Medical News
Altice USA to Bolster News Unit with $200M Cheddar Acquisition
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 20:01
News Cheddar programming is geared toward millennial audiences and the networks are available in about 40 million pay TV homes through a variety of video platforms. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Cable
Detecting Blind Spots on Motorcycles with Detachable Device
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 16:00
Videos Sometimes motorcycles are put on the backburner when it comes to implementing safety technology. Now, Taiwanese company Senzar is putting motorcycles at the forefront with a new technology that warns motorcyclists...
New 3D Printed Microscope Promising for Medical Diagnostics in Developing Countries
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 15:00
News Researchers have used 3D printing to make an inexpensive and portable high-resolution microscope that is small enough to use in the field or at the bedside. The high-resolution 3D images provided by the instrument c...
Components Corner: Automotive, Wearable Device Markets Embracing the Supercapacitor
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 21:30
Blog It should come as no surprise that the future of supercapacitors is bright. Supercapacitors, which store higher amounts of charge than traditional electrolytic capacitors and provide higher energy densities than bat...
LiveU to Explore 5G for Broadcast at AT&T Foundry in Texas
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 18:41
News Tests will involve LiveU's HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) bonding portable broadcast transmission units to explore performance enhancements related to speed, bandwidth and latency, using AT&T's 5G network. Staf...
SwRI Develops System to Legally Test GPS Spoofing Vulnerabilities in Automated Vehicles
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 17:25
News Southwest Research Institute has developed a cyber security system to test for vulnerabilities in automated vehicles and other technologies that use GPS receivers for positioning, navigation and timing... Contribute...
Apple's Fiscal 2Q Revenue, Profit Sag Amid iPhone Slump
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 17:22
News Apple's sales are still shrinking amid weakening iPhone demand, despite the company's increasing emphasis on services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from the 1.4 billion of its devices still in use. Con...
Researchers Develop Secure Method for Sending Sensitive Personal Data from Wearables
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 16:00
News Smart watches. Pacemakers. Internet-connected glasses. These are devices designed to make life easier. And yet, all this wearable technology can be hacked. The devices send personal health information to your smartp...
We Accidentally Created a New Wonder Material That Could Revolutionize Batteries and Electronics
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 16:00
Blog Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by accident. From Teflon and the microwave oven to penicillin, scientists trying to solve a problem sometimes find unexpected things. This is exactly how we cr...
Sensor-Based Technologies are Promising to Support Independent Living for Older Woman
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 16:00
News A study conducted on older women's perception of technology found that more active older adult women prefer wearable sensors for themselves and smart home sensors for their older parents... Contributed Author: Unive...
DNA Folds Into Smart Nanocapsule for Drug Delivery
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 16:00
Videos Researchers have developed a customized DNA nanostructure that can perform a predefined task in human body-like conditions. To do so, the team built a capsule-like carrier that opens and closes according to the pH...
Robotics Startup That Made Cute Toy Cozmo Shuts Down
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 16:00
News A startup that tried to advance the dream of intelligent robots in the home with its toy robot Cozmo is shutting down. San Francisco-based Anki says it's laying off its employees on Wednesday after failing to raise ...
New Technology Could Kill 99.9 Percent of Deadly Germs in Air
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 16:00
Blog You can live without food for three weeks and without water for up to three days. But you can't live without air for more than three short minutes. It's not just the abundance of air that matters - the quality is es...
The Most Endangered Jobs in America
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 15:02
News The workforce is changing with the times as it responds to the latest tech on the market and automated tasks. This begs the question--which jobs are on the chopping block? To help find an answer, the Bureau... Staff...
Electronic Bracelets Help Locate Missing Seniors
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 15:01
News A new Los Angeles County program that uses electronic bracelets to find missing people with dementia or autism was launched partly in response to the death of Nancy Paulikas, a 55-year-old woman with Alzheimer's dis...
Earlier Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy with Smartphone AI
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 15:00
News A novel pairing of two technologies may offer a solution for better screening for diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to permanent vision loss if not caught early... Contributed Author: Shelley Zalewski,...
'Walk on Water' with This Segway-Like Electric Craft
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 15:00
Videos Japanese company Yanmar has posed a new idea that involves a Segway-like device riding on water. Called the Wheeebo, the floating disc is due to be released next year at a price that's still unknown... Staff Autho...
Bots Exploiting Blockchains for Profit
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 14:58
News Blockchains have been hailed as fair and open, constructed so a single user can't falsify or alter records because they're all part of a transparent network. The reality is not so simple, according to new Cornell Te...
With Insights from Integration Exercise, SubT Challenge Competitors Prepare for Tunnel Circuit
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 14:52
News Nine teams hailing from four continents gathered in Idaho Springs, Colorado, the week of April 5-11, 2019, to test autonomous air and ground systems for navigating the dark, dangerous, dirty, and unpredictable... Co...
Semiconductor Sphere: May the Fastest Chips Win
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 14:50
Blog R2-D2 and C-3PO, the robots in the popular movie Star Wars, gave us a glimpse of the artificial intelligence (AI) robots of the future. While some prefer the term "deep learning" over AI, both names pretty much... C...
Samsung SDS and Telensa Partner for Smart City Infrastructure and Data Solutions
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 14:50
News Samsung SDS, the digital arm of Samsung, and Telensa, a leader in smart street lighting and smart city data, today announced that they are working together on smart city projects. The two companies are... Contribute...
Ready for Refit: Navy-Owned Research Vessel Getting Suped-Up for Service
Medical Design Technology - 1 May 2019 14:48
News Like a classic car being restored, the research vessel (R/V) Roger Revelle is undergoing a year-long makeover to extend its working life, enhance its operating systems, and strengthen its research capabilities... Co...