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Mount Sinai Neurosurgeon Uses Next-Generation Augmented CaptiView Virtual Reality Tool During Surgery

Joshua Bederson, MD, Professor and System Chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System, is the first neurosurgeon to use CaptiView – a microscope image injection system from Leica Microsystems that overlays critical virtual reality imaging directly onto the brain when viewed through the eyepiece, known as the ocular, during surgery.

4 Aug 2016

UTA Student Successfully Tests UAV with Mass-Actuated Controls

Sampath Vengate, who graduated in May with a master of science degree in aerospace engineering, used existing UTA research to design, build and test a UAV that uses mass actuation - weights that move back and forth within the wings to change the center of gravity from side to side - to turn while airborne.

4 Aug 2016

AT&T to Provide Network Connectivity to Biotricity’s Wearable Medical Devices

Biotricity, Inc., a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company dedicated to delivering innovative, biometric remote monitoring solutions, has selected AT&T, Inc. as its preferred network partner for providing connectivity to the company’s medical devices.

3 Aug 2016

Sinclair Joins Leaders to Examine Commercial Applications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. today joined leaders in government and industry to examine the commercial applications for unmanned aircraft systems. Sinclair was the only broadcaster to be invited to the White House workshop, "Drones and the Future of Aviation."

3 Aug 2016

Oregon UAS Future Farm to Host First Ag Drone Rodeo in Pendleton

The Oregon UAS FutureFarm will host the first Ag Drone Rodeo in Pendleton, Oregon on August 18 & 19. The two days will feature real-world Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) crop survey flight demos and post-flight data analysis presentations from leading companies in digital agriculture.

3 Aug 2016

Expert Drones to Sponsor Top FPV Drone Racing Pilots to Expand Consumer Drone Business Ventures

Expert Drones™, a subsidiary of Dronepire Inc., announced today it's move to sponsor top FPV drone racing pilots from across the country as part of an initiative to expand its consumer drone business ventures.

3 Aug 2016

Advanced ICU Care Announces Launch of New, Census-Variable Telemetry Services

Advanced ICU Care, the nation’s leading provider of high-acuity telehealth services, announced the launch of its new, census-variable telemetry offering.

3 Aug 2016

Aurora Plans to Expand Operational Testing of UAS in Wise County, Virginia

Aurora Flight Sciences is planning on expanding the operational testing of the Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) system to Virginia’s Lonesome Pine Airport located in Wise County.

2 Aug 2016

Newly Developed Ourobot can Detect, Overcome Obstacles

As part of a research project, students at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences have successfully developed "Ourobot". This research project was administered by a CITEC researcher and a professor at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences.

2 Aug 2016

Fraunhofer Scientists Working on Machine that can Detect Human States

Numerous tasks today are handled by machines. Ideally, machines should also be able to assist humans when the performance is poor. To mediate appropriately, the machine has to comprehend how the human is doing.

2 Aug 2016

microdrones md4-1000 Used in Rescue Mission for Dropping RESTUBE

microdrones™ collaborated with the DLRG Horneburg/Altes Land e.V. (German Lifeguard Association) on 22 July, 2016, to simulate the task of rescuing a drowning swimmer in order to illustrate the life-saving potential of an approach that integrates two cutting-edge technologies, which include RESTUBE and unmanned aerial systems (UAVs).

2 Aug 2016

Newegg Announces Sale of HTC Vive Virtual Reality System

Newegg – the leading tech-focused e-retailer in North America – announced today it is selling the HTC Vive Virtual Reality system. Designed from the ground up for room-scale VR, Vive is a first-of-its-kind system allowing true-to-life interactions and experiences.

2 Aug 2016