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Advancing Additive Manufacturing by Slashing Support
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:00
News 3D printing opens up design possibilities that engineers could once only dream of. The technology allows manufacturers to create parts with unique and complex shapes--parts that conventional manufacturing methods su...
Viasat and Facebook Collaborate to Expand Internet Connectivity in Rural Mexico
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 23:56
News Global communications company Viasat Inc. and Facebook Inc. have announced a collaboration to accelerate the deployment of affordable, high-speed, high-quality internet to communities that lack reliable internet or ...
Chip Technology Promises to Improve IoT Security
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 22:38
News At this week's International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, Rice University researchers unveiled chip technology that purportedly is far more reliable than current methods of producing unclonable ...
Future of the Pay TV Industry: 5 Trends That Are Here to Stay
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 21:30
Blog Consumers who do not care how content is delivered are increasingly turning to OTT providers because they meet the modern user experience expectations of app-based, multiscreen services. But there's no rule out ther...
Report offers evidence-based recommendations aimed at reducing Illinois gun violence
EurekAlert! - 21 Feb 2019 09:00
(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Ilinois could reduce the number of people killed each year by gun violence by implementing ten policies supported by available research, according to a new rep...
A Year of Convergence and Preparation for the Future of Smart Buildings
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 21:25
Blog Many of the industry buzzwords that were talked about this past year will be the driver for changes in smart building throughout 2019. Data and the Internet of Things (IoT); wireless connectivity and mobile edge com...
5G Coming Soon to a Stadium near You
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 19:02
News According to new research commissioned by Amdocs, the average users will most likely encounter their first 5G experience at a sporting event next year. The research surveyed executives from the world's 100 largest o...
Waxed Paper May Help Diagnose Malaria in Remote Developing Parts of the World
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 18:00
News Folded sheets of waxed paper could now offer an alternative solution for testing for malaria in developing parts of the world... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Mars Mission Gets Help from Predictive Model, Helps NASA Anticipate Conflicts
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 18:00
News Northwestern University researchers are developing a predictive model to help NASA anticipate conflicts and communication breakdowns among crew members and head off problems that could make or break the Mission to M...
Futurific, Cubed Vehicle Design Offers Alternative to Public Transportation
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 18:00
Videos Our roads are already packed with traffic, from the morning commute to work to the dreaded bumper-to-bumper ride home. But, what does the future have in store for a solution to the packed streets... Staff Author: ...
Snake Robots Will Slither Their Way into the Norwegian Deep Seas
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:52
Videos Snake-like robots are gearing up to monitor an oil and gas field off the Norwegian coast, which extends between 240 m and 310 m (787 ft and 1,017 ft) into the sea... Staff Author: Jennifer DeLaOsa Topics: Robotics
NASA Readies to Test Urban Drone Traffic Control in Texas and Nevada
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:50
News Two organizations have been chosen to host demonstrations of NASA's Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM): the Lone Star UAS Center for Excellence... Staff Author: Jennifer DeLaOsa Topics: Wireless...
Technology Developed in Brazil Will Be Part of the International Space Station
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:44
News A new version of equipment developed in Brazil--the Solar-T--will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) to measure solar flares. It is estimated that the sun-THz, the new photometric telescope, will... Co...
Renewable Energy Generation with Kites and Drones
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:42
News Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) are a new kind of technology to harvest wind energy. The expensive and heavy tower and rotor of a conventional wind turbine... Contributed Author: Carlos III University of Madrid ...
Automotive-Qualified Amplifiers
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:38
Product Announcement Guerrilla RF Inc. introduces GRF2073-W, a new addition to the company's growing list of AEC-Q100 automotive-qualified amplifiers. This ultra-low noise amplifier is targeted at high-volume application...
A Stanford-Led Engineering Team Unveils the Prototype for a Computer-On-A-Chip
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:36
News Electronic computing was born in the form of massive machines in air-conditioned rooms, migrated to desktops and laptops, and lives today in tiny devices like watches and smartphones. But why stop there... Contribut...
Digital PLL Achieves a Power Consumption of 0.265 mW
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:34
News Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed an advanced phase-locked loop[1] (PLL) frequency synthesizer that can drastically cut power consumption. This digital PLL could be an attractive... Contribu...
Robots Track Moving Objects with Unprecedented Precision
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:32
News A novel system developed at MIT uses RFID tags to help robots home in on moving objects with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The system could enable greater collaboration and precision by robots... Contributed Aut...
Researchers Design Implantable Pacemaker Powered by Heartbeat
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:00
News One setback of implantable pacemakers is the batteries only last five to 12 years. Once the batteries deplete, the implantable pacemaker has to be surgically replaced. Researchers have designed a pacemaker powered b...
Protecting Concrete from Fire Damage Using Rubber Tires
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:00
News There may be a new way of protecting our concrete from fire damage using materials recycled from old tires. Successfully tested by researchers at the University of Sheffield, the team used fibers extracted from the ...
Medical Laser Optics Customized for Surgical Instruments
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:00
Product Announcement A line of OEM quality, fused silica laser optics that can be ordered in custom shapes to fit a wide range of surgical instruments is being introduced by Laser Research Optics... Contributed Author: L...
Engineers Can Detect Ultra Rare Proteins in Blood Using Cellphone Camera
Medical Design Technology - 21 Feb 2019 17:00
Videos The ability to detect extremely rare proteins could make a life-saving difference, such as the early detection of certain cancers or the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury, where the relevant biomarkers only appe...