Medical News
Securing Endografts for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Flexible Shaft Technology
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 15:00
Article Aptus Endosystems, co-founded by a doctor and a mechanical engineer, identified an issue in AAA treatment. After initially attaching an endograft to a vessel wall, grafts can slip, allowing blood to leak back int...
Making A 'To Do' List for Trauma Docs
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 23:14
News Drexel University researchers have been working with doctors from Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. to create and implement the first digital procedural checklist for trauma centers... Contribut...
Collision-Detecting Suitcase, Wayfinding App Help Blind People Navigate Airports
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 23:00
Videos Carnegie Mellon University researchers say a smart suitcase that warns blind users of impending collisions and a wayfinding smartphone app can help people with visual disabilities navigate airport terminals safely...
Experimental Device Generates Electricity from the Coldness of the Universe
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 22:30
News The obvious drawback of solar panels is that they require sunlight to generate electricity. Some have observed that for a device on Earth facing space, which has a frigid temperature, the chilling outflow of energy....
Android to Offer More Location, Usage Controls
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 21:39
News The next version of Google's Android operating system will include more features to help people prevent mobile apps from shadowing them. Contributed Author: Associated Press Topics: Apps
Consumers See 5G Value, But Expect More than Speed: Ericsson Report
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 21:32
Data Focus As the mobile industry works to make the case for 5G, a new report from Ericsson finds that contrary to popular perception, consumers have high expectations for the next-gen technology and many are willing to ...
New All-Fiber Device Simplifies Free-Space Based Quantum Key Distribution
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 20:39
News Researchers have developed a simple and stable device to generate the quantum states necessary for quantum key distribution. The device could make it more practical to develop a global data network that uses this ve...
Radical Desalination Approach May Disrupt the Water Industry
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 19:50
Videos A Columbia Engineering team led by Ngai Yin Yip, assistant professor of earth and environmental engineering, reports that they have developed a radically different desalination approach--"temperature swing solvent...
Plastic Gets a Do-Over: Breakthrough Discovery Recycles Plastic from the Inside Out
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 19:34
News Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has designed a recyclable plastic that can be disassembled into its constituent parts at the molecular level,...
3 Ways Regional Carriers Can Stand Out in a Competitive Market
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 18:22
Blog The wireless industry's "Big Four" have sparked unique trends in recent years, changing how carriers compete. These changing trends, coupled with shifting consumer buying habits, have regional carriers asking: what ...
Tuesdays with Roger: Huawei and the Five Eyes
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 18:14
Videos On this week's episode Recon Analytics' Roger Entner talks takeaways from the recent Department of Defense report on 5G, plus UK allowing Huawei gear into 5G networks and implications for the so-called Five Eyes. ...
Smart Pill Bottle Keeps Drugs Safe
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 18:13
News A smart pill bottle that sends wireless alerts when it detects tampering, overdose or unsafe storage conditions is just one of many potential health applications for new sensor technology being developed by a team a...
Adding Satnav to Turn Power Grids into Smart Systems
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 18:00
News An ESA-backed project is harnessing satnav to insert an intelligent sense of place and time to power grids, to provide early warning of potentially dangerous electricity network failures. Four years ago an apparent....
TI Enables System Reliability in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 16:00
News Texas Instruments introduced fully tested reference designs for battery management and traction inverter systems, along with new analog circuits with advanced monitoring and protection features to help reduce carbon...
Research on Reddit Identifies Opioid Addiction Self-Treatment Risks
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 16:00
News Using advanced machine-learning techniques, Georgia Tech researchers have examined nearly 1.5 million Reddit posts to identify risks associated with several of the most common alternative - and unproven - "treatment...
University Research Institutes Study New Exploration Tech for NASA
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 16:00
News Universities are helping NASA land American astronauts on the Moon by 2024 and establish a sustainable presence four years later. These partnerships come in all shapes and sizes to foster innovative research... Cont...
Biomedical Devices Designed with Natural Fluorescence for In Vivo Monitoring
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 16:00
News Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have developed a biomedical device for cell immune-isolation (microcapsules) with luminescence for in vivo tracking. The work has been published in the Jou...
Mounted Thrust Bearing Solution
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 16:00
Product Announcement Auburn Bearing & Manufacturing announced its MT-114-RG mounted thrust bearing. The MT-114-RG is a bearing assembly that allows their T-114-RG style thrust bearing series to be conveniently threaded o...
No Ink Needed for These Graphene Artworks
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 16:00
News When you read about electrifying art, "electrifying" isn't usually a verb. But an artist working with a Rice University lab is in fact making artwork that can deliver a jolt... Contributed Author: Mike Williams, Ric...
Professor Develops Microfluidic Device to Better Detect Ebola Virus
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 16:00
News A researcher has developed a prototype micro device with bio-sensors that can detect the deadly Ebola virus. With this type of device, those infected can be treated earlier, and the early detection process can poten...
Tour Niagara Falls in an All-Electric Zero-Emission Vessel
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 15:04
News The Maid of the Mist has been offering boat tours of Niagara Falls since 1846, and now it's about to launch "the first two" all-electric, emissions-free, catamaran-style passenger vessels that were constructed... St...
Discover the Ins and Outs of a Vehicle's Circuitry with eGon
Medical Design Technology - 7 May 2019 15:02
Videos Volkswagen has revealed the complex underlying circuitry of its vehicles in the newly unveiled eGon--a drivable cutaway model of a Volkswagen e-Golf. The company will present the eGon at the IdeenExpo... Staff Aut...