Medical News
5G Impacting Safety in Smart Cities
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 19:01
News Everything in the tech world is ablaze with the intended 5G technology set to roll out shortly. In addition to the advantages for the everyday user, 5G could have a substantial impact on the operation of smart citie...
Keeping the peace when mom and grandma disagree on feeding the kids
EurekAlert! - 1 Feb 2019 09:00
(University of California - Riverside) A new study shows that government sponsored nutrition education programs, like Early Head Start nutrition education, prioritize nuclear family dynamics and identify parents as prima...
Future of Psychiatry Promises to be Digital, From Apps That Track Your Mood to Smartphone Therapy
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:00
Article Ella, who is in her early 20s, has depression. When her sleep started to fall away after a stressful term at school, her smartphone was programmed to note the late-night texts and phone conversations indicating h...
Mars Rover Curiosity Makes First Gravity-Measuring Traverse on The Red Planet
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 20:46
News A clever use of non-science engineering data from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers, including an Arizona State University graduate student, measure the density of rock layers in 96-mile-wide...
ECN Predictions for Technology in 2019
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 19:45
Blog We asked leading companies and manufacturers what new trends and technology they thought would be coming to the engineering community in 2019. Here's what they had to say... Staff Author: Jennifer Hooker Topics: AI/...
EMC Cable Entry Systems Offer a Cost-Effective Alternative
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 19:44
Product Announcement Foremost Electronics now offers the icotek EMC-KEL cable entry system which offers a cost effective alternative to expensive EMC cable glands as a means to divert and block conducted and field bound ...
AI 'Aimee' to Transform Air Traffic Control
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 19:34
News One of the U.K.'s busiest airports is London's Heathrow which sees millions of passengers come through its gates every year. Orchestrating security, arrival, departures, and delays 24/7 is a big task that requires m...
Send Your Secrets Down a Laser Beam
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 19:33
News Communication has become easier with the growth of smartphones and other connected devices that always keep us in the know. If you're trying to communicate with someone across the room, but you can't yell... Staff A...
Cable Assemblies Deliver Higher Performance with a Complete Solution
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 19:21
Product Announcement TE Connectivity (TE) has once again leveraged its signal integrity expertise to deliver one of the highest-performing 56 Gbps QSFP56 and SFP56 cable assembly portfolios in the market. The new portfol...
Artificial Intelligence Artist Instantly Captures Materials' Properties
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 18:45
News Researchers at Aalto University and the Technical University of Denmark have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) to seriously accelerate the development of new technologies from wearable electronics to... Cont...
University Students Get Digital Assistants
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 18:16
News Relying on technology for information has become commonplace. We expect our smartphones and computers to bring us the information we ask for, whether it be ordering food, finding insurance, or asking a... Staff Auth...
Hubble Fortuitously Discovers a New Galaxy in the Cosmic Neighborhood
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 18:10
News Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study some of the oldest and faintest stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752 have made an unexpected finding. They discovered a dwarf galaxy in our cosmic... ...
Quantum Sensors Providing Magnetic Resonance with Unprecedented Sensitivity
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 18:05
News Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is the technique behind a variety of applications, such as medical imaging, neuroscience or detection of drugs and explosives. With the help of quantum sensors, NMR has been adapted ...
Scientists Find Way to Help Fuel Cells Work Better, Stay Clean in the Cold
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:45
News In a study to publish in Nature on January 31, researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) report advances in the development of hydrogen fuel cells that could increase its application in...
Atari Master: New AI Smashes Google Deepmind in Video Game Challenge
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:30
News A new breed of algorithms has mastered Atari video games 10 times faster than state-of-the-art AI, with a breakthrough approach to problem solving. Designing AI that can negotiate planning problems, especially those...
ANSYS R1 Delivers Speed and Ease of Use for Engineers Solving Next-Gen Product Challenges
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:00
News ANSYS is making simulation even more pervasive through the ease of use and new functionalities of its ANSYS 2019 R1. From a revolutionary user experience in ANSYS Fluent to hyper-accurate additive manufacturing solu...
Staying Warm with Wearables in Record-Breaking Lows
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:00
Blog While being born and raised in the Midwest has its perks, negative 45 degree weather is not one of them. As many of us struggle to start our cars and bundle for recording setting lows, I'd like to feature a few help...
Study Suggests Surgical Stapler May Play Important Role in Reducing Complication During Lung Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:00
News A recent study has found significant differences between surgical stapler technologies when it comes to the impact the devices have on the rate of air leaks, one of the most common complications associated with lobe...
HexBot Writes, Draws, 3D Prints, and Laser Engraves All on Your Desktop
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:00
Videos When designers realized purchasing both a 3D printer a laser engraver was extremely high, they started to work on what's now known as the Hexbot, a modular all-in-one desktop robot arm... Staff Author: Tierney Kin...
Improved AI-Based Tool Increases Accuracy of Schizophrenia Diagnosis
Medical Design Technology - 1 Feb 2019 17:00
News A tool developed by University of Alberta researchers using machine learning diagnoses schizophrenia more accurately than other AI-based systems, according to a new study... Contributed Author: Andrew Lyle, Universi...
The dangers of hidden fat: Exercise is your best defense against deep abdominal fat
EurekAlert! - 1 Feb 2019 09:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Researchers analyzed two types of interventions -- lifestyle modification (exercise) and pharmacological (medicine) -- to learn how best to defeat fat lying deep in the belly.
The delicate balance of treating growing but brittle bones
EurekAlert! - 1 Feb 2019 09:00
(Hokkaido University) Turning off a bone receptor protein could potentially treat osteoporosis in children without affecting bone growth.