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Robust Market Developing in Interactive Security

Strategy Analytics' research and analysis of the market for interactive security in the US and Western Europe concludes that a robust market is developing to expand home security beyond consumers who traditionally subscribe to such services.

19 Aug 2013

FIRST, 3M and NASCAR Driver, Greg Biffle, Join to Ignite Kids’ Passion in STEM

What do science education and sports car racing have in common? Hundreds of kids and parents will find out this Sunday, August 18, during the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup race, as FIRST® and 3M team up with NASCAR driver, Greg Biffle, to ignite kids’ passion in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

19 Aug 2013

The ROMaN Project Endorses FDA Guidance to Utilize Risk-Based Monitoring in Clinical Trials

The ROMaN Project, Inc. announces its endorsement of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) guidance to utilize risk-based monitoring in clinical trials. Risk-based monitoring focuses attention to the most critical data elements in a study and allocates monitoring resources to the investigator sites with problematic or unproven protocol compliance and/or data integrity.

19 Aug 2013

Pathways Converts to Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Monitoring and Sensor Technologies

Masimo and Pathways Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, specializing in on-site medical and rehabilitation treatments to optimize recovery for sub acute, traumatic brain injury, ventilator-dependent, and pediatric patients, jointly announce that Pathways has converted to Masimo SET® pulse oximetry and sensor technologies, the standard-of-care at leading health organizations worldwide.

19 Aug 2013

IFI Launches New HEXBUG Micro Robotic Toys

Innovation First International (IFI) is excited to announce that its two new HEXBUG® micro robotic product lines, sure to be top toys on every kids wish list this holiday season, are now available at specialty and mass retailers nationwide, including Walmart®, Target®, Toys“R”Us® and RadioShack®, among others.

19 Aug 2013

CHINA-HOSPEQ 2013: Accuray to Highlight Robotic CyberKnife and TomoTherapy Systems

Accuray Incorporated, announced today its participation in the 22nd China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition and Seminar (CHINA-HOSPEQ), taking place from Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 18, 2013.

17 Aug 2013

New Series of Sky-Watching Images of Mars Moon from NASA's Curiosity Rover

The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

17 Aug 2013

NASA Selects Possible Flight Demonstration Proposals for Future Space Missions

NASA has selected for possible flight demonstration 10 proposals from six U.S. states for reusable, suborbital technology payloads and vehicle capability enhancements with the potential to revolutionize future space missions.

17 Aug 2013

Digi Wireless Module Used to Control Robonaut Aboard the International Space Station

NASA is using Digi International’s ConnectCore® Wi-i.MX53 wireless module to Wi-Fi enable its Robonaut, a humanoid-type robot that will perform routine maintenance tasks on the International Space Station (ISS).

17 Aug 2013

NASA Provides Mission Status Report on Mars Rover Opportunity

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from a more neutral wet environment.

17 Aug 2013

New Maritime RobotX Challenge to Take Place in October 2014, in Singapore

RoboNation is gearing up for a larger, more competitive, global event that is entering the field of student robotics competitions, U.S. Navy officials announced Aug. 14.

16 Aug 2013

US Army Places Order for AeroVironment’s Raven UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced that on August 13, 2013 the company received a $13,487,240 order from the United States Army. The order — the final portion of a contract valued at $59.6 million — includes RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), miniature gimbaled payloads and initial spares packages, and is funded from the Army's fiscal 2012 procurement budget. Delivery of systems, spares and payloads is scheduled for completion by September 15, 2013.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 16 Aug 2013

Delaware Researchers Aid Aegean Sea Exploration with Underwater Robot

In recent years, numerous ancient shipwrecks have been discovered off the coast of Turkey at the bottom of the Aegean Sea.

16 Aug 2013

ABB to Provide Total Plant Automation System for Eastern Botswana Water Facility

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide an instrumentation, control system and electrical equipment (ICE) package for a new water pipeline and pump station to be constructed in eastern Botswana to support growing demand driven by new mining ventures, power sector developments and a growing population around the capital, Gaborone.

16 Aug 2013

Three Companies Selected to Provide CubeSat Integration for Athena Launch Services

Lockheed Martin has chosen three world-class companies to provide CubeSat integration for Athena launch services. Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems LLC of Irvine, Calif., TriSept Corporation of Chantilly, Va., and Spaceflight, Inc. of Tukwila, Wash. will provide turnkey CubeSat integration services for multi-payload and RideShare missions using Athena launch services beginning in 2015.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 16 Aug 2013

Robotics News

Robust Market Developing in Interactive Security

FIRST, 3M and NASCAR Driver, Greg Biffle, Join to Ignite Kids’ Passion in STEM

The ROMaN Project Endorses FDA Guidance to Utilize Risk-Based Monitoring in Clinical Trials

Pathways Converts to Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Monitoring and Sensor Technologies

IFI Launches New HEXBUG Micro Robotic Toys

CHINA-HOSPEQ 2013: Accuray to Highlight Robotic CyberKnife and TomoTherapy Systems

New Series of Sky-Watching Images of Mars Moon from NASA's Curiosity Rover

NASA Selects Possible Flight Demonstration Proposals for Future Space Missions

Digi Wireless Module Used to Control Robonaut Aboard the International Space Station

NASA Provides Mission Status Report on Mars Rover Opportunity

New Maritime RobotX Challenge to Take Place in October 2014, in Singapore

US Army Places Order for AeroVironment’s Raven UAS

Delaware Researchers Aid Aegean Sea Exploration with Underwater Robot

ABB to Provide Total Plant Automation System for Eastern Botswana Water Facility

Three Companies Selected to Provide CubeSat Integration for Athena Launch Services

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