Officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) announce the creation of a new device meant to help astronauts check for potential infections and diseases in space. The instrument is meant to be used primarily on the International Space Station (ISS), but other uses are also possible.
The agency is proud to announce... |
11 November 2011
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Wheelchairs are, without a doubt, extremely useful devices, enabling people with various disabilities to move around in a faster and easier manner, but they also affect their users in an adverse manner (especially as far as upper limb wear is concerned), but it seems that things will change for the better on the futu... |
11 February 2011
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Although most of us sort of take reading for granted, there are quite a lot of people out suffering from various eyesight impairments that are not as lucky, and exactly for this category of users, Optelec has developed the ClearReader+, a device that allows people who are visually impaired and dyslexic to comfortable... |
21 December 2010
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Back in 2000, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) professor of materials science and engineering Gerhard Welsch proposed an idea for a revolutionary type of capacitor that was way ahead of its time. Now, need has caught up the world of ideas, and the prototype is getting a lot of attention.Manufacturers of hybrid ... |
2 December 2010
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Apple's iPhone smartphone seems to be slowly, but surely turning into some kind of uber-device, capable of carrying out just about any type of function via the numerous supported apps and accessories, the latest we've come across being related to the possibility of turning the handset created by the company... |
2 November 2010
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Researchers at the University of South Australia are working on making medical devices safer by developing a technique that will permanently bind antibacterial coatings to a polymer layer, thus preventing biofilms.Biofilms are thin layers of bacterial colonies that can cover the surface of a medical device and expose... |
20 October 2010
06:27 GMT |
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We're pretty sure that not many of you realize that your cellphones carry a huge collection of bacteria collected from just about everywhere you've been (and if you've left it out, on a table or counter, things are actually even worse) and for this reason, the VIOlight company, specialized in all sorts... |
18 October 2010
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It's been medically and statistically proven that smoking is a very bad thing, which affects the human body in a very adverse manner. For this reason, countless methods that are supposed to help people quit have appeared on the market over the past few years, each of them providing both advantages and disadvanta... |
10 November 2008
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Working with clients such as Pistorius, winner of three gold medals in the Paralympics in Beijing this year, the Ossur Corporation deals exclusively with designing and engineering advanced prosthetic limbs. With their eyes on the prize - a fully automated prosthesis that would draw its commands from the user's b... |
30 September 2008
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Like many other major technology manufacturers around the world, the NEC company is involved in a very large number of market segments, including several which are less advertised, as for example that of medical devices. And the company's latest announcement is related exactly to this particular field, as NEC ha... |
27 November 2007
03:36 GMT |
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The huge leaps forward achieved in both telecommunications and medical-related research over the past few years are changing the traditional doctor-patient relationship, as medics are now capable of offering their patients emergency assistance or advice even when they're not physically present. And one of the mo... |
20 November 2007
10:56 GMT |
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Heart rhythm disorders and especially atrial fibrillation are two very serious problems for people around the world, which, unchecked or untreated in due time, might even lead to a person's death. This is the reason why the Medtronic company has just announced the European release of the Reveal XT, the world... |
13 July 2007
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Teeth are a very important part of our body, since not only do they help us chew our food, but actually play a very important part in our social lives. Nobody likes a person with yellow or stained teeth, either from drinking too much coffee, smoking or eating way too many sweets without brushing regularly. That is wh... |
11 March 2007
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