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Healthcare IT: Managing Care Through Technology Innovation
Medical human capital management discussion with Courtney Green and Sue Schodorf from OhioHealth.
Tech Platform Aims to Help Manage Germany's Energy Transition
Renewables' share of Germany's electricity production over the past 15 years has risen from 5% to over 26% in 2014.
Biomaterial Could Aid Bone Grafting in Cancer Patients
The material serves as a biodegradable scaffold that can be surgically implanted in the body to trigger bone regeneration at the cellular level.
"PoWiFi" Could Power the Internet of Things
In their proof-of-concept experiments, the team demonstrated that the PoWiFi system could wirelessly power a grayscale, low-power Omnivision VGA camera from 17 feet away.
Race Is Underway to Develop Alloys to Meet EPA Targets
High-efficiency turbocharged engines will require a material that is 25% stronger than current alloys and durable at temperatures 50 °C higher.
SpaceX Mission to ISS Planned for 2017
Commercial crew launches will reduce the per-seat cost of transporting astronauts to the space station.
Smartphone Functionality for Eyeglasses?
The technology is based on lightguide optics, which enables the manufacture of displays on either glass or plastic in the form of light elements with a thickness of just one millimeter.
Printable Lightweight Thermal Sensor Developed
The sensor shows a change in electrical resistance up to 100,000 times over a range of 5 degrees centigrade.
Organic Electronics Integrated into Plants
Using organic electronics, it is possible to combine electric signals with a plant’s own.
Graphene Key to High-Density, Energy-Efficient Memory Chips
Graphene's electrical, thermal and atomically thin properties can be used to create more energy-efficient data storage.
Using Nanotechnology to Boost Capacitors' Energy Density
Key to the success of the capacitor is its interdigitated design, which decreases the distance between opposing electrodes and increases the capacitor's ability to store an electrical charge.
Engineering for the Developing World: Meeting Market Demand
Jodie Wu noticed something when she demonstrated the pedal-powered thresher for villagers: they were more interested in her solar-powered light.
Inspections Are Critical for High Energy Piping Safety
Temperature change causes a 100-yard-long pipe to expand by some 30 inches. Imagine if this pipe was not being permitted to expand or contract freely.
Sticky Hydrogel May Have Health, Marine Applications
Researchers applied a square of hydrogel between two plates of glass, from which they suspended a 55-lb. weight.
Pop-Up Sensor May Help Robotic Surgery
Inspired by origami, pop-up manufacturing fabricates micromachines by layering laser-cut materials into thin, flat plates that pop up into complete electromechanical devices.
Technology Could Make Aircraft and Ships Stealthier
Conventional radar absorbers are usually too thick or have too narrow an absorption bandwidth to cloak objects in the ultra-high-frequency regime.
Printer Generates PCB Prototypes
Voltera V-One uses rapid prototyping principles to turn design files into prototype boards.
NASA Robots Go to School for Reprogramming
Valkyrie is intended to be a semi-autonomous robot that can execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments.
Filterless Water Desalination Achieved with Shock Electrodialysis
Researchers use water flowing through low-cost porous media, which could be relatively easy to scale up for desalination or water purification.
NREL Estimates Economically Viable U.S. Renewable Generation
NREL analysts say that at 2014 costs, renewable energy technologies combine for 820 terawatt-hours of estimated economic potential, nearly 20% of the U.S. annual electricity generation from all sources.