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Automated, Intelligent Gear May Play a Critical Role in the Market for Substations

The convergence of key technology developments, stronger business cases, and growing regulatory acceptance is accelerating grid modernization. Substations and the increasingly automated and intelligent gear embedded within them will play a critical role in this transformation.

10 Dec 2012

AirGate-GPRS Remote Monitoring and Site Automation System Integrates Cinterion TC65i Quad-Band Wireless Module

Cinterion, Gemalto’s machine-to-machine (M2M) business segment and the global leader in cellular M2M communication technology, announces that its TC65i quad-band wireless module has been fully integrated in the AirGate-GPRS system for remote monitoring and site automation.

10 Dec 2012

Virginia Retirement Community to Get Remote Health Care Monitoring Solutions

Residents of one of the country's top-rated retirement communities will soon be able to experience the benefits of remote health care monitoring to ensure resident safety, security and quality of care.

7 Dec 2012

Swiss Department of Defence Receives Aurora’s First Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft

Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it delivered the world's first production Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA) system to Switzerland's Department of Defence. The Centaur OPA, flown by an onboard crew in FAA Normal Category, departed the Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia on November 26 for delivery to armasuisse at the Emmen Military Airfield in Switzerland. It arrived at Emmen on November 28.

7 Dec 2012

Remote Monitoring Solutions Provider Wins 11 of MSP Industry’s Top Awards

Setting a new standard of excellence, N-able Technologies, the global leader in remote monitoring and management (RMM) and service automation software, today announced it has earned 11 of the managed service provider (MSP) industry's top awards in 2012 while also achieving an all-time high in partner satisfaction since the company's inception.

7 Dec 2012

First Practical Robotic Platform for Tablet Telepresence from Revolve Robotics

Revolve Robotics, an emerging leader in mobile-controlled personal robotics, today introduced Kubi, an easy-to-use robotic platform designed to vastly improve the use of Facetime, Skype, and other video calling or telepresence applications on tablet computers such as the iPad. Kubi allows remote users to "look around" the remote location during video calls by telling the robotic platform where to aim the tablet using intuitive remote controls over the Web.

7 Dec 2012

Sorin Group Achieves Key Milestone in Patient Remote Monitoring

Sorin Group, (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today the first implant of PARADYM RF in Canada at the Montreal Heart Institute. The PARADYMTM RF family of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) devices is fully supported by the recently launched SMARTVIEWTM remote monitoring system.

7 Dec 2012

NASA's Unmanned Global Hawk Aircraft to Study Pollutants in the Stratosphere

NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan. 25 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif.

6 Dec 2012

Liquid Robotics’ Papa Mau Wave Glider Covers 9,000 Miles across the Pacific

U.S. based Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, today announced the first Pacific Crossing (PacX) Wave Glider, "Papa Mau," completed its 9,000 nautical mile (16,668 kilometers) scientific journey across the Pacific Ocean to set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an autonomous vehicle. Throughout his journey, Papa Mau navigated along a prescribed route under autonomous control collecting and transmitting unprecedented amounts of high-resolution ocean data never before available over these vast distances or timeframes.

From Liquid Robotics 6 Dec 2012

Latest Industrial Robot Systems Displayed at 14th China Hi-Tech Fair ELEXCON

The continuous downturn faced by the international economy since the beginning of the year has adversely affected the growth of the entire electronics industry. Almost all electronic components manufacturers are facing tough times and are unable to find a way out of a sluggish global electronics market.

6 Dec 2012

Telestroke Robot Effectively Delivers Stroke Care

Researchers have found that using telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that do not have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research, published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, is intended to help hospital administrators evaluate telestroke.

6 Dec 2012

Twin NASA Probes Generate Highest Resolution Gravity Field Map of Celestial Bodies

Twin NASA probes orbiting the moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body.

6 Dec 2012

ALIO Introduces New Hybrid Hexapod with 6-D Nano Precision

Hexapods, also known as PKM or parallel kinematic machines, were designed many years ago for amusement rides and later mostly known as flight simulators for pilot training. Over the years new designs of the PKM's were developed for the micron precision world of manufacturing, laboratories motion needs and product inspection. Although many modern day Hexapod companies tout nanometer resolution or repeatability, the real issue with Hexapods for the new world of nano precision is 6-D Nano Precision®.

From ALIO Industries 5 Dec 2012

NASA Researchers Walk the Outcrop with Opportunity Mars Rover

The latest work assignment for NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is a further examination of an area where the robot just completed a walkabout.

5 Dec 2012

Kratos' Firejet Target Drone Supports Patriot Weapon System Live Fire Exercises

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its subsidiary, Composite Engineering Inc. (CEI), successfully supported Patriot Weapon System live fire exercises for the Hellenic Air Defense Forces on November 17, 2012 at the NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) located on the Greek island of Crete.

5 Dec 2012