Videotron President and CEO Robert Dépatie used this week’s Mobiz 2012 conference to tout the cable operator’s mobile service, which it launched two years ago. Despite facing intense competition, Videotron, which has most of its footprint in a condensed area of Quebec, built its own AWS network for its illico mobile service. As of Sept. […]
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Ruckus Wireless shares fall in debut on NYSE
Shares of Ruckus Wireless fell in their first hours of trading after raising $126 million in an initial public offering of stock. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company makes equipment for and builds big Wi-Fi networks. Its biggest customers are phone companies, which want Wi-Fi hotspots that can offload traffic from their cellular networks. The company and […]
Department snapshot: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Photos: Dominick Reuter (1-8), Steven Leeb (9,10) and M. Scott Brauer (11-30) This is part of an occasional series of features profiling academic departments at MIT. In the 1950s, when MIT researchers were helping to invent the discipline of computer science, they didn’t think of themselves as computer scientists; they thought of themselves as electrical […]
Discovery could hold the key to super-sensory hearing
Newly identified hearing organ in bushcrickets’ ears could create new technologies in acoustic sensors research The discovery of a previously unidentified hearing organ in the South American bushcrickets’ ear could pave the way for technological advancements in bio-inspired acoustic sensors research, including medical imaging and hearing aid development. Researchers from the University of Bristol and […]
Bioprinting has promising future
Writing in the journal Science, Professor Derby of The School of Materials, looks at how the concept of using printer technology to build structures in which to grow cells, is helping to regenerate tissue. Both inkjet and laser printer technology can be used to build the 3D scaffolds that cells can be grown in and […]
Medical vital-sign monitoring reduced to the size of a postage stamp
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Electrical engineers at Oregon State University have developed new technology to monitor medical vital signs, with sophisticated sensors so small and cheap they could fit onto a bandage, be manufactured in high volumes and cost less than a quarter. A patent is being processed for the monitoring system and it’s now ready […]
Ultra-low noise mixed-signal chip from ams
ams has announced that it is supplying a highly integrated ASIC which enables a new Siemens photo-detector module for computer tomography (CT) to deliver higher resolution images at lower X-ray dosages. The ams ASIC, which is part of Siemens’ new Stellar CT photo-detector module, captures and digitizes images of a patient’s body. It combines a […]
Simplifying heart surgery with stretchable electronics devices
Researchers develop catheter that can perform triple-duty during cardiac ablation surgery Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering are part of a team that has used stretchable electronics to create a multipurpose medical catheter that can both monitor heart functions and perform corrections on heart tissue during surgery. The device marks the first time stretchable […]
Young gamers offer insight to teaching new physicians robotic surgery
Using skills gleaned from video games, high school and college students outmatch medical residents in surgical simulations a new UTMB study finds What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training? According to a new study from researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) – a world leader […]
Toyota Recalls About 11,000 Scion iQ Vehicles
Toyota is recalling about 11,000 Scion iQ mini cars, because of a defect that could keep their air bags from deploying. The recall affects certain 2012 through 2013 model year iQs made between July 31, 2011 and Oct. 12, 2012, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said. According to NHTSA, a certain cable could become […]