AlterG, a US-based medical device company, has launched its AlterG Bionic Leg, a wearable, battery-powered, robotic mobility assistance device activated by a patient's intent to move. Designed for patients with impaired mobility, the ...
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Inventor Kirby Kendall recalls that, after reading that discarded bottle caps can be ingested by sea life, he decided to create a hinged bottle cap by the design-for-manufacturing approach. He refers to his innovation as the Hinged Beverage ...
Some level of government surveillance is “essential” if the nation is to minimize the incidence of terrorist strikes like the Boston Marathon bombing, according to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. In a rare interview with CBS This ...
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Working from a scaffold can already be a challenge, being confined to a small footprint with a drop-off only a few feet away. And as tough as it might be, adding heavy tools into the mix makes it that much harder. So why not add a shelf to ...
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Source: Kickstarter Out of science fiction, or epic medieval legend, what if you could have the power to control your devices and information with a single, small object? Look no further, for now you can can possess your own digital ...
Carlisle Wide Plank Floors has announced a partnership with Warmboard, Inc., the Monterey Bay, Calif.-based supplier of energy-efficient radiant heating panels. The partnership brings together Carlisle's wide plank floor specialists with ...
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Life science company Factor Bioscience has received the first patent for the reprogramming cells using RNA from the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), which is widely used in biological research and personalized medicine. Factor ...
The integration of science and technology into textiles has given birth to a new range of textiles and clothing known as smart textiles and interactive clothing. According to industry representatives, smart textiles and interactive ...
The World Wide Web Consortium has finalized its specification for Web Storage, a technology that would give Web applications more flexibility in storing data on user machines. Now that Web Storage is an official specification, browser ...
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The Luminaris video has won over 250 International Awards for great film. And although there is no dialogue in this magical film about a light bulb maker, it's easy to follow and it's easy to imagine this man's idea about escaping the ...
Researchers have developed an intelligent surgical knife that can help doctors identify if a tissue being cut is of cancerous nature or not, in turn enabling an accurate surgery. The knife, created by London's Imperial College ...
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BASF will increase its global capacities for producing the chemical intermediate 1,4?butanediol (BDO) and the BDO derivative PolyTHF (chemical name: polytetramethylene ether glycol, PTMEG) within the coming two years. BASF's annual BDO ...
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The biggest limitation of using glass over Teflon plastic sheet was that glass is extremely heavy to lift and is much more prone to getting broken when fallen down. In the past, substances like rubber, glass or clay were used in households ...
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The Institute of Photonics at the University of Eastern Finland is launching cooperation with Dutch company LUXeXceL that offers rapid prototyping of optical components for prototypes, short-run and volume batches. Last year Jyrki ...
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Sanovas, a US-based micro invasive surgical solutions developer, has entered into a patent license and joint development agreement with Mayo Clinic, to commercialise technologies in bronchial smooth muscle modification. The agreement aims ...