Medical News
New Device in Z Machine Measures Power for Nuclear Fusion
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 18:00
News If you're chasing the elusive goal of nuclear fusion and think you need a bigger reactor to do the job, you first might want to know precisely how much input energy emerging from the wall plug is making it to the he...
2D Gold Quantum Dots Are Atomically Tunable with Nanotubes
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:42
News Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are promising for quantum computing and future electronics. Now, researchers can convert metallic gold into semiconductor and customize the material atom-by-atom... Contributed Au...
Battle for 5G RAN Market Share Neck and Neck in 2023: Strategy Analytics
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 22:08
Data Focus Despite being barred from the U.S. market, Huawei will have a slight two-point lead over rivals Ericsson and Nokia at the end of the forecast period in terms of the share of global 5G subscribers served on the...
New Samsung Handset: Innovation Hinges on Folding Screen
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 21:55
News Is the Galaxy Fold a gimmick to help sell more smartphones in a slowing market or a true breakthrough that will change how we use our devices? Contributed Author: Kelvin Chan, AP Business Writer Topics: Devices
AT&T Sells Back Hulu Stake, Leaving Comcast and Disney Owners
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 21:49
News The $1.43 billion price tag for AT&T's 9.5 percent share values Hulu at $15 billion. Topics: Mergers and Acquisitions
Scientists Discover Genes Causing Age-Related Hearing Loss
Discover - 16 Apr 2019 19:45
Even though our ears get bigger as we age, our hearing tends to fade. This ironic problem is common and gets progressively worse the older we get. An estimated 25 percent of Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have d...
Workplace Wellness Programs Change Some Behaviors But Not Outcomes
Discover - 16 Apr 2019 19:00
Turns out workplace wellness programs don't work so well. According to a large-scale study over 18 months -- the first of its kind to study the issue -- initiatives intended to help employees get healthier and more produ...
Affectiva Raises $26 Million to Fast-Track Human Perception AI in Automotive and Conversational Interfaces
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:54
News Affectiva, the global leader in Emotion AI and the pioneer of Human Perception AI, today announced that it has closed $26 million in funding. The round, led by Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), as well as Trend Forward... Con...
Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
EurekAlert! - 16 Apr 2019 08:00
(Northwell Health) Bioelectronic medicine scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research collaborated with counterparts from Academic Medical Center at University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands to carry out ...
Novel Batteries are First to Use Water-Splitting Technology at Their Core
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 18:00
News Inside modern cell phones are billions of nanoscale switches that flip on and off, allowing the phone to function. These switches, called transistors, are controlled by an electrical signal that is delivered via a s...
Recycling Robot Sorts Our Trash
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 18:00
Videos A recycling robot is in our sights thanks to MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). The bot, dubbed RoCycle, has soft grippers that can pick up objects from a conveyer belt and identify th...
Compact DC/DC Converters
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 18:00
Product Announcement Rutronik, a global broad-line stocking distributor of a comprehensive range of electronic components, semiconductors, and products and technology solutions for IoT and embedded systems, has announced...
ICL Series of Lithium Battery Chargers
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 18:00
Product Announcement Delta-Q Technologies, a company that focuses on battery charging solutions for electric drive vehicles and machines, announced its ICL Series of lithium battery chargers - the ICL 1200 and the ICL 15...
Watch the World's Largest Plane Fly for the First Time
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 17:02
Videos The world's largest all-composite aircraft -- the Stratolaunch with a 385-ft wingspan -- has made its maiden flight. It took flight from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. During its 2.5-hour trip over the Moja...
Renting Flat-Pack Furniture? Ikea's Push to Go Green
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 17:00
News Ikea will start renting and recycling furniture worldwide as part of an eco-friendly drive to address concerns its affordable, flat-pack business model leads to overconsumption and waste... Contributed Author: Hél�...
Search & Rescue Missions Get Major Upgrade As SkyX Chosen By Advanced Tactical Training Search & Rescue Division (ATTSAR)
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:58
News SkyX Systems, an aerial monitoring solutions provider, today announced that Advanced Tactical Training Search & Rescue Division (ATTSAR) is using SkyX aerial systems for long-range search missions... Contributed Aut...
Graphene Gives a Tremendous Boost to Future Terahertz Cameras
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:56
News Detecting terahertz (THz) light is extremely useful for two main reasons: Firstly, THz technology is becoming a key element in applications regarding security (such as airport scanners), wireless data communication....
GA-ASI's Certifiable Ground Control Station Controls First End-to-End Flight
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:52
News The Certifiable Ground Control Station (CGCS) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was used to control the complete flight of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian - including takeoff and landing... Contributed A...
NRL Develops Laser Processing Method to Increase Efficiency of Optoelectronic Devices
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:50
News Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) discovered a new method to passivate defects in next generation optical materials to improve optical quality and enable the miniaturization of light emitting......
Researchers Look in Detail at the Interfaces in Perovskite Solar Cells
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:48
News A collaboration led by ICIQ's Palomares group deepens the understanding of the impact that changing the materials in a perovskite solar cell has on its performance. The results, published in the peer-reviewed... Con...
A Next-Generation Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG) to Realize Constant Current from Electrostatic Breakdown
Medical Design Technology - 16 Apr 2019 16:44
News Scientists have dedicated intense work in recent years to convert environmental energy into electricity to meet the ongoing demands for a cleaner and more sustainable power source. Harvesting environmental... Contri...
Duke University professor receives 2019 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award from ASNTR
EurekAlert! - 16 Apr 2019 08:00
(University of South Florida (USF Innovation)) In advance of its 2019 annual meeting, the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR) has presented The 2019 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award to Joanne Kurtzberg, ...