AUDIENCE: Hospital Risk Manager ISSUE: Pocket fills (the unintended injection of drugs or fluids into the patient’s subcutaneous tissue at the pump pocket site instead of the pump) may result in patient harm, serious injury, and/or death due to drug overdose or underdose. Products Affected: SynchroMed II (Model No: 8637) SynchroMed EL (Model No: 8626 […]
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AdvancedMC processor module AM5020 with Intel Core i7(4)
Kontron announced today the introduction of its powerful double-width AdvancedMC processor module AM5020. Equipped with an Intel Core i7 Mobile processor and Intel Hyper-Threading technology, the new Kontron AM5020 can produce an amazing amount of computing power, with up to 2.53 GHz of dual-core performance to run parallel, multi-threaded applications on MicroTCA integrated platforms. The […]
Coagent selects u-blox as primary source of GPS technology
Thalwil, Switzerland and Guangdong, China – February 24, 2011 – u-blox has entered into an agreement with Guangdong Coagent Electronic & Science Technology Co. Ltd, China’s largest supplier of In-Car Navigation and Entertainment systems. Coagent’s products are sold to the worldwide automotive after-markets as well as to the huge first-mount market in China. Coagent has […]
Apple shareholders nix CEO succession disclosure
Apple shareholders have rejected a plan requiring the company to disclose a succession plan for its chief executive. That’s according to preliminary voting results announced Wednesday at Apple’s annual shareholders meeting in Cupertino, Calif. Apple did not provide the voting breakdown. The results come a month after Apple CEO Steve Jobs went on an indefinite […]
New Technologies Usher in the Millimeter-scale Computing Era
(University of Michigan) – A prototype implantable eye pressure monitor for glaucoma patients is believed to contain the first complete millimeter-scale computing system. And a compact radio that needs no tuning to find the right frequency could be a key enabler to organizing millimeter-scale systems into wireless sensor networks. These networks could one day track […]
More US companies covering transgender surgery
When Gina Duncan decided to undergo the medical treatment that would make her a woman, she had plenty to fear. The reactions of her children, her professional colleagues and friends. How her body would respond to hours on the operating table. If, at the end of it, she would look female enough so strangers wouldn’t […]
McAfee, Intel subsidiary forge security agreement
Computer security software maker McAfee Inc. said Wednesday it is working with an Intel Corp. subsidiary to make security solutions for other kinds of devices. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Wind River makes software for mobile devices and for a slew of gadgets not usually thought of as computers in the automotive, […]
SemiLEDs subsidiary Helios Crew launches LED using MEMS silicon packaging
The S35 is a packaged LED that integrates MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) with semiconductor processing to produce what is claimed to be a unique silicon packaging technology. In conjunction with a high-brightness SemiLEDs chip, the compact size, silicon sub-mount technology delivers high brightness along with what is claimed to be superior reliability. SOURCE SOURCE
Kit Enables Evaluation of Bluetooth Connectivity in Embedded Designs
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog, and Flash-IP solutions, offers the Microchip Bluetooth Evaluation Kit, which includes CandleDragon Inc.’s dotstack demonstration Bluetooth Stack. The kit provides an easy, cost-effective and flexible add-on for embedded evaluation and development using many 16/32-bit PIC microcontrollers or dsPIC digital signal controllers (DSCs). To speed development and […]
Developer’s Kits Available for Miniature M3-L Closed-Loop Linear Motion Module
New Scale Technologies announces that developer’s kits for its miniature M3-L closed-loop linear motion module are available for purchase online, shipping from stock. Each kit includes an M3-L module for precision closed-loop linear motion, along with a USB adapter and New Scale Pathway software for easy evaluation and prototyping. Configured for I2C or SPI serial […]