Category: New products
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National Lab Builds Android Network for Security Simulations
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratory in Livermore, California created a virtual network of some 300,000 mobile devices using the Android operation system to study issues related to large-scale network security. Sandia Lab expects to soon demonstrate the MegaDroid network, as its called, for potential industry and government collaborators. “Smartphones are now ubiquitous and used as…
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Student Start-Up Company Develops Stroke Rehab App for iPad
Students at four universities in Canada developed an iPad application and started a company to help stroke survivors perform rehabilitation exercises at home. StrokeLink, the name of the company and the app, was part of the 2012 Next 36 program, a Canadian entrepreneurial accelerator for start-ups founded by undergraduates. The StrokeLink app offers stroke patients…
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Smartphones Found Feasible Tools for Telemedicine Images
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and clinician colleagues in Arizona found smartphones could exchange acceptable teleradiology images for stroke diagnosis under real-world conditions. The findings from this clinical trial appear online in the journal Stroke. The research, led by Mayo Clinic neurologist Bart Demaerschalk, tested the smartphone application ResolutionMD used to transmit CT…
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Ninety Minute Forensic DNA Test System Now Available
IntegenX Inc. in Pleasanton, California, a developer of human DNA identification technology, says its RapidHIT 200 system for DNA testing in criminal investigations is now on the market. The system, which the company says can produce a standard DNA profile in about 90 minutes, is being demonstrated at the International Association of Chiefs of Police…
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New Artificial Corneas Advance to Animal Testing
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in Potsdam, Germany are developing new artificial corneas that can treat a wider range of eye conditions than current devices. The team led by Fraunhofer’s Joachim Storsberg (pictured left) is collaborating with the Aachen Centre of Technology Transfer, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, and the Cologne-Merheim Ophthalmic…
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Optical Semiconductor Etching/Monitoring Process Devised
Engineers at University of Illinois in Urbana created an etching and sculpting process for semiconductors using light that also monitors the etching process in real time. The team led by Illinois electrical and computer engineering professors Gabriel Popescu and Lynford Goddard published its findings today in the journal Light Science and Applications. Chip makers need…
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Luminous Nanoparticles Detectable Through Tissue Developed
Researchers in the U.S., Sweden, China, and Korea created illuminated nanoscale particles that can be detected through a 3.2 centimeter, or 1.26 inch layer of tissue. The team led by University at Buffalo, New York chemistry professor Paras Prasad and University of Massachusetts medical professor Gang Han published its findings last month in the journal…
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Contract Awarded for Stem Cell Derived Burn Therapy
Cytori Therapeutics in San Diego received a contract from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for development of a cell therapy to treat thermal burns combined with radiation injury. The contract from BARDA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has a value of up to $106 million over a…
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Fiber Optic Sensors Help Steady Surgical Instruments
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University medical school and engineering department in Baltimore developed surgical tools with an optical fiber sensor system that measures and corrects for minute hand tremors of even the most skilled surgeons. Engineering postdoctoral fellow Cheol Song and two Johns Hopkins colleagues describe the technology in the new issue of the…
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Visual Simulation Method Developed for Liquid Movements
Computer scientists at University of Copenhagen and two other institutions in Denmark created a new and more precise method for visualizing the movement of liquids. The team led by Copenhagen computer graphics professor Kenny Erleben (pictured right), with colleagues from Technical University of Denmark and Alexandra Institute in Aarhus, Denmark presented their findings at this…