Study finds hospital IT pays off
The more wired a hospital, the better off its patients; and that leads to fewer deaths and complications, and lower bills. That's the conclusion of a...
Gaming is serious for devices of the future
In today's interactive world, we text, download, and rely on GPS units for directions. And when we're not engaged in one of those activities, many of...
Pearls from the experts
The defining factor to success is never resources, it is resourcefulness. I wish I could take credit for that insightful message, which belongs to the...
Webinar next month on motor efficiency and design
Design engineers wanting to learn more about efficiency as it relates to motors and gearmotors in OEM applications ...
Reader Poll: Medical-device jobs to remain steady
Last month’s online poll asked readers to indicate whether their companies’ workforces will increase, decrease, or remain the same in 2009...
Designing for doctors and physically impaired reveal common ground
Many might assume significant differences in industrial design methods for addressing human factors associated with handheld devices for surgeons versus...
Materials are huge in Anaheim
As other major material-consuming industries such as automotive and consumer durables continue to weaken, suppliers such as Dow, DuPont, Eastman, and Sabic (formerly GE Plastics) are aggressively targeting the medical-device market...
Is that tumor growing? Software tells
A German-based company, Definiens with U.S. operations (Morristown, N.J.), has devised software that examines MRI or CT data and builds 3D models of tumors, changing organs, and tissues of interest...
Electronic nose mimics animals
Connecting a sensitive detector that can distinguish hundreds of different chemical compounds to a module that mimics the way animals recognize odors is letting researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) devise a sensitive “electronic nose.” ...
University of Michigan Medical Innovation Center provides ‘real-world’ experience
Students at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, are being provided with the opportunity to know what it’s like to work for a medical start-up company...
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