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EPA and FEMA Adopt RAE Systems’ MultiRAE Pro Portable Multi-Threat Monitor

RAE Systems, a leading global provider of rapidly deployable, multi-sensor chemical and radiation detection networks for national security and industrial applications, today announced that its MultiRAE Pro portable multi-threat monitors have been adopted by both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emergency Response Team and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue Task Force.

23 Jan 2013

NASA Chooses Commercial Suborbital Flight Payloads for Future Missions

NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has selected 13 cutting-edge space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons and a commercial parabolic aircraft in 2013 and 2014.

23 Jan 2013

Adept Technology Launches Autonomous Indoor Vehicle for Material Handling Automation

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, announces the launch of the Adept Lynx. Lynx is a self-navigating Autonomous Indoor Vehicle (AIV) designed for moving material from point to point in challenging environments that may include confined passageways as well as dynamic and peopled locations. Given the vehicle's intuitive user interface, the system can be customized for various applications and payloads by integrators, distributors, and users alike. Lynx will be showcased in Adept's booth #354 at the Automate 2013 show as well as in partner booths at the adjoining ProMat show January 21-24 in Chicago, Illinois.

22 Jan 2013

Parker to Market New Exoskeleton Device under the Name Indego

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it will market its new exoskeleton device under the name Indego™. Parker recently announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Vanderbilt University for its exoskeleton technology, which allows individuals with severe spinal cord injury to walk and enhances rehabilitation for people who have suffered a stroke.

From Parker Hannifin Corp. 22 Jan 2013

Frost + Sullivan Aerospace + Defense Expert to Serve as Chairman of 9th Annual UAS Summit

Frost & Sullivan's Senior Industry Analyst Michael Blades in the Aerospace & Defense practice will serve as chairman of the 9th Annual Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Summit held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Washington , in Arlington, VA on January 28-30, 2013.

22 Jan 2013

Health Robotics Reviews Records for Oncology Robotics Live Patient Doses

Health Robotics reported today that it conducted a retrospective review of records for all "live" patient doses at its global Oncology Robot customers as of December 4, 2012, right after Intelligent Hospital Systems announced that their RIVA medical device had produced that same day its "first-ever chemotherapy patient dose".

From Health Robotics 22 Jan 2013

RF Technologies to Provide Infant Security Solutions for Danbury Hospital

RF Technologies®, a leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) healthcare safety and security solutions, has been chosen to provide infant security solutions for Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn., to help keep newborns safe and reduce the risk of abductions.

22 Jan 2013

Scientists Use Robotic Device to Study Marine Microbes

Microbiologists who study wild marine microbes, as opposed to the lab-grown variety, face enormous challenges in getting a clear picture of the daily activities of their subjects. But a team of scientists from MIT and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently figured out how to make the equivalent of a nature film, showing the simultaneous activities of many coexisting species in their native habitat over time.

22 Jan 2013

New Biodegradable-Coated Implant for People with Bone Deficit

Elderly or people with osteoporosis, smokers, diabetics or people who have had cancer are sometimes not eligible to receive dental implants as their bones are unable to correctly integrate the new prostheses which replace the root. Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Castellón have developed an implant coating with a novel biodegradable material aimed at people with bone deficit. It will also increase the overall success rate of implants through an enhanced biocompatibility and reduce the time of osseointegration or bone integration.

22 Jan 2013

New Flexible Zero-Pressure Accumulation Conveyors by Intelligrated

Intelligrated®, a leading North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, announces the release of ZoneFlex™, a flexible zone control for the company’s Accuglide™ and IntelliQ®zero-pressure accumulation conveyors.

From Honeywell Intelligrated 21 Jan 2013

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Provides New Evidence of Wet Underground Environment

A NASA spacecraft is providing new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars that adds to an increasingly complex picture of the Red Planet's early evolution.

21 Jan 2013

Data from Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey Orbiter Reveal Groundwater Activity

Minerals found in the subsurface of Mars, a zone of more than three miles below ground, make for the strongest evidence yet that the red planet may have supported life, according to research “Groundwater activity on Mars and implications for a deep biosphere,” published in Nature Geoscience on January 20, 2013.

21 Jan 2013

Ball Aerospace Integrates J-CORE Electronics Component Payload for STPSat-3 Spacecraft

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully integrated the fifth and final payload to fly aboard the STPSat-3 spacecraft when it launches from Wallops Island, Virginia, in mid-2013.

21 Jan 2013

Seminar to Discuss Developmental Strategy of Search and Rescue Robots

Richard Voyles, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Denver, visited Drexel University Jan. 11 as a part of Drexel’s Robotics Seminar Series: “Collaborative Mechatronics: Linking the Cyber, the Physical and the Human,” to discuss the developmental strategy and design process of search and rescue robots.

19 Jan 2013

Nationally Syndicated TV Show Features TRU-D SmartUVC Disinfection Robot

THE DOCTORS, an Emmy Award winning, nationally syndicated talk show, discussed hospital cleanliness and a unique disinfection solution, TRU-D SmartUVC™ offered by Philips Healthcare.

19 Jan 2013