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Minimizing the risk of electric shock around pools and lakes
May 26, 2017
A danger that you can't see or hear—electric shock in water—can easily go undetected. Electricity is deadly and often discovered only after it is too late.
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New technique could increase success rate, life span of implantable devices
May 26, 2017
A new technique being developed at Purdue University could provide patients who require implantable catheters in the treatment of neurological and other disorders with a reliable and self-clearing catheter that could eliminate ...
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Military-funded prosthetic technologies benefit more than just veterans
May 25, 2017
In 1905, an Ohio farmer survived a railroad accident that cost him both of his legs. Two years later, he founded the Ohio Willow Wood company, using the namesake timber to hand-carve prosthetic limbs. The company grew, surviving ...
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Novel technology applied to replace aging bridge
May 24, 2017
America's bridges received a grade of C+ on the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, put out by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Aging is a factor in this score—almost four in 10 of the 614,387 bridges in the ...
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How far can your shoes run?
May 23, 2017
Research data on the durability of running shoes challenges a common assumption.
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Sensing insole for footstrike pattern detection in runners
May 23, 2017
Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a mobile biofeedback device for footstrike pattern modification for injury prevention and rehabilitation in runners.
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Exploring underground with a colliding drone
May 23, 2017
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano last weekend helped to explore the caverns under Sicily using a drone that deliberately bumped into its surroundings in order to build a map.
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Chinese online retailer developing one-ton delivery drones
May 23, 2017
China's biggest online retailer, JD.com Inc., announced plans Monday to develop drone aircraft capable of carrying a ton or more for long-distance deliveries.
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A leap for 3-D printing
May 22, 2017
When the Space Shuttle hit the Earth's atmosphere on its return trip from the cosmos, it was traveling at 17,000 miles per hour—25 times the speed of sound. Were it not for the protection of the ceramic tiles that acted ...
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World's first demonstration of multicolor 3-D in vivo imaging using ultra-compact Compton camera
May 22, 2017
As represented by conventional radiograph, radiological images provide only black and white figures in 2D space. The situation is basically the same for Single photon emission tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography ...
