Medical News
Program Spotlights Tech Startups in the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:00
News Nine out of the 12 startup projects that won funding from the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge came together at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center to share their ideas, provide feedback to each other, and...
Comscore, NBC Ink Multi-year Measurement Deal
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 00:31
News All NBC and Telemundo owned stations will now use Comscore's TV measurement tools, as part of an expanded multi-year deal the companies announced Tuesday. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
Broadband Usage Accelerates in 2018, 1 TB Power Users Double: OpenVault
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 00:26
Data Focus The percentage of power users consuming more than 1 TB of data nearly doubled in the United States this year, as wireline broadband usage accelerated broadly, according to data released by OpenVault. Staff Aut...
Advanced Branch Circuit Monitor with Plug-and-Play Integration
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 21:00
Product Announcement Obvius announced the expansion of its offerings with the new Ally 48 Advanced Branch Circuit Monitor. With plug-and-play integration, the Ally 48 instantly captures hundreds of data points for immedi...
TiVo Report: Netflix Still Reigns, but 40% Name Cable TV as 'Essential' Source for Entertainment
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 20:55
Netflix sits atop the rankings as consumers' 'essential' source for entertainment consumption, but cable TV still holds its own, coming in third in TiVo's most recent biannual video trends report. Staff Author: Bevin Fle...
Launch of "Heart of City" Strategy at Intersec 2019
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 19:46
Product Announcement Dahua Technology, a world-leading video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, introduced its "Heart of City (HOC)" strategy to the overseas market during Intersec 2019 in Dubai, UAE. Indus...
AI, the Law, and Our Future
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 19:40
News Scientists and policymakers converged at MIT on Tuesday to discuss one of the hardest problems in artificial intelligence: How to govern it. The first MIT AI Policy Congress featured seven panel discussions sprawlin...
Battery-less Biomarker Skin Patch
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 19:38
News Biomarker sensors have gained popularity over the last several years with the rise of devices like the Fitbit, which allows wearers to measure daily steps and heart rate. Even with such an illustrious reputation, Fi...
Saving Alabtrosses One Radar Tag at a Time
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 19:17
News Albatrosses are large flying birds that dynamically soar above the open sea. Unfortunately, many albatross species are vulnerable, threatened, and endangered, but British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Seabird Ecologist... ...
Robots Traverse Wilderness Thanks to AI
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 18:30
News Machines have been built to handle some of the toughest terrains, but for robots, learning the ropes is a little more difficult. State-of-the-art algorithms have provided robotic machines with the capability to navi...
Radar Systems Ensure No Aircraft Goes Unseen at Al Udeid Air Base
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 18:00
News At Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base, 23 airmen from the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, Detachment 3, ensure no aircraft within a 240 nautical mile range goes unnoticed. Radar surveillance helps give the... Staff...
Toward Ultrafast Spintronics
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:55
News Electronics have advanced through continuous improvements in microprocessor technology since the 1960s. However, this process of refinement is projected to stall in the near future due to constraints imposed... Cont...
New Material to Push the Boundaries of Silicon-Based Electronics
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:50
News The electronics market is growing constantly and so is the demand for increasingly compact and efficient power electronic systems. The predominant electronic components based on silicon will in the foreseeable... Co...
Stronger, Lighter, Greener
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:40
News A new magnet technology invented at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory could help drive the nation's transition from gas-powered vehicles to electric and hybrid power more... Contribut...
Discovering the Secret Doors into Software
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:35
News The word "hacker" often conjures up the stereotype of a nefarious genius typing away on a computer in a darkened room, stealing personal information -- or worse. And 30 years ago, hacking was viewed... Contributed A...
Stress Fractures and Running Wearables: The Mistake that Could Mean Injury
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:00
Videos It starts as a persistent and irritating pain in the foot or lower leg, then it gets more intense, maybe with swelling, and soon a runner knows she's being sidelined by one of the most common running injuries: a s...
Diagnosing a Breast Cancer Gene Mutation with Our Very Own Smartphone
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:00
Article Today, point-of-care (POC) devices are the go-to for people who want to monitor their health remotely and obtain faster results. Rather than waiting weeks for test results, individuals can use POC devices for num...
Rehabilitation Robotics Market to Grow Exponentially, Study Says
Medical Design Technology - 22 Jan 2019 17:00
News ReportsnReports announced it has published a new study indicating that worldwide rehabilitation robots are expected to grow exponentially as robots take over human work in physical therapy... Staff Author: Tierney K...
Health literacy linked to blood pressure medication adherence among Hispanics
EurekAlert! - 22 Jan 2019 09:00
(New York University) Good health literacy is associated with better adherence to blood pressure medications among Hispanic individuals with high blood pressure, finds a study by NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Co...
Green fluorescence from reef-building corals attracts symbiotic algae
EurekAlert! - 22 Jan 2019 09:00
(National Institutes of Natural Sciences) The researchers discovered a biological signal from corals that attracts potential symbionts.
Children who had a dengue infection could be protected from symptomatic Zika
EurekAlert! - 22 Jan 2019 09:00
(University of Michigan) A prior dengue virus infection could protect children from symptomatic Zika virus infection, according to a study by an international group of researchers including those from the University of M...
Parents' mental health problems increase risk of reactive attachment disorder in children
EurekAlert! - 22 Jan 2019 09:00
(University of Turku) Children's risk of being diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) increases if parents are diagnosed with any type of mental health disorder, discovered researchers from the Research Centre...