A 69-year-old man with chronic kidney disease and essential hypertension was admitted to the hospital with chest pain, headache, and accelerated hypertension. Of note, he had missed taking several days of his regular medications. Upon admission, his blood pressure was 218/126 mm Hg with a heart rate of 90 beats per minute. Physical examination revealed a patient in mild discomfort, but no distress, presence of an S4 (indicating reduced ventricular wall compliance), and otherwise normal cardiopul...
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Northwestern University Research Suggests, Exposure To Bright Light Could Affect Your Metabolism
Exposure to bright light could affect your metabolism, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Northwestern scientists found bright light exposure increased insulin resistance compared to dim light exposure in both the morning and the evening. In the evening, bright light also caused higher peak glucose (blood sugar) levels.
Insulin resistance is the body’s inability to adequately move glucose out of the bloodstream, resulting in a buildup of blood sugar. Over time, the excess blood glu...
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‘Candida auris’ is a fungal infection that is evolving rapidly and is often multidrug-resistant
Candida auris is an emerging pathogen, and understanding of this organsim continues to evolve rapidly. CDC is concerned about C. auris for three main reasons: It is often multidrug-resistant, meaning that it is resistant to most antifungal drugs commonly used to treat Candida infections. It is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods, and it can be misidentified in labs without specific technology.
Healthcare facilities in several countries have reported that a type of yeast cal...
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Epson’s augmented reality smart glasses
MOVERIO. Explore how the Epson MOVERIO family of smart eyewear is transforming today's activities with tomorrow's vision.
The Epson Moverio BT-300 is the third iteration of the company's smart eyeglass lineup. It comes with a new lightweight form factor - 20% lighter than the BT-200 range - that has a 'Google' feel and is equipped with an OLED display, which projects an image in front of the eyes that feels around 80 inches in size.
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‘Royole Moon’ – 3D Virtual Mobile Theater
Royole has developed a 3D virtual mobile theater for movies, gaming, and more. Combining unique proprietary optical and system technologies that recreate a giant, scalable 800" curved screen with realistic 3D effects and high-fidelity noise-cancelling headphones, Moon provides the viewer with a truly immersive, amazingly realistic entertainment experience.
Combining unique proprietary optical and system technologies that recreate a giant, scalable 800" curved screen with realistic 3D effects ...
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‘Color Muse’ is a small film canister sized gadget with a built-in color scanner capable of perfectly matching paint or flooring colors in minutes.
COLOR MUSE scans virtually any surface — from flat ones like painted walls to textured ones like carpeting — then instantly identifies which namebrand paints, tile, floorcovering and other products match the scanned color. Finding the perfect matching color of paint is the most popular use for COLOR MUSE, but it’s just the beginning of what this incredible little tool can do. It’s also incredibly easy to use with the free COLOR MUSE app (iOS or Android) on your smart device.
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Research suggest diversity in the workplace is more likely to have financial returns above their national industry medians
Diversity in the workplace helps firms be more productive, according to a study co-authored by an MIT researcher — but it may also reduce satisfaction among employees.
“Having a more diverse set of employees means you have a more diverse set of skills,” says Sara Ellison, an MIT economist, which “could result in an office that functions better.”
At the same time, individual employees may prefer less diverse settings. The study, analyzing a large white-collar U.S. firm, examined how much “s...
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‘Revolv M1’ Smart Home Automation Solution Controls Most Devices Through One App
Control and automate you favorite home devices from any brand or manufacturer with the Smart Home Automation Controller by Revolv. Wirelessly operate a single device or multiple devices together seamlessly via your smartphone or tablet with the Revolv app, and create events that include your thermostats, speakers, lights, locks, sensors, outlets and more.
No More 15 apps to control each device, 'Revolv M1' Smart Home Automation Solution Controls Most Devices Through One App.
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‘Omate Rise’ Smart Watch With Amazon Alexa
Omate Rise is a very unique type of smartwatch that can play Android apps, you can install any of the hundred thousand Android apps from the Google Play Store but not all of them will work properly as they are firstly aimed to to work on Android smartphones and tablets.
The Omate Rise is part of a new generation of smartwatches called Smartwatch 3.0 as it can be used as both a Bluetooth companion or as a standalone device via WiFi or 3G.
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Graphene may be the new “miracle material” of the 21st century
Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance and expulsion of magnetic flux fields occurring in certain materials when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature.
Electrical resistance in metals arises because electrons propagating through the solid are scattered due to deviations from perfect translational symmetry. These are produced either by impurities (giving rise to a temperature independent contribution to the resistance) or the phonons - lattice vibr...
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University of Tokyo research findings will help thermal conduction and insulators. Study suggest trajectory of an electron passing through a magnetic field is bent.
A research group at the University of Tokyo and their collaborators have observed a phenomenon similar to the Hall effect—found only in electricity-conducting metal—in a spin liquid state, which, as an insulator, does not carry electricity.
This groundbreaking discovery presents a new research method for studying spin liquid states, which are shrouded in mystery. A trajectory of an electron passing through a magnetic field is bent by what is known as the Lorentz force—the force exerted on the...
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‘Fensens’ Smart Wireless Parking Sensor With Feature to Alert You Of Objects In Your Blind Spot
'Fensens' is the World’s First Smart Wireless Parking Sensor And Hands-Free Mobile App. A wireless, pain-free parking sensor (and mobile app) to help you avoid accidents by detecting and alerting you of objects in your blind spot.
Most new cars come with sensors to let you know when you're about to back over something. Unfortunately for owners of older rides, adding that capability to a car that didn't come equipped with it has been an expensive undertaking.
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‘EverBlock’ are like giant lego blocks that are modular and allow you to build around fixed obstacles and construct objects that work within your environment.
EverBlock Systems offers a modular building system of oversized plastic blocks that facilitates the construction of all types of objects. It's quick and easy to build nearly anything, by stacking and organizing the universal blocks in nearly any shape, pattern, or size.
EverBlock® is designed to be modular, enabling you to create nearly any sized object. It allows you to expand your creations as needed and modify your designs on the fly. Be as creative as you want to be an alternate c...
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University of Helsinki Finland has developed nanofibers and thin-film biomaterials as orthopedic scaffolds to help regenerate bones and to help implants
Chemists at the University of Helsinki have created a method of using nanofibers and thin-film biomaterials as orthopedic scaffolds to help regenerate bones and to help implants settle into their new home. The nanofibers are made of electrospun hydroxyapatite, a naturally occuring mineral form of calcium apatite.
Bone is a fibrous nanocomposite material with a complex hierarchical system of different macro-, micro- and nanostructures. The structure elegantly supports the bone cell functions a...
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Trinity College Dublin Research & Berkeley College Research On Superbug Evolution And Microbial Antibiotic Resistance With Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT)
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material between unicellular and/or multicellular organisms other than via vertical transmission (the transmission of DNA from parent to offspring.) HGT is synonymous with lateral gene transfer (LGT) and the terms are interchangeable.
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the sharing of genetic material between organisms that are not in a parent–offspring relationship. HGT is a widely recognized mechanism for adaptation in bacteria and arc...
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‘SafeHeal’ has developed a colovac device for protection of digestive anastomosis
SafeHeal develops Colovac, an innovative solution for the protection of digestive anastomosis, designed to reduce anastomotic complications and to obviate the need for diverting ostomies for patients undergoing colectomy.
The Colovac device is meant to enable patients to resume their normal life after a colorectal surgery, without having to bear an artificial anus and wear an ostomy pouch.
SafeHeal, reshaping digestive surgery.
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Dynamic Spinal Alignment Brace For People With Scoliosis
How do you deal with the fact that scoliosis is incurable and preventable?
Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person's spine has a sideways curve.The curve is usually "S" or "C" shaped. In some the degree of curve is stable, while in others it increases over time. Mild scoliosis does not typically cause problems, while severe cases can interfere with breathing. Pain is typically not present.
The cause of most cases is unknown but believed to involve a combination of gen...
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Icaros ‘active VR’ is a full-body workout virtual reality fitness & gaming machine
Icaros 'active VR' gives you a full-body workout virtual reality fitness & gaming machine.
Munich-based startup Icaros GmbH has created a gadget that combines fitness and computer games. The ICAROS setup includes the machine, the controller, the VR headset and it trains its user’s muscles through a VR game. The wireless gaming system stimulates various muscle groups – neck, chest, shoulders, abs, quads, and more – by transforming the gamer into a pilot with the help of a flight simulator....
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KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Sweden has a online course on spaceflight returns with certification for participants
Online course on spaceflight returns with certification for participants
Learn about human space travel from an experienced ESA astronaut who flew on Space Shuttle Discovery to conduct research on the International Space Station.
Christer Fuglesang participates in a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in 2006. The history-making ESA astronaut/KTH adjunct professor leads a massive online course (MOOC) in human spaceflight in which students can get certification from ed...
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‘Augury’ is a smart device that can ‘listen’ to your machines and diagnose its condition and suggest predictive maintenance in real-time.
'Augury' listens to the sounds machine makes and is able to diagnose its condition and suggest predictive Maintenance. It's system “listens” to the vitals of a machine and can tell if it is working properly, has a malfunction and even predict future failures.
Augury’s diagnostic technology is built around a simple principle. Every mechanical system can be characterized by the sound that it makes - machines "talk" and Augury system understands their language. It uses vibration and ultrason...
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IBM’s Watson supercomputer will soon be the new smart doctor on the block
IBM's Watson correctly diagnosed a patient after doctors failed. It turns out the world’s smartest supercomputer is a pretty good doctor, too.
Five years after dominating geniuses in its debut on Jeopardy!, IBM’s Watson is still putting human intelligence to shame.
The artificial intelligence machine correctly diagnosed a 60-year-old woman’s rare form of leukemia within 10 minutes — a medical mystery that doctors had missed for months at the University of Tokyo.
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MIT research team is trying to determine if human activity is taking more resources from the Earth than the planet can safely produce?
Are humans taking more resources from the Earth than the planet can safely produce? The answer lies partly in whether we can “dematerialize,” or reduce the amount of materials needed to produce goods and services.
Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.
While some scientists believe that the world can achieve significant dematerialization through improvements in technology, a new MIT-led study finds that technological advances alone wil...
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EarlySense Hospital grade professional wireless health vital monitoring device now available for home
Health monitor company Waltham, has created a contact-free consumer health monitor that can share information on heart, breathing cycles, stress and sleep indicators with users and their families and caregivers.
The app analyzes more than 50,000 data points nightly and can identify changes in health based on the information stored in the app and can alert people when there are significant changes, like when heart or breathing rates exceed defined thresholds. Live app information can also ...
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‘MindRDR’ Google Glass App that reads Mind in realtime
MindRDR connects Google Glass with a device to monitor brain activity, allowing users to take pictures and socialise them on Twitter or Facebook. No physical interaction required.
Once a user has decided to share an image, we analyse their brain data and provide an evaluation of their ability to control the interface with their mind. This information is attached to every shared image.
The world’s first Google Glass application that enables people to control the wearable device using their mi...
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American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) Suggest Cold-Weather Foot Care Key For Diabetics
People living with diabetes are prone to having foot problems, often because of two complications of diabetes: nerve damage (neuropathy) and poor circulation. Neuropathy causes loss of feeling in your feet, taking away your ability to feel pain and discomfort, so you may not detect an injury or irritation. Poor circulation in your feet reduces your ability to heal, making it hard for even a tiny cut to resist infection.
Having diabetes increases the risk of developing a wide range of foot pro...
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Aladdin Shadyab Researcher at University of California Suggests, Too Much Sitting Ages You Faster
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years compared to women who are less sedentary.
The study, publishing online January 18 in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found elderly women with less than 40 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day and who remain sedentary for more than 10 hours per day have shor...
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Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat
Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure.
The soft robotic sleeve twists and compresses in synch with a beating heart, augmenting cardiovascular functions weakened by heart failure. Unlike currently available devices that assist heart function, Harvard’s soft robotic sleeve does not directly contact blood. T...
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AdhereTech’s smart wireless pill bottle
AdhereTech smart wireless pill bottles are currently being used by patients in pharmaceutical and research engagements. These bottles collect and send all adherence data in real-time. The system automatically analyzes this information and populates the data on our secure dashboard. If doses are missed, patients can receive customizable alerts and interventions - using automated phone calls, text messages, and more.
AdhereTech smart wireless pill bottle sends notification message to the patien...
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‘UC Davis School of Medicine’ research suggests women who start prenatal vitamins early are less likely to have children with autism
Women who reported not taking a daily prenatal vitamin immediately before and during the first month of pregnancy were nearly twice as likely to have a child with an autism spectrum disorder as women who did take the supplements -- and the associated risk rose to seven times as great when combined with a high-risk genetic make-up, a study by researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute has found.
"Mothers of children with autism were significantly less likely than those of typically developing...
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FDA is in process of defining the claim ‘Healthy’ so that companies can use this term and other claims on the front of packages of foods that meet certain criteria.
With final rules on the Nutrition Facts label published, consumers soon will see an updated label on food packages that makes the calories and serving sizes of products easier to see and that gives them additional nutrition information, such as added sugars, vitamin D, and potassium.
The marketplace is teeming with rows and rows of foods – some new and some not; some healthier than others. Even for the well informed, choosing what to buy is challenging, especially if you want to choose a heal...
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