Using sophisticated computer software, researchers were able to coordinate the actions of a commercially available continuous glucose monitoring device and insulin pump to allow automatic insulin delivery in response to real-time glucose readings. While using the artificial pancreas system, the children maintained blood sugar levels in the normal range 60% of the time, compared with …
1. International Union Against Cancer – 40% of cancers are potentially preventable. The risk of developing cancer can significantly be reduced through simple measures: * Stop tobacco use and avoid exposure to second-hand smoke * Limit alcohol consumption * Avoid excessive sun exposure * Maintain a healthy weight, through eating healthily and exercising regularly * …
A palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond could enable humans to walk on walls like spiderman The rapid adhesion mechanism could lead to such applications as shoes or gloves that stick and unstick to walls, or Post-it-like notes that can bear loads, according to Paul Steen, professor …
ReWalk is a wearable, motorized quasi robotic suit from Argo Medical Technologies. FAQ * FDA approval is expected this year (2010). * The price hasn’t been established yet. However, we’re targeting for an annual consumer (end-user) price comparable with typical average annual expenses of people confined to wheelchairs. * Based on our surveys and on …
Gecko Systems is making elder care robots and mobile service robots (MSR) for other applications They have a CareBot MSR that monitors the carereceiver. Elderly people in nursing homes receive attention from nurses an average of nine minutes per day. These places are expensive ($45,000 to $60,000 per year) and not always easy or convenient …
The ion trap where the main action takes place in the NIST aluminum ion clock. The aluminum ion and partner magnesium ion sit in the slit running down the center of the device between the electrodes. Credit: J. Koelemeij/NIST Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of …
MIT Technology Review – IBM has created prototype graphene transistors made from atom-thick sheets of carbon, operate at 100 gigahertz–meaning they can switch on and off 100 billion times each second, about 10 times as fast as the speediest silicon transistors. IBM has created graphene transistors that leave silicon ones in the dust. The prototype …
H+ Magazine provides coverage of Synthetic Biology and a new Biofab project. The new BIOFAB: International Open Facility Advancing Biotechnology (BIOFAB), with two years of funding from NSF and matching support from founding partners, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the BioBricks Foundation (BBF), aims to produce thousands of free standardized DNA parts to shorten …
There are 522 pages of unclassified DARPA projects for 2010-2011. This is a second look at more of the projects. The first look at DARPA 2010-2011 projects is here Transformer (TX) Vehicle AKA flying car ($12 million) The Transformer (TX) Vehicle program will examine the feasibility and approaches for developing vertical take-off and landing, road-worthy …
MIT researchers have demonstrated the first room temperatur laser built from germanium that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. Germanium is easy to incorporate into existing processes for manufacturing silicon chips. So the result could prove an important step toward computers that move data — and maybe even perform calculations — using …
522 page pdf with DARPAs 2010-2011 budget and project plans Part 2 of DARPA project highlights for 2010-2011 is here Tip-Based Nanofabrication (TBN) ($10 million) The Tip-Based Nanofabrication (TBN) program will develop the capability to use Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) cantilevers and tips to controllably manufacture nano-scale structures such as nanowires, nanotubes, and quantum dots …