Tag: software
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Network Analysis Shows Drug Resistant Infection Factors
Operations researchers and computer scientists at University of Maryland in College Park and American University in Washington, D.C. identified interpersonal network interactions that help spread antibiotic resistant infections through a hospital. Maryland business professors Sean Barnes and Bruce Golden, with American University information technology faculty Edward Wasil, published their findings earlier this month in the…
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Software Written to Guide Yoga for Vision Impaired
Computer scientists at University of Washington in Seattle wrote software for Microsoft Kinect game modules that provides spoken feedback for yoga students with little or no vision. The team led by doctoral student Kyle Rector describes the software known as Eyes-Free Yoga next week at ACM’s SIGACCESS International Conference on Computers and Accessibility in Bellevue,…
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High Speed Internet in Cars Found Distracting to Drivers
Psychologists and engineers at University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada found adding high speed Internet connections to cars creates potential distraction risks to drivers, even when used with hands-free voice-controlled devices. The team led by Toronto psychologist Ian Spence published its findings in the September-October 2013 issue of the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology (paid subscription…
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Protocols Linking Underwater Devices to Internet Proposed
Engineers from University at Buffalo in New York are proposing a common set of wireless protocols for connecting underwater sensors, like those detecting tsunamis, to the land-based Internet. Electrical engineering professor Tommaso Melodia and graduate student Yifan Sun will present their proposal next month at ACM’s International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems in Taiwan.…
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Genome Analysis Via Mobile App, Web Site in Development
A genomics lab at Tel Aviv University in Israel is developing a system making it possible to upload a person’s whole genome and get results analyzed through a mobile app. Tel Aviv graduate students Ofer Isakov and Gershon Celniker in the lab of geneticist Noam Shomron are writing the software that they expect to release…
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Research Aims to Standardize, Improve Medication Labels
A study by Northwestern University’s medical school in Chicago will test new methods for physicians to write prescriptions and pharmacists to interpret those instructions for labels on drug containers. The pharmaceutical company Merck is funding the project, with participation from the drug store chain Walgreens and Alliance of Chicago community health centers. Previous research at…
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Mid-Air Tactile Sensory Ultrasound Technology Developed
Computer scientists at University of Bristol in the U.K. developed a system for conveying information through a sense of touch in mid-air without physically touching a screen or device. The team from Bristol’s Interaction and Graphics lab, led by doctoral student Tom Carter will present its findings and demonstrate the technology later this week at the ACM…
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3-D Printing Lifecycle Shown More Environmentally Friendly
Materials scientists at Michigan Technological University in Houghton found that in a lifecycle analysis of production processes, distributed three-dimensional printing can have a smaller environmental impact than conventional manufacturing. Michigan Tech’s Joshua Pearce and graduate student Megan Kreiger published their findings online in a recent advance issue of the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Three-dimensional…
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Programming Language Created for Synthetic DNA Chemistry
Computer scientists and systems biologists at University of Washington, California Institute of Technology, and University of California in San Francisco are developing a coding language to enable the programming of synthetic DNA chemical interactions. A report from the team led by Washington computer scientist Georg Seelig appeared yesterday online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology (paid…
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FDA Approves Artificial Pancreas System with Glucose Sensor
The medical device manufacturer Medtronic Inc. in Minneapolis says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a wearable artificial pancreas system that combines an insulin pump and sensor to detect glucose levels for people with diabetes. The company also revealed it received a warning letter on 19 September from FDA about its factory…