Technology

Detecting Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings: There's An App For That

 The PRIORI project at University of Michigan says they have created a smartphone app that monitors subtle qualities of a person's voice during everyday phone conversations- and can detect early signs of mood changes in people with bipolar disorder.  ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2014 - 8:26am

Fighting Bioterrorism: Air Sampling Technology Works

ST. LOUIS – Air and surface sampling techniques currently used by the US government are effective in fighting bioterrorism and potentially saving lives, according to a new paper in Biosecurity and Bioterrorism.  The authors made the determination after re ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2014 - 4:11pm

Ultra-Fast Robot Can Catch Objects Better Than Humans

A new robot is capable of reacting quickly and catching objects with complex shapes, like bottles and tennis rackets, in less than 5/100ths of a second. The robot arm measures about 1.5 meters long, has three joints and a hand with four fingers. It was pr ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2014 - 9:36am

Would More Reporting Of Negative Results In Clinical Trials Help?

U.S. law requires posting summarized results on ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the National Institutes of Health, within one year of study completion for certain categories of industry-sponsored trials.  The European Union is considering following the U ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2014 - 1:10pm

Metronomes- Do You Need Them? And A Metronome Using Conducting Techniques For Visual Precision

The metronome seems such a simple thing, just a machine that goes tick tick, and you then play in time with it. So, why is it that beginner musicians often have so much difficulty keeping in time with it? And why is it that humans find it hard to play lik ...

Article - Robert Walker - May 19 2014 - 6:27pm

DEKA Arm System: FDA Approves Prosthetic That Can Perform Complex Tasks Using Electrical Signals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today allowed marketing of the DEKA Arm System, the first prosthetic arm that can perform multiple, simultaneous powered movements controlled by electrical signals from electromyogram (EMG) electrodes. Deka calls ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2014 - 1:00am

Created: Artificial Intelligence Lenses For The Blind

Using artificial intelligence, computational geometry and geo/ultrasound techniques, a project begun in 2009 at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) have a success to report- a device to help people with low vision or blindness to navig ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2014 - 9:57am

Power From Ocean Currents 24/7- Pilot Project Plan- At Source Of Gulf Stream In Florida

We are surrounded with an abundance of clean energy, if we only had a way to harness it it. Most people probably know about solar energy, that we would only need to harness a tiny fraction of it to power the entire world (e.g.  the Sahara desert has eighte ...

Article - Robert Walker - Nov 3 2014 - 10:43pm

An Autism Screening App?

Most schools in the United States provide simple vision tests to their students; not to prescribe glasses, but to identify potential problems and recommend a trip to the optometrist. Researchers at Duke University are now on the cusp of providing the same ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2014 - 10:36am

Look, But Don't Use: European Medicines Agency Clinical Trial Data Terms Are Pointless

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) receives comprehensive clinical study data from drug manufacturers and that data form the basis for the decision on the approval of new drugs.  In 2013, EMA issued a draft policy to make clinical study data available to ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2014 - 11:21am