Technology

Early Kidney Cancer Detection With Urine Test

80 percent of patients survive when kidney cancer is detected early- but it is often not easy. However, finding it early has been among the disease's greatest challenges. Kidney cancer is the seventh most common cancer in men and the 10th most common ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 22 2015 - 8:42am

How Safe Is Today's Encryption?

When checking your email over a secure connection, or making a purchase from an online retailer, have you ever wondered how your private information or credit card data is kept secure? Our information is kept away from prying eyes thanks to cryptographic ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 23 2015 - 10:30am

National Data Science Bowl Winner Announced

A team that developed an algorithm capable of automating the analysis of plankton populations – a critical step in measuring ocean health - has won the inaugural National Data Science Bowl. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2015 - 8:08pm

Bionic Hand Has Muscles Made From Smart Metal Wires

In cultural perception, an artificial hand looks something like a Steampunk reworking of a hand, with gears and pistons and rods. In the future, an artificial hand would look just like a hand, except with muscles made from smart metal wires. Engineers at S ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2015 - 10:24am

CareJack Orthopedic Prosthesis Is A Fancy Name For A Cool Power Vest

Millions of people injure themselves each year lifting physically demanding things, with (insert absurd number here) of dollars in lost productivity, etc., etc. Okay, enough of that, here is the fun part: Some day a cute 105 pound nurse may be able to lift ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 25 2015 - 6:47pm

How Safe Is Air Travel?

In light of the news of another tragic airline crash, and following in the wake of several other high profile air disasters, it might be natural to ask whether air travel is becoming less safe. In fact, according to the numbers, air travel is safer than a ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 26 2015 - 3:00am

Little Lotus Baby Blankets- NASA Space Suit Tech For Your Elite Cherub

New Little Lotus baby blankets, which are getting a Kickstarter campaign today, are advertised as a phase-change material designed by NASA contractors to constantly absorb and release heat. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2019 - 10:50am

Implantable Micropacemaker Designed For Unborn Baby Hearts

With each beat of a healthy heart, an electrical signal moves from the upper to the lower chambers of the heart. As this signal moves, it results in the heart contracting and pumping blood. Congenital heart block is a defect of the heart's electrical ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2015 - 9:30am

iPad used during Soyuz launch. Why did I ever have to turn off my phone?

During the launch of the latest Soyuz to the space station Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko calmly looked at an iPad.  Other than the cramped confines of the Soyuz capsule, and their space suits, they looked like business men discussing their presentation ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Mar 28 2015 - 1:05pm

Zeiss Imaging Tech Creates A 'Google Maps' For The Body

Silicon wafer imaging technology has been modified to scan the human body down at the level of a single cell  - zooming in and out of a joint in the body like Google Maps does from the sky. Coupled with Google algorithms, the imaging system developed by G ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 4:26pm