself: Running a hand along a feather's barbs and watching as the feather unzips and zips. That "magical" zipping mechanism could provi...
Robotic Walking Fossil Sends You 300 Million Years Into the Past
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 20:04
Videos When gazing at a pile of bones displayed in a museum, it takes some effort to imagine this creature roaming about the Earth, full of life. With the help of scientists at EPFL and Humboldt University of Berlin... S...
A New Sensor Could Make It Easier to Monitor Blood Flow After Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 20:04
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, detailed in a paper published Jan. 8 in Nature Biomedical Engine...
Stylish Technology Focused on Health
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 19:00
News Finnish health company Oura Health developed a ring and free app that boasts the ability to aid users in improving sleep and balancing a healthy lifestyle. Winner of the Red Dot Award for Communication Design, the.....
High-End Vector Network Analyzer Combines Outstanding RF Performance with a Unique Operating Concept
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:57
Product Announcement Rohde & Schwarz introduces the R&S ZNA, a new generation of high-end vector network analyzers offering outstanding RF performance and a unique hardware concept that simplifies measurement configurati...
New 45V, Zero-drift Operational Amplifier Provides Ultra-high Precision Plus EMI Filtering
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:51
Product Announcement The rapid expansion of wireless capabilities, such as Wi-FiĀ®- and Bluetooth-enabled applications, is increasing high-frequency noise in our livable space and work environments. To allow designers to...
Robotic Bar Delivers Liquid Courage
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:34
News Drinking and driving is not a safe or legal practice. But, what if you could hail a bar cab that makes a drink for you? Six years ago the world was first introduced to a robotic bar, Makr Shakr, that could reportedl...
Digital Power System Design Software Cuts Time to Market
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:17
Product Announcement Flex Power Modules has introduced a major upgrade of its Flex Power Designer software for digital power system design, adding thermal simulation capabilities. The new features will enable designers t...
Using Satellites to Measure Rates of Ice Mass Loss in Glaciers
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:03
News If you compare historical photos of glaciers with those taken more recently, you can see that where there was formerly ice, there is now very often nothing but rock. Geographers, however, are less interested... Cont...
Astronauts Prep for Space Station Life in VR
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:02
News Virtual reality (VR) has stepped beyond the video games industry, today helping astronauts prep for life aboard the International Space Station (ISS). While Earth-bound, astronauts can practice their spacewalks... S...
Wearable Sensor Detects Hidden Anxiety, Depression in Young Children
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 18:00
News Anxiety and depression are surprisingly common among young children - as many as one in five kids suffer from one of them, starting as early as the preschool years. But it can be hard to detect these conditions... C...
Is Language the Ultimate Frontier of AI Research?
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 17:47
News For the past two years, a Stanford-led group has surveyed developments in artificial intelligence research to keep track of trends in the fast-paced field. In their second AI Index Report, published December 12... C...
DARPA Explores New Computing Architectures to Deliver Verifiable Data Assurances
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 17:40
News Whether a piece of information is private, proprietary, or sensitive to national security, systems owners and users have little guarantees about where their information resides or of its movements between systems......
Redesigning Instruments with VR for Disabled Musicians
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 17:00
Videos Using technology today often requires individuals to be quite dexterous. Now, the Performance without Barriers research group is designing instruments for disabled musicians using VR and different design methods.....
Modeling the Life of A Solar Flare
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 17:00
Videos A team of scientists, led by National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, have developed a single, cohesive computer model to simulate the entire life ...
FDA Grants De Novo Marketing Authorization to Device for Assessing Patients at Risk of Pressure Ulcers
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jan 2019 17:00
News Bruin Biometrics has been granted U.S. FDA marketing authorization for the SEM Scanner, a wireless handheld device that is indicated for use as an adjunct to the standard of care when assessing patients who are at i...