This year’s Pilot Project Program grants from Women’s Health Research at Yale target some of today’s most critical areas of women’s health: smoking cessation, which is more difficult for women than men; breast and ovarian cancers, the second and fifth leading causes of cancer death among American women; breast ultrasound screening, which is increasingly being […]
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Rugged, panel-mount trackballs are plug-and-play
ITAC Systems has announced a range of 38mm and 50mm rugged, panel-mount trackballs. The products, which are designed for installation into OEM enclosures, are plug-and-play, requiring no software or drivers. They can be used with all common communications protocols including phase quadrature, USB, PS/2, Microsoft serial, Mouse Systems and Sun, reducing inventory. The top plate […]
Neurons that control overeating also drive appetite for cocaine
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have zeroed in on a set of neurons in the part of the brain that controls hunger, and found that these neurons are not only associated with overeating, but also linked to non-food associated behaviors, like novelty-seeking and drug addiction. Published in the June 24 online issue of Nature […]
Verizon to ‘promptly’ use AWS for LTE
Verizon Wireless will move quickly to use the AWS spectrum it is paying $3.9 billion to acquire from four cable operators, two of its executives told officials from the FCC’s wireless bureau this week. The operator is trying to rebut allegations of spectrum warehousing as it works to get approval for its purchase of the […]
Report: Clearwire’s flavor of LTE going ‘mainstream’ by 2016
Research firm Ovum offered Clearwire some good news today with a report predicting TD-LTE will go “mainstream” over the next four years, with 25 percent of all LTE connections forecast to include TD-LTE by 2016. Clearwire is banking on TD-LTE, which runs in unpaired spectrum instead of the paired spectrum used in AT&T and Verizon […]
Tech requirements set for first responders network
The FCC today approved the minimum technical requirements for its interoperable first responders network, which operates in the D-block of the 700 MHz band. The requirements were submitted to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) by the FCC’s Interoperability Board in a report, which sets forth the recommended minimum technical requirements for interoperability. The report covers […]
Math tells us when to be more alert on the roads
Technicians from Madrid City Council and a team of Pole and Spanish researchers have analysed the density and intensity of traffic on Madrid’s M30 motorway (Spain) throughout the day. By applying mathematical algorithms, they have verified that drivers should pay more attention to the road between 6pm and 8pm to avoid accidents. Detection devices installed […]
In Memoriam: Arthur Ebbert Jr.
Dr. Arthur Ebbert Jr., professor emeritus of medicine at Yale who was widely regarded as the “soul of the medical school” during the more than three decades in which he served there, died on June 7 in Hamden, Connecticut. He was 89. Ebbert joined the Yale faculty in 1953 as the assistant dean of postgraduate […]
Insight: Look, no hands! Augmented reality gets a grip
One day in March 2000, just days before the dot-com bubble began its journey back to earth, German engineer Thomas Alt first glimpsed the future of technology. “Do you know augmented reality?” his boss at Volkswagen asked. He did not. “Neither do I, but you are about to, because this will be your project,” he […]
Comcast offers Verizon Wireless in more markets
Verizon Wireless and Comcast announced several more markets where they will be co-marketing each other’s services. Comcast has begun offering Verizon Wireless services in 10 markets in Michigan and in multiple markets across a number of southern states, including the cities of Augusta, Savannah and Snellville in Georgia. Earlier this year, Verizon Wireless agreed to […]