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Heart Disease Risk Begins Before Birth. Vitamin C Could Help
Discover - 24 Jan 2019 00:30
High blood pressure in adulthood may extend all the way back to before birth, according to new research in sheep. Scientists found not getting enough oxygen to tissues during pregnancy led to offspring with high blood pr...
FCC to Still Hold Open Meeting, Won't Consider Agenda Items
Medical Design Technology - 24 Jan 2019 00:59
News The FCC will still conduct an open meeting next week whether the ongoing partial government shutdown comes to end beforehand or not - though there likely won't be much action as no items will be voted on. Staff Auth...
Everest Tower Portfolio Expands to Nearly 300 with $80M Frontier Deal
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 23:55
News Pittsburgh-based Everest Infrastructure Partners has added nearly 100 towers to its portfolio, acquiring the assets from Frontier Communications for a reported $80 million. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Carri...
Vanderbilt Transplant Center Debuts Mobile App
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 22:33
News Patients and providers now have instant access to Tennessee's only full-service transplant center on their smartphones and mobile devices. The Vanderbilt Transplant Center has debuted a new free app... Contributed A...
Waymo Revs Up Self-Driving Car Making Near Motor City
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 22:27
News Waymo on Tuesday announced it will rev up its self-driving car production by establishing a factory devoted exclusively to mass production of autonomous vehicles in Michigan... Topics: Automotive
ATSC 3.0 Next-Gen TV Features Have Broad Appeal, Consumer Study Shows
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 22:16
Data Focus Next-gen TV features enabled by ATSC 3.0 technology could boost broadcast TV viewing and entice viewers to purchase a new TV or add-on device, according to a new consumer study by research consultant firm Magi...
YouTube TV Expands Nationwide to 95 New Markets
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 22:12
News YouTube TV is expanding into 95 new markets, making the nearly 2-year-old vMVPD available virtually nationwide. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Video
A Frog's "Ribbet" May Help Design Wireless Sensor Networks
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 20:17
News When we hear a "ribbet" emanating from a nearby pond, we know a frog is in our midst. But that sound is more than meets the ear, representing a complex communication system that Osaka University and University... St...
Broadband Growth Boosts Comcast's Cable Business in Q4
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 20:11
News Comcast reported strong fourth quarter results Wednesday, with broadband fueling growth in its cable business as video continues to take a back seat. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
Get Access to WiFi with a Single Tap
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:45
News Everyone has an occasion where guests come over, and then they all begin clamoring for the WiFi password. If the password isn't readily available, you have to waste several minutes trying to locate it, and then... S...
Ethertronics® Announces New Portable Millimeter Wave Measurement System
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:40
Product Announcement The ETH-MMW-1000 provides a compact, cost-effective, extremely accurate, & easily adaptable solution for testing 5G antennas & other devices at millimeter wave frequencies spanning 18-75+GHz in a wid...
Function/Arbitrary Generator Provides Class-Leading Performance
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:39
Product Announcement Farnell element14 has added the TGF4000 series function/arbitrary generator from Aim-TTi to its linecard for same day despatch. This latest launch from Aim TTi utilises 20 years of experience in the ...
Robot Delivery Comes to Another College Campus
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:37
News College students across the country can rejoice as another wave of robot delivery vehicles makes their way to another campus. Earlier in the month, PepsiCo put self-driving robots to the test at the University of Pa...
Thermal Monocular for Public Safety Professionals
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:27
Product Announcement FLIR Systems, Inc. announced the launch of the FLIR Scion™Professional Thermal Monocular (PTM) for public safety professionals. The Scion PTM is powered by FLIR's high-performance Boson®thermal......
A Bipedal Robot That Walks, Flies, and Never Falls
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:14
News A robot named LEONARDO (LEg ON Aerial Robotic DrOne, or Leo for short) isn't just your ordinary bipedial creation, it's a robot that can walk, fly, and jump, all while never falling down. Developed by Alireza... Sta...
Autonomous Minibus May Greet Visitors of the 2020 Olympic Games
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:13
News During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the city will be flooded with visitors, especially at Japan's Haneda airport. To deal with the airport's visitor surge, the country is testing a fleet of driverless shuttle ...
Patented Technology Cloaks Location on Mobile Devices to Protect Privacy
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:12
News We agree to give up some degree of privacy anytime we search Google to find a nearby restaurant or use other location-based apps on our mobile devices. The occasional search may be fine, but an Iowa State... Contrib...
Artificial Intelligence Can Dramatically Cut Time Needed to Process Abnormal Chest X-Rays
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 18:03
News New research has found that a novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) system can dramatically reduce the time needed to ensure that abnormal chest X-rays with critical findings will receive an expert radiologist opinion ...
Scientists Boost Stability of Low-Cost, Large-Area Solar Modules
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 17:55
News Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have resolved a fundamental weakness in a promising solar technology known as Perovskite Solar Cells, or PSCs... Contributed A...
The Robots Being Readied to Enter Nuclear No-Go Zones
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 17:45
News Robust, intelligent robots that react to their surroundings are being developed to work in situations that are too dangerous for humans, such as cleaning up Europe's decades-old radioactive waste or helping... Contr...
No Open Vias in or Near PCB Pads
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 17:35
Blog The term "via" probably comes from the Latin word meaning "road." Therefore, open via would essentially mean "open road." Open roads, here in Oregon sometimes run through open range ranch land. That... Contributed A...
Shape-Shifting Robots to Revolutionize Target Drug Delivery
Medical Design Technology - 23 Jan 2019 17:00
Videos Scientists at EPFL and ETH Zurich have developed small, elastic robots that can change their shape depending on their environment. The wiggly, shape-shifting robots are modeled after bacteria, are fully biocompati...