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CBD Is In Jelly Beans, Pet Food and Shampoo. But Many Benefits Are Untested
Discover - 19 Mar 2019 01:58
CBD, or cannabidiol, has exploded onto the market in recent years. Sometime in the past decade, this purportedly medicinal marijuana extract went from being an obscure stoner oil to the wellness product du jour, flooding...
AAOS 2019 Reveals Surgical Products at Innovation Theater
Medical Design Technology - 19 Mar 2019 00:12
Blog While attending AAOS 2019 in Las Vegas, the Innovation Theater was a hot spot to visit, where new technologies and devices were being featured. Here are a few I saw while at AAOS... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics...
Fisker Seeks To Re-enter EV Market With $40K Electric Car
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 22:24
News Fisker, an electric car maker that went bankrupt in 2013, is attempting to revive itself with a new sport utility vehicle priced below $40,000 that will be available next year, according to a story on Tech Xplore......
Understanding Ancient Coin Images With The Help Of AI And Machine Vision
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 21:35
News Two researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have developed a machine learning-based method for understanding images of ancient coins, according to story on Tech Xplore. Their study applies computer ...
FCC Advances Effort for More Precise Location Data of 911 Calls Inside Buildings
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 21:28
News The FCC on Friday voted to advance rules that would require wireless carriers to provide more precise vertical-location data on 911 calls made from cellphones in multi-story buildings, in an effort to help emergency...
First African American neuroscience research initiative launched by Clergy Group and Brain Institute
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2019 08:00
(Burness) The nation's first African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative, aimed at ensuring that genomic research and neuroscience studies are representative of individuals across all populations including African ...
Nevada Considers Technology to Scan Cellphones After Crashes
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 21:25
News If the Nevada measure passes, it would allow police to use a device known as the "textalyzer," which connects to a cellphone and looks for user activity, such as opening a Facebook messenger call screen. It is made ...
Sprint Opens Experience Center to Educate Visitors on 5G
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 21:21
News Sprint has opened a 5G Experience center at its Kansas City headquarters to demonstrate and educate visitors on how the next-generation wireless technology works and the benefits it stands to deliver. Staff Author: ...
Apple Watch May Spot Heart Problem but More Research Needed
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 21:17
News A huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes -- but experts say more work is needed to tell if using wearable technology to screen for heart problems really hel...
'Tingle' Wearable Device Improves Position Tracking Accuracy Utilizing Thermal Sensors
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 17:00
News In a new study, researchers report that a wearable tracking device they developed achieves higher accuracy in position tracking using thermal sensors in addition to inertial measurement and proximity sensors... Cont...
Airbus Tests Shore-to-Ship Package Delivery with a Drone
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 16:58
News Airbus has begun autonomous drone delivery tests in Singapore, tasked with transporting parcels to offshore ships. Teaming up with Wilhelmsen Ships Services, the aerospace company accomplished the... Staff Author: J...
Optimizing the Human-Robot Workplace
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 16:46
News Case Western Reserve University engineers are working with partners at two other universities and an Italian-owned company in Michigan to study, predict and optimize how robots will interact with human... Contribute...
Investors Could Pump $1 Bn into Uber Self-Driving Cars: Report
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 16:46
News A group of investors including SoftBank Group is in talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber's self-driving car unit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Word of a potential infusion of cash valuing t...
Artificial Intelligence Speeds Up!
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 16:44
News A group at Politecnico di Milano has developed an electronic circuit able to solve a system of linear equations in a single operation in the timescale of few tens of ns. The performance of this new circuit is superi...
Next-Gen Arbitrary Waveform Generators Are Smaller, Faster, Better
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 16:38
Product Announcement Spectrum Instrumentation has released six new Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs) that are optimized for signal quality, size and cost. The new "65" series AWGs offer the latest 16-bit Digital-Analo...
Cloud-Based Geolocation Service for All LoRaWAN-Based Devices
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 16:38
Product Announcement Semtech Corporation announced the availability of LoRa Cloud™ Geolocation, a new Cloud-based geolocation service that is compatible with the LoRaWAN™ protocol and almost any network server. The.....
Seeing through a Robot's Eyes Helps Those with Profound Motor Impairments
Medical Design Technology - 18 Mar 2019 16:35
News An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks such as... Contri...
Experimental blood test accurately spots fibromyalgia
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2019 08:00
(Ohio State University) For the first time, researchers have evidence that fibromyalgia can be reliably detected in blood samples -- work they hope will pave the way for a simple, fast diagnosis.
Excessive phosphate fertilizer use can reduce microbial functions critical to crop health
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2019 08:00
(American Phytopathological Society) A team of scientists at Penn State University set out to determine if nutrient history changed the function of soil microorganisms. The answer seems to be yes, and that soil treated w...
Australian study links breastfeeding with lower risk of heart disease
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2019 08:00
(University of Sydney) Mothers who breastfeed their babies have a lower risk of developing or dying from heart disease than those who don't breastfeed, finds new research from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Low-risk patients may benefit from less invasive transcatheter valve replacement
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2019 08:00
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) A new study by a team of cardiologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) led by senior and corresponding author Jeffrey Popma, MD, suggests that a minimally invasive p...
Echocardiograms may help with patient selection for transcatheter mitral valve repair
EurekAlert! - 18 Mar 2019 08:00
(American College of Cardiology) Clinicians should use echocardiography, an ultrasound that shows the heart's structure and function, when determining whether patients with heart failure and a leaking heart valve are lik...