CUJO Smart Internet Security Firewall

Posted on June 24, 2016 by

CUJO Smart Internet Security Firewall - Protects Your Network from Malware, Viruses and Hacking / Plug-N-Play / For Home & Business / iOS & Android App. CUJO is like a virtual door for your connected home. It is a smart firewall that guards all devices on your network with business-level security. Plug it into your router or modem and control it with your iPhone or Android app. CUJO will protect you against privacy violations, financial fraud, malicious sites, and other cyber thre...

App Helps Blind See Their World

Posted on June 23, 2016 by

VelaSense® is an eyes-free and hands-free assistive software that brings the full power of mobile technology and cloud computing within reach for visually impaired users. The system provides high-accessibility access to routine smart phone functions and also exploits the phone's integrated camera and motion sensors to characterize the user’s environment. Acquired information is then delivered back to the user through non-sight sensory modes such as hearing and touch. VelaSense® was developed ...

EnChroma glasses – Color for the Color Blind

Posted on June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 by

EnChroma glasses, a marriage of color vision science and optical technology. The only specialty eyewear that alleviates red-green color blindness, enhancing colors without the compromise of color accuracy. Color blindness (or color vision deficiency), is a condition where a person’s eyes are unable to see colors under normal light. People with color blindness have a hard time telling colors apart from each other. HOW EYES SEE COLOR The retina contains approximately 6 ...

FDA Approved ‘WATCHMAN’ that prevents LAA blood clots from entering the bloodstream and potentially causing a stroke.

Posted on June 23, 2016 by

WATCHMAN LAA Closure Technology consists of a delivery catheter and a device that is permanently implanted in the left atrial appendage (LAA) of the heart. The device, often referred to as the WATCHMAN, prevents LAA blood clots from entering the bloodstream and potentially causing a stroke. It is made of a self-expanding, nickel-titanium (Nitinol) frame with an attached woven plastic cap. How does it work? The physician inserts the delivery catheter into the body through a vein in the leg. Th...

NASA’s Inexpensive Cooling Systems for Electronic Devices

Posted on June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 by

NASA - Technology Opportunity: Nanotube-Based Device Cooling System Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are being studied for applications in high strength/low weight composites and other applications. Recent research on thermal dissipation materials for high power electronic devices is generating a lot of interest in various industries. NASA has developed a method for cooling a device, such as an electronic device, that produces extreme heat that must be dissipated. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted ...

Hyperkin’s Smart Boy Lets You Play Game Boy Games on Your Android Phone

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

The Smart Boy Developer Kit lets you insert the phone into a casing that closely mimics the original Game Boy, complete with a cartridge slot for your old games. Smartboy Development Kit attaches to Android smartphones, turning the phone into a handheld gaming device. It will be compatible with Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges. Included in the kit is an open source serial app and firmware, which will enable developers of all kinds to advance Hyperkin's current build toward a retail-read...

Tap Strap -Innovative virtual keyboard

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

Tap Strap has a series of embedded sensors which monitor mechanical information of the hand and fingers. This information is processed by an MCU in the Strap, which decodes the raw data into finger tap combinations and transmits the resulting characters or commands via a Bluetooth radio. The Tap Strap is a Bluetooth device that turns any surface — or even the air — into a one-hand keyboard. You place your fingers through the holes in a flexible strap, and the strap senses your finger motions....

Propeller is the IoT device that helps manage COPD, Asthma, and other respiratory diseases in real-time

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

Propeller Health now has a connected inhaler. This FDA cleared mobile application and IoT device helps patients, physicians and public health agencies systematically manage COPD, Asthma, and other respiratory diseases in real-time. The propeller sensor is a small device that easily fits to most inhalers. It wirelessly syncs with your smart phone so that you’re phone automatically captures and records your trends of usage including the time, date, and location of when you use your inhaler. ...

FDA Approved TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive (TissuGlu) is a urethane-based, liquid surgical adhesive which is activated upon contact with tissue fluid. TissuGlu is applied by a hand-held applicator containing the adhesive. How does it work? The surgeon applies TissuGlu between layers of tissue to glue them together during a “tummy tuck” (abdominoplasty) procedure. Water in the patient’s tissue starts a chemical reaction that bonds the layers of tissue together, like glue. The surgeon then continues standard c...

New Medication Dispensing Service For Seniors At Home

Posted on June 19, 2016 by

Philips Medication Dispensing service is a simple way to manage even the most complex medication regimens. So seniors who live alone can stay on track. How it works 1. Load You put the senior’s medications into individual cups and load them into the dispenser. Provide the medication schedule to Philips Lifeline and we will program the dispenser for you. 2. Dispense The senior presses the button when they hear the reminder. The dispenser will d...

NASA’s Game Changing Development Industry Day

Posted on June 19, 2016June 19, 2016 by

The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is hosting the Game Changing Technology Industry Day to engage the aerospace industry and identify potential areas of common interest and synergy with NASA. The objective of the meeting is to enhance industry awareness and understanding of the mid-level technology investments within the Game Changing Development portfolio. The Game Changing Technology Industry Day will focus on 11 current technologies that are potential targets for commercial an...

NASA Is Testing Next-Generation Fire Shelters

Posted on June 19, 2016June 19, 2016 by

NASA reached an agreement with the US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to test prototype fire shelters made from the space agency's next-generation thermal protection systems (TPM) materials—intended, initially, to protect future spacecraft upon re-entry (in fact, a first generation of the material has already been tested on the agency's third Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment vehicle, IRVE-3). Not unlike a spacecraft tearing through the atmosphere, NASA’s hope is that its mater...

FDA clears military traumatic wound dressing for use in the civilian population

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the use of the XSTAT 30 wound dressing, an expandable, multi-sponge dressing used to control severe, life-threatening bleeding from wounds in areas that a tourniquet cannot be placed (such as the groin or armpit) in battlefield and civilian trauma settings. The clearance expands the device’s indication from use by the military only to use in adults and adolescents in the general population. Early control of severe bleeding may prevent shock and may be l...

DNA Sequencing On SmartPhone

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has created a device that uses nanotechnology to put a complete lab on a single printed circuit board. It also can strip away single strands of DNA, which greatly reduces the preparation required for test samples. They have created the MinION device that connects to a laptop using a USB cable to produce immediate results. This amazing device fits in your hand, and is already commercially available. The big news, however, is that they have shrunk the technology even f...

Friendly Robot Walker -high-tech mobility aid

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

A team of European researchers, supported by the European Commission and Siemens, is developing a smart walker that will bring sensor and tablet technology to bear helping improve mobility in older adults. The "FriWalk" (short for Friendly Robot Walker) includes cameras and sensors for detailed gait analysis, a heart rate sensor, and a tablet interface that can provide activity coaching. FriWalk is a high-tech mobility aid that contains depth sensors and cameras to help support the user and m...

‘Leaf’ Healthcare Ulcer Sensor

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Ulcer is something that affects everyone just about as they get older. Scientists believe that inactivity and constant sitting can also be one of the reasons of causing ulcers. The Leaf Healthcare Sensor is designed to alert a person when it is time to turn and do some moving in order to combat no moving around. The tri-axial accelerometer that is in the sensor can monitor the position that a person is in and then help assist them in proper ways to turn. It even works with optimizing tissue pres...

Japanese caretaker robot

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Japan's Riken Brain Science Institute and rubber manufacturer Sumitomo Riko have built an experimental robot bear nurse that is able to lift patients and gently transfer them between beds and wheelchairs. Ageing populations are an increasing concern and in Japan, hospital staff and carers in nursing homes are required to lift patients about 40 times a day, which is strenuous and can cause lower-backpain. To aid carers, the Riken-SRK Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research...

3D printer that is able to print molecules to allow printing your own medicine.

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 by

Harnessing the power of 3DP to develop innovative medicines Powder-liquid three-dimensional printing (3DP) technology was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1980s as a rapid-prototyping technique. This technology uses an aqueous fluid to bind together multiple layers of powder using a unique, patent-protected process to create a wide range of products. This work was expanded into the areas of tissue engineering and pharmaceutical use from 1993 to 2003....

‘Intelligent Knife’ Uses Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Rapid Evaporative Ionization MS for the rapid profiling of pathogens in human biofluid or tissue matrices

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Scientists have developed an "intelligent knife" that can tell surgeons immediately whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not. In the first study to test the invention in the operating theatre, the “iKnife” diagnosed tissue samples from 91 patients with 100 per cent accuracy, instantly providing information that normally takes up to half an hour to reveal using laboratory tests. The findings, by researchers at Imperial College London, are published today in the journal Scienc...

Walt Disney building smart toys and IOT devices

Posted on June 16, 2016 by

Walt Disney Co.'s lab network, together with scientists from MIT, the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon, has developed systems that the company could use to help robots identify individuals, as well as to track everyday interactions between people and things. RapID is similar to an older Disney Research project called ID-Sense (see RFID for Reading People's Reactions). The goal of the ID-Sense project was to develop a system for identifying human-object interactions within a home o...

New biosensor chip for detecting DNA mutations

Posted on June 16, 2016 by

University of California, San Diego has developed a sensor capable of detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), a type of DNA mutations. Research team has created an electrical graphene chip that is able to detect mutations in DNA. Researchers say the technology could be used in a wide range of medical applications in the future, including blood testing for early cancer screenings, tracking disease biomarkers and even real-time detection of viral and even microbial sequences. Profe...

Molecular Pathology (MultiOmyx™) Visualizes Cancer

Posted on June 16, 2016 by

Tumor analysis is a key part of the cancer diagnostic workflow for all patients. Once a mass is removed from a patient, microscopic analysis is used to determine if it is cancer, as well as its characteristics and grade. Typically, protein or DNA changes in sections of the sample are measured to determine the patient’s potential drug response. Samples with insufficient information, however, can be a major problem for pathologists and oncologists who are challenged with increasing numbers of the...

Digital Forensics Platform For Smartphone

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

Every day around the world, digital data is impacting investigations. Making it intelligent and actionable takes new workflows powered by a unified platform — the Cellebrite UFED Digital Forensics Platform. With powerful data acquisition, management and analysis tools, it will unify teams and unlock the intelligence of mobile data to accelerate investigations and produce defensible evidence. Cellebrite's innovative UFED Pro Series is designed for the forensic examiners and investigators that ...

‘AspireAssist’ new weight loss device

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

The FDA has just approved the AspireAssist device from AspireBariatrics for Weight Loss. AspireAssist helps you lose weight quickly through an innovative approach to portion control, reducing the number of calories absorbed by your body. AspireAssist provides a channel for stomach contents to be emptied before the nutrients are absorbed further down in the GI system. A tube is placed within the stomach that connects to a port on the belly. About twenty minutes after ingesting food the pati...

MIT ‘Holosuite’ Project – An Exploration into Interactive Holographic Telepresence

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

Holosuite is an optimized, multi-threaded implementation of end-to-end 3D telepresence operating on two remote PCs via internet. It can render visual output to holographic displays, as well as advanced 3D displays with motion parallax reprojection. There is a temptation to label Holosuite as “3D Skype” or “3D Videoconferencing”, but this fails to distinguish what is important about Holosuite, as it neglects the collaborative and interactive aspects of Holosuite. The Holosuite software proj...

International satellite to collect next generation of data on global precipitation

Posted on June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 by

NASA's GPM mission is the first to coordinate a network of international satellites (current and planned) to produce the next generation of data on global precipitation. The star of the mission is the GPM Core Observatory, launched in February of 2014. It carries an advanced radar/radiometer system and serves as a reference standard that will unify precipitation measurements from the constellation. To do this, technology had to be developed that could link the data from the GPM Core Observatory ...

Different brain wave frequencies can tell about the person’s health and state of mind.

Posted on June 12, 2016 by

Your brain is made up of billions of brain cells called neurons, which use electricity to communicate with each other. The combination of millions of neurons sending signals at once produces an enormous amount of electrical activity in the brain, which can be detected using sensitive medical equipment (such as an EEG), measuring electricity levels over areas of the scalp. The combination of electrical activity of the brain is commonly called a brainwave pattern, because of its cyclic, "wave-l...

Minimize Hair Loss after chemotherapy

Posted on June 12, 2016 by

Hair loss is a common side effect of certain types of chemotherapy, commonly associated with the treatment of breast cancer. Hair may fall out entirely, gradually, in sections, or may become thin. Hair loss due to cancer treatment is usually temporary, but minimizing or relieving these kinds of side effects are considered important to overall treatment. “We are pleased to see a product for breast cancer patients that can minimize chemotherapy-induced hair loss and contribute to the quality of...

LifeVest wearable defibrillator

Posted on June 12, 2016 by

LifeVest wearable defibrillator is worn by patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), providing protection during their changing condition and while permanent SCA risk has not been established. The LifeVest allows a patient’s physician time to assess their long-term arrhythmic risk and make appropriate plans. The LifeVest is lightweight and easy to wear, allowing patients to return to their common activities of daily living, while having the peace of mind that they are protected from SCA....

Smart Telescopic Contact Lens

Posted on June 11, 2016 by

Researchers in Switzerland are working to develop magnifying contact lenses that zoom in and out with a wink. The innovative new vision-enhancing system, the first of its kind, includes a set of telescopic lenses and smart glasses that can distinguish between blinks and winks so that the user can easily flick between zoomed and normal vision. The visual aids, which are still in the prototype stage, could be useful for those with visual impairment, which affects some 285 million people worl...