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Curved mirrors alone are not news; a mirror with an "objects in mirror are closer than they appear" warning features a curve that affords the driver a... Read More »
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Ann ConkleDo you mean that it won't be a factory feature now, but could be if the regulations are changed? I assume they would eventually change them to allow for safer technology.
Jun 8, 2012
Daniel PorterCurrent regulations say all production cars need to have a flat mirror on the driver's side, and the release seems to indicate that's unlikely to change. Honestly, I expect to see comprehensive all-around camera systems for visibility before I see the DMV do something sensible like change their regulations.
Jun 8, 2012
No news is Google news
Owner and operator of everybody's favorite internet text field, Google, continues to make news as it branches farther away from its... Read More »
General Electric’s “Vehicle Innovation Center,” as it is called, opens for business today in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Customers can test on a... Read More »
Enjoy this week’s wrap up of trending medical news!
Rats paralyzed due to spinal cord injury walking again thanks to new therapy
Rats that... Read More »
It started with a basic soft drink cooler, a need for easier management of tuberculosis and $150,000 in innovation support.
A big challenge in managing... Read More »
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Richard HaldermannHaven't you heard of an absorption refrigerator? They have used them for the past 50 years for refrigerators in recreational vehicles. They're not very expensive and all they need is a tank of propane, no electricity or batteries needed.
Jun 4, 2012
Valerie ClarkThe major thing to note with this cooler is not the ability to keep medicines cool, although that is a definite part of the solution, but the cooler's ability to record and transmit data whenever the device is opened to dispense a dose. Still, it's a simple innovation with a big impact on the success of treating tuberculosis.
Jun 5, 2012
Italian doctors are reporting that they kept a 16-month-old boy alive for 13 days as he waited for a heart transplant by implanting him with the world’s... Read More »
A small coil made out of metal wire may be the key to relief for patients with severe emphysema. The wire, called a lung volume reduction coil (LVRC), gathers and... Read More »
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Jackie KellySo surprising that having 20 metal coils in your lungs didn't impede breathing!
May 23, 2012
One of the most common challenges facing premature babies is learning how to suck and feed.
To address this, Florida State University researchers devised the... Read More »
Here’s your weekly roundup of exciting medical news.
Paralyzed people control robotic arms directly with brain activity
A new study in Nature... Read More »
Researchers at MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new automated process to get a glimpse at the inner workings of brain cells... Read More »
The “Domino,” developed by a University of Alberta research team, has the capability to perform the same genetic tests as most fully equipped laboratories ... Read More »
IBM announced that industry leaders Asahi Kasei and Central Glass will join its Battery 500 project. They will collaborate on extensive research in hopes of the... Read More »
Toshiba Corp. will be developing an electric-powered bus with a charge time of just five minutes. In cooperation with Tokyo’s Minato Ward, the electronics... Read More »
Leviton unveiled the Evr-Green 320 Level 2 Home Charging Station, its latest member of the Evr-Green line of residential, commercial and public electric vehicle... Read More »
Boeing and All Nippon Airways made aviation history today as a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels. The delivery flight... Read More »
Representatives from the US Navy's Program Executive Office, Littoral Combat Ships Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office and General Dynamics unveiled a... Read More »
Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Inc.’s Textron Systems, and Hydronalix announced today that the organizations have teamed to develop small ... Read More »
Magna E-Car Systems, a partnership between Magna International and the Stronach Group, opened its latest facility, a plant in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, that... Read More »
New research from North Carolina State University shows that technologies implemented as a result of federal requirements governing diesel engines of new tractor... Read More »
The Hertz Corporation is developing compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles in the US. Hertz will begin renting CNG Honda Civics and CNG GMC Yukons at Will Rogers World ... Read More »