Robots in Medicine
Vivek Wadhwa: Silly apps aren't the future of technology – WRAL Tech Wire
Vivek Wadhwa: Silly apps aren't the future of technologyWRAL Tech WireSuch exponential advances are also occurring in the fields of medicine, robotics, artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and 3-D printing. Futurist Ray Kurzweil notes that as any technology becomes an information technology, it starts advancing …
Robots to learn from Nurses (bostonherald)
On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need.
Now, a doctor and an Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor are teaming up to use their medical and robotics expertise to improve how machines work with humans, and make hospitals a bit better in the process.
Mind-controlled Robots Useful for Manufacturing, Medicine
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Germ-fighting robots, used to contain Ebola, developed in Memphis – WMC-TV
Germ-fighting robots, used to contain Ebola, developed in MemphisWMC-TVIn August, Dunn deployed two of his robots, named TRU-D, to hospitals in Liberia to help stop the spread of Ebola. "At the units in Liberia, we had challenges because there are so many open doors in those health care spaces," he said. Workers had to …
The Fall Full Version – Struggle against your own rules and find the help you need (PHPnuke)
### Review
The Fall is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle videogame developed and published by Over The Moon. **Its release has been possible thanks to the crowdfunding website KickStarter**. John Warner, the creator of Over The Moon has always liked atmospheric games, and thanks to the help of people of KickStarter, he has been able to develop this piece of art.
This game is set in a futuristic universe in which the AI has been highly developed, so **everything has a sci-fi atmosphere**. The main character of the storyline is an artificial intelligence being called ARID (Armored Robotics Interface Device) that inhabits a mechanic combat armor suit. Once day, **she is activated, but here is a huge problem; her pilot is unconscious and urgently needs medical assistance**. ARID find herself in a very difficult situation since she gets no assistance from her superiors and most of her controls are deactivated.
She, or you since you are who controls her, will need to **use all your brains to be able to activate all the controls and so, take your pilot to get medical attention**. Gradually, she starts questioning her protocols as she sees that sometimes she even needs to …
Medical Robotics Research
How to Stoke the Middle-Class Comeback – Wall Street Journal
How to Stoke the Middle-Class ComebackWall Street JournalUnlike the industrial era, when innovation led to mass production in America, firms such as Apple pioneered a new model: a limited number of research and managerial jobs in its U.S. Headquarters, backed by many times more production workers in other …and more »
Qualcomm Institute Announces Seed Grants to Build Clusters in Brain, Medical and Robotics Research (UCSD)
The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego has given the green light to 35 new projects that are part of the institute's Calit2 Strategic Research Opportunities (CSRO) program. Each one-year seed grant is worth up to $50,000 in support for researchers in areas of critical interest to the research mission of the institute–and the university. (The Qualcomm Institute is the UC San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, or Calit2.)
Medical Robot Facts
Survey shows drop in fish stocks – Boston Globe
Survey shows drop in fish stocksBoston GlobePolice investigate death of man hit twice by stun gun. Connecticut State Police are investigating the death of a medical school graduate from the Bahamas who became unresponsive after New London officers used a stun gun on him for the second time in …
IPO Roundup: ReWalk shares more than double (Yahoo!)
[AP] – Shares of ReWalk Robotics, which makes wearable robotic exoskeletons that helps paralyzed patients walk, more than doubled in their stock market debut. The medical device maker was one of two health companies …
Medical Breakthrough: Robotic knee replacement surgery in …
Medical Robotics Stocks
3 Companies To Profit From This Medical Boom – NASDAQ
3 Companies To Profit From This Medical BoomNASDAQThere are other companies operating in the medical robotics space, but many of them are private or small caps and penny stocks . Others are part of much larger parent companies that deliver way too much skew for investors looking for something closer …
IPO Roundup: ReWalk shares more than double (Yahoo!)
[AP] – Shares of ReWalk Robotics, which makes wearable robotic exoskeletons that helps paralyzed patients walk, more than doubled in their stock market debut. The medical device maker was one of two health companies …
The HAL Robotic Exoskeleton
Virob Miniature Medical Robot
ReWalk: High-Risk, High-Potential Medical Device Offering (RWLK) – Seeking Alpha (registration)
ReWalk: High-Risk, High-Potential Medical Device Offering (RWLK)Seeking Alpha (registration)ReWalk Robotics (RWLK) has witnessed a very successful public offering in what so far has been a quiet public offering market ahead of the Alibaba offering. ReWalk designs and develops exoskeletons which allow wheelchair-bound users which suffer from …
The Fall Full Version – Struggle against your own rules and find the help you need (PHPnuke)
### Review
The Fall is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle videogame developed and published by Over The Moon. **Its release has been possible thanks to the crowdfunding website KickStarter**. John Warner, the creator of Over The Moon has always liked atmospheric games, and thanks to the help of people of KickStarter, he has been able to develop this piece of art.
This game is set in a futuristic universe in which the AI has been highly developed, so **everything has a sci-fi atmosphere**. The main character of the storyline is an artificial intelligence being called ARID (Armored Robotics Interface Device) that inhabits a mechanic combat armor suit. Once day, **she is activated, but here is a huge problem; her pilot is unconscious and urgently needs medical assistance**. ARID find herself in a very difficult situation since she gets no assistance from her superiors and most of her controls are deactivated.
She, or you since you are who controls her, will need to **use all your brains to be able to activate all the controls and so, take your pilot to get medical attention**. Gradually, she starts questioning her protocols as she sees that sometimes she even needs to …
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Medical Robotics Companies
IMRIS: An Undervalued And Misunderstood Bet On Minimally Invasive Surgery … – NASDAQ
IMRIS: An Undervalued And Misunderstood Bet On Minimally Invasive Surgery …NASDAQCore Business: IMRIS is a medical construction company with FDA approvals that installs expensive magnetic resonance imaging or MR, Computed Tomography or "cat scans" (CT), and X-Ray Angiography imaging equipment. They are listed on the TSX and NASDAQ …and more »
ADM Tronics Appoints Gianluca DeNovi, Ph.D. To Advisory Board (Yahoo!)
[PR Newswire] – NORTHVALE, N.J., Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — ADM Tronics Unlimited, Inc. (ADMT) has appointed Gianluca DeNovi, Ph.D. To its corporate Advisory Board for business development. Dr. DeNovi is an instructor at the Harvard Medical School and Visiting Professor at the University Campus Bio- Medico of Rome. He received his Masters degree in Electronics Engineering and his Ph.D. In Robotics and Control Systems from the University of Bologna. After spending a year as a visiting researcher at the Bio-Robotics Laboratory of Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, he completed his postdoctoral fellowship in medical simulation at the Department of Imaging of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. DeNovi is a serial entrepreneur and has funded several successful companies in the med-tech and hi-tech fields. He has been a scientific consultant to many leading corporations and research institutions during his career.
Types of Medical Robots
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Science Briefs: Grabbing space debris, how people aim, blood type and memory – News & Observer
News & ObserverScience Briefs: Grabbing space debris, how people aim, blood type and memoryNews & ObserverAnd at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems this week, they will report the results of experiments in which they tested the algorithm aboard the International Space Station. On all but one measure, their algorithm … People …and more »
IPO Roundup: ReWalk shares more than double (Yahoo!)
[AP] – Shares of ReWalk Robotics, which makes wearable robotic exoskeletons that helps paralyzed patients walk, more than doubled in their stock market debut. The medical device maker was one of two health companies …
Lego Robot for Sale
Carmel Elementary students build robots – Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
Clarksville Leaf ChronicleCarmel Elementary students build robotsClarksville Leaf Chronicle"With Carmel being the first breeding ground, hopefully there are opportunities for other elementary schools to do the same," Steer said. James Dockins, instructor, started the Lego robotics club last year. They purchased a robot and said the club was …
Page 2: Star Wars, Doctor Who, Sesame Street, Donnie Darko, Mad Max, Godzilla, Saw, LEGO Movie (slashfilm)
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LEGO Robotics Competition 2014
'A whole lot of fun': World Robot Olympiad held at SciTech in Aurora – Aurora Beacon News
'A whole lot of fun': World Robot Olympiad held at SciTech in AuroraAurora Beacon NewsIt's really trial and error, we develop the program from software and download it to the robot,” the youngster said. World Robot Olympiad is a global LEGO robotics competition for youth founded in Singapore 10 years ago and now involves 20,000 teams …
Lego Babel | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim
LEGO Robotic Games
Redding Recreation – Record-Searchlight
Record-SearchlightRedding RecreationRecord-SearchlightParticipants will learn the fundamentals and tactics of the sport through small-group activities, scrimmages and games. Camp is non-contact lacrosse and designed for girls and boys … First week, students will explore Lego Robotics; second week …
Lego Video Games Mindstorms Fix The Factory
LEGO Robotics Program
CyberKids uses robots to teach 21st-century skills – Lexington Dispatch
CyberKids uses robots to teach 21st-century skillsLexington DispatchMore than 300 fourth- and fifth-graders and middle-schoolers are taking part in CyberKids' LEGO Robotics program that will end with a systemwide competition in the spring. "It provides that option for kids to do things extra outside of traditional …
NXT Explorer
LEGO Robotics Kits for Schools
LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids Review – Everybody was Spinjitsu fighting – Everybody Plays
Everybody PlaysLEGO Ninjago: Nindroids Review – Everybody was Spinjitsu fightingEverybody PlaysTaking its inspiration from the new LEGO Ninjago Rebooted TV show, LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids for the 3DS and Vita sees key characters Cole, Kai, Jay and Lloyd defending New Ninjago City from the evil Overlord and his horde of robotic Nindroid minions …
Vote online for robotics mentor in Oconomowoc (jsonline)
FIRST Robotics mentor Laurie Vertz of Oconomowoc is in the running for a $10,000 grant to support her robot-building group, and you can help her help others by voting online.
Vertz is among a group of nationwide "people's choice" finalists in Time Warner Cable’s "super connector" contest, which began this week and ends Dec. 11. The competition is part of the company's five- year, $100 million philanthropic Connect a Million Minds effort, which pumps resources into groups supporting STEM education. STEM, just in case you forgot, stands for Science Technology Engineering and Math.
Super connectors are Time Warner customers the company is recognizing as important supporters of STEM education in their communities. And Vertz is well qualified for the honor, supporting the FIRST Robotics team at Oconomowoc High School for more than 10 years with fundraising, traveling and robot-building help. She has also helped start 14 VEX robotics teams for 100 students in the school district’s two intermediate schools, three LEGO Robotics teams and five Jr. LEGO teams at elementary schools. Vertz also hit every second grade class in the Oconomowoc School District a couple of years ago with engineering-themed coloring books made by the high schoolers …
LEGO Robotics Education
Super Bowl group to award STEM successes in Ariz. Schools – Arizona Republic
Arizona RepublicSuper Bowl group to award STEM successes in Ariz. SchoolsArizona RepublicProgram: A grant from the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation helped launch Centerra Mirage's after-school club. The school also piloted a STEM program last year that now includes second- through sixth-graders. The school is working toward …and more »
Vote online for robotics mentor in Oconomowoc (jsonline)
FIRST Robotics mentor Laurie Vertz of Oconomowoc is in the running for a $10,000 grant to support her robot-building group, and you can help her help others by voting online.
Vertz is among a group of nationwide "people's choice" finalists in Time Warner Cable’s "super connector" contest, which began this week and ends Dec. 11. The competition is part of the company's five- year, $100 million philanthropic Connect a Million Minds effort, which pumps resources into groups supporting STEM education. STEM, just in case you forgot, stands for Science Technology Engineering and Math.
Super connectors are Time Warner customers the company is recognizing as important supporters of STEM education in their communities. And Vertz is well qualified for the honor, supporting the FIRST Robotics team at Oconomowoc High School for more than 10 years with fundraising, traveling and robot-building help. She has also helped start 14 VEX robotics teams for 100 students in the school district’s two intermediate schools, three LEGO Robotics teams and five Jr. LEGO teams at elementary schools. Vertz also hit every second grade class in the Oconomowoc School District a couple of years ago with engineering-themed coloring books made by the high schoolers …
Lego robots playing ball
Military Robotic Suit
Robotics brings innovation to healthcare – Khaleej Times
Khaleej TimesRobotics brings innovation to healthcareKhaleej TimesThe suits are intended for both enhancing powers of able-bodied human beings for things like military purposes, as well as for giving back human abilities to the disabled. However, the Spanish professor has moved things further. This latest “exo”, on …
US army test real life 'Iron Man' exoskeleton
