National Taiwan University in Taipei have invented a small sensor to be placed in the tooth, which can help doctors in monitoring patients’ eating habits and progress of their dental health. The sensor has an accelerometer which ...
Tags: Tooth Sensors, Dental Health
Since installing the ROAM™ outdoor lighting monitoring and control system from Acuity Brands Inc., the Plymouth School District in Plymouth, Mass. has significantly reduced maintenance time and energy costs. The ROAM system allows ...
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China China has experienced an explosive growth of sales of non-assisted e-bikes including scooter type, with annual sales jumping from 56,000 units in 1998 to over 21 million in 2008, and reaching an estimated fleet of 120 million ...
Tags: Electric Bicycle, e bike, bike, bicycle, Transportation
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has launched a new campaign to address what it calls "the biggest safety gap in the trucking industry": the lack of basic training standards for new drivers. OOIDA says that the agenda ...
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When the Great Recession hit in 2008/2009, consumers made shopping for values an epic, albeit mostly necessary, past-time. Many of their shopping behaviors have now become habits even though the economy has improved—and center-store ...
Russia has temporarily imposed a ban on the import of seed and ware potatoes from the European Union over safety concerns. In a letter to the director of the European Commission for Health and Consumer Protection, Russia noted that the ...
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The International Sleep Products Assn. says it led the way in developing a new ASTM voluntary crib mattress standard, which sets a size requirement for crib mattresses and establishes a test method to confirm the size. The new standard ...
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A year after receiving approval by the Food and Drug Administration, the new weight-loss drug Belviq is finally available by prescription. But you may not want to rush out and get it. It's only approved for people who are obese, with a ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs announced a $2.5 million competitive grant solicitation to fund improvements in the enforcement and monitoring of fire and building safety standards to better protect ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that it has suspended operations at IMO Foods - a federally registered fish cannery based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, over food safety concerns. The agency noted that adequate ...
Tags: IMO Foods, Safety Concerns
The Chrysler Group has responded to a safety recall request from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), saying it does not intend to recall 2.7 million Jeep vehicles highlighted by the government body. Responding ...
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INVISALIGN, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customised, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell ...
Tags: 3-D Printing, Printing, Reality
Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and ...
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The European Commission and European Union member states have decided to ban the flavoring substance 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene over safety concerns. The decision to remove this substance from the list of approved flavorings was ...
Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and ...
Tags: Artificial Turf, Artificial Grass