Tag: engineering
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Technology Changes the Face of Business
There is no hiding from the fact that unless you have some technology and systems in place to help with your business processes then you are going to fall behind.
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Wearable Defibrillator Maker Gains $145.6M
The developer of a patch device that monitors and adjusts heart rhythms to prevent sudden cardiac death is raising $145.6 million in a new venture funds.
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Create an Efficient and Up-to-Date Warehouse
– Contributed content – 3 Mar. 2020. Efficiency and the ways we implement it matter in any business setting, but never more than when it comes to your warehouse. While this might be the out-of-sight-out-of-mind part of your business, wasting precious warehouse time can cost you more than inefficient processes in near enough any other…
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Proteins from Bacteria Generate Power for Wearables
A collaboration of engineers and biologists created a way of producing electric power from humidity in the air with fine wires made of proteins from bacteria.
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Waste Plastic-to-Energy System Unveiled
A company developing waste-to-energy conversion systems revealed a version of its product that converts waste plastic to heat and electric power.
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Infant Jumpsuit Captures Objective Movement Data
A one-piece garment fitted with sensors is shown to capture data about an infant’s movements for analysis by algorithms to reveal possible developmental problems.
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Wireless Smart Bandage Designed for Chronic Wounds
A university lab developed a wirelessly-controlled programmable bandage that in tests with lab mice results in more diabetic wound closure than topical medicines.
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Engineered Bacteria Deliver Cancer Immunotherapy
13 Feb. 2020. A biomedical engineering team designed probiotic bacteria, which in lab mice are shown to deliver and enhance cancer immunotherapy drugs. Researchers at Columbia University in New York describe their engineered bacteria and findings in yesterday’s issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription required). Treatments that invoke the immune system to…
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Synthetic Cell Matrix Devised for Cancer Drug Testing
A bioengineering lab is creating synthetic cell scaffolds that simulate tumor cells and tissue, offering a more reliable way of testing new cancer drugs.
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Skin Cancer Apps Shown Misleading, Unreliable
A review of smartphone apps that photograph and purport to analyze skin conditions for signs of cancer shows the apps are unreliable in detecting cancer.