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SAP to showcase intelligent enterprise for healthcare at HIMSS19
The enterprise software vendor will also be making the case for putting ERP in the cloud at the health IT conference.
At HIMSS19: Change Healthcare to provide free healthcare data interoperability services on Amazon Web Services
The initiative accelerates progress on the country’s interoperability goals by offering an array of data exchange services while removing cost barriers.
Conference, exhibition, training and certification all part of Automate 2019
The stated mission of the biannual Automate trade show is to “bring together North America’s broadest range of automation solutions."
Team building portrait-drawing robot
A team from U.K.-based company Engineered Arts is developing a robot that will be capable of drawing portraits.
9 tips for assessing the HVAC when buying a home
Knowing as much as possible about a home's major systems will go a long way toward avoiding unpleasant surprises down the road.
World’s first fully wetted, refractory-free vertical tubeless boiler
The Fulton Companies introduced a fully wetted, refractory-free vertical tubeless boiler that achieves efficiencies as great as 86% without the use of a gas economizer.
Seco Double Quattromill 14 maximizes low-horsepower machine performance
The Double Quattromill 14 offers extremely free cutting to lower cutting forces and machine power consumption while it extends tool life.
Burn wound care enhanced with digital thermography and predictive algorithm
A non-invasive digital infrared thermography technique and predictive model improve burn treatment outcomes.
Federal investigation into heating, electricity issues at Brooklyn jail
Prisoners at the jail endured the recent polar vortex, which plunged the region into sub-zero temperatures, without heat, hot water, hot food and light.
Ingersoll Rand to buy Precision Flow for $1.45 billion
Precision Flow would become part of the company's fluid management business in its industrial segment.
UK study predicts AI will overtake 30% of jobs by 2030
As reports emerge concerning a “robotic revolution” where robots are poised to replace humans in the workplace, a new study lists the jobs at greatest risk of being taken over by robots by 2030.
Rehabbing a century-old canal's massive valves
The off season provides the canal operator with ample maintenance time, some of it devoted to a decennial rebuild of each lock’s massive wagon body valves.
Computer engineer in China builds AI-powered shelter for stray cats
A computer engineer from Chinese internet company Baidu has built an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shelter for stray cats.
Lightbeam Health Solutions debuts new population health management platform at HIMSS19
The value-based care platform delivers new provider and payer engagement solutions, an integrated referral management module and predictive analytics for downside risk performance.
Marines 3D print a bridge in the field
The ACES printer uses concrete made with aggregate, rather than paste or mortar, and can create other types of structures such as obstacles, protective structures, vaults, culverts and beams.
Video: Amphibious robot developed to explore regions underwater drones can’t
The robot can traverse sand, snow, ice and other solid substrates.
Cold temperatures cut electric car range nearly in half, study finds
Additionally, hot temperatures decrease range when the air conditioner is used.
Metal forming machine tools — Part 1: Bulk metal
A wide variety of machine tools exist to convert a bulk metal into semi-finished stock and near-net-shape parts.
Startup turns avocados into disposable cutlery, straws
A Mexico-based startup has been turning avocado pits into biodegradable straws and cutlery, according to reports.
Fujifilm exhibits enterprise imaging solutions and artificial intelligence initiative at HIMSS 2019
The company will showcase enterprise imaging and informatics solutions, including a system specifically for point-of-care ultrasound.