Technology

DEKA Arm System: FDA Approves Prosthetic That Can Perform Complex Tasks Using Electrical Signals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today allowed marketing of the DEKA Arm System, the first prosthetic arm that can perform multiple, simultaneous powered movements controlled by electrical signals from electromyogram (EMG) electrodes. Deka calls ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2014 - 1:00am

Created: Artificial Intelligence Lenses For The Blind

Using artificial intelligence, computational geometry and geo/ultrasound techniques, a project begun in 2009 at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) have a success to report- a device to help people with low vision or blindness to navig ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2014 - 9:57am

Power From Ocean Currents 24/7- Pilot Project Plan- At Source Of Gulf Stream In Florida

We are surrounded with an abundance of clean energy, if we only had a way to harness it it. Most people probably know about solar energy, that we would only need to harness a tiny fraction of it to power the entire world (e.g.  the Sahara desert has eighte ...

Article - Robert Walker - Nov 3 2014 - 10:43pm

An Autism Screening App?

Most schools in the United States provide simple vision tests to their students; not to prescribe glasses, but to identify potential problems and recommend a trip to the optometrist. Researchers at Duke University are now on the cusp of providing the same ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2014 - 10:36am

Look, But Don't Use: European Medicines Agency Clinical Trial Data Terms Are Pointless

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) receives comprehensive clinical study data from drug manufacturers and that data form the basis for the decision on the approval of new drugs.  In 2013, EMA issued a draft policy to make clinical study data available to ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2014 - 11:21am

Mini Artificial Lung Is The Size Of A Sugar Cube

Lung cancer is one of the top killers of people. Once patients receive a diagnosis, chemotherapy is common but accurate predictions about whether or not this treatment will help are impossible. New treatments are always in the works but the road from arti ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2014 - 10:18am

Want To Take A Selfie In The Diane Arbus Style? A New Tool Makes It Possible

Photographers like Richard Avedon, Diane Arbus, and Martin Schoeller made their reputations with distinctive visual styles that sometimes required the careful control of lighting possible only in the studio. ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2014 - 8:39am

DIY Photo Light Box: Did Amazon Patent Photography Against A White Background?

To some, it might seem that you can patent anything these days. Last week a weird story appeared in my Facebook newsfeed: Amazon has somehow been able to patent photography against a white background. The story was originally reported on DIY Photography. I ...

Article - Steve Schuler - Jun 2 2014 - 2:26pm

EvoCor Search Engine Identifies Gene Relationships

A team led by Gregorio Valdez, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, have created a search engine called EvoCor that identifies genes that are functionally linked. EvoCor is a portmanteau of "evolution" and &qu ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2014 - 6:11pm

Temporal Dominance Of Sensations: They Have Ice Cream Sensations On Computers Now?

In the last few years, a technique known as Temporal Dominance of Sensations (TDS) has become popular for analyzing how consumer impressions evolve once they begin to taste a product.  Now, researchers at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2014 - 11:16am