Joel Scanlon

Digital Specialist and Founder of News-Medical.Net

Joel emigrated to Australia in 1995 and worked for five years in the mining industry as an exploration geotechnician, using GIS mapping and CAD software. Upon moving to the North Coast of NSW, Australia Joel worked as a graphic designer for a leading consultancy firm. After that, he ran a successful business providing web services to businesses along the eastern seaboard of Australia. During this time, he developed and launched News-Medical.Net. Joel has been working with AZoNetwork since the company was founded in 2000.

Articles from Joel

Handroid Could be Used to Remote Defusing of Bombs

Handroid is a scary looking robotic hand that looks like it came right off your biology lab skeleton. The robot hand was developed by a Japanese robotic firm called ITK and is a fully articulated robotic hand that claims the same dexterity as a human hand. It is also very light at a mere 740 grams.

28 Aug 2011

Smart Bionic Leg Helps Amputees Walk More Normally

At Vanderbilt University in Nashville scientists are working on a lower limb prosthetic that will allow amputees to walk with a more natural gait. The artificial leg which they have come up with uses computing, sensor, electric motor and battery technology to achieve its purpose.

23 Aug 2011

Dragon Runner Robots from QinetiQ North America Ideal for Sentry Duty

The Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System may be the closest that we humans have come to the legendary Skynet of Terminator. In the movie Skynet is a complex computer that becomes aware of its own existence and sends out robotic armies to kill humans and take over the world.

21 Aug 2011

Robots Treated to a Performance of Welsh National Anthem

The team of robotic footballers were treated to a performance of the Welsh national anthem ahead of the International Robocup Championship. Nao Robots joined the choir at the Hoddinott Hall situated at the Wales Millenium Centre, where the anthem will be recorded.

8 Jul 2011

James and Rosie: Robot Cooks Preparing Breakfast

If James and Rosie are anything to go by personal robots are soon going to be cooking your breakfast and putting away your groceries. James is a product of the US robotics company Willow Garage and Rosie has been built by the Technical University of Munich.

14 Jun 2011

Liquid Robotics Raises $22 Million for Water Robot

A new robotic device from Liquid Robotics has helped the company win solid funding for the product. The water based robotic device called Wave Glider will receive $22 million in Series D financing to help further its development.

8 Jun 2011

Microsoft's Kinect Paired with Robot for Gesture Control

Sight capable robots seem to be flooding the market ever since Microsoft's Kinect motion controller went open source. Now, Willow Garage, a team of researchers and robotics experts, has paired Xbox 360's Kinect with a robot that is capable of gesture control.

25 Nov 2010