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Workshop on Using UAVs in Primate Biology Studies

Open Labs @ LJMU were delighted to host a workshop with Professor Serge Wich from the University’s Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology who took the opportunity to share his experience of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in his primate biology studies with the wider LJMU research community.

10 Jun 2013

Xenex Robotic Room Disinfection System Decreases Aerobic Bacteria and MRSA Contamination

Xenex Healthcare Services today announced that Dr. Mark Stibich presented the poster “Reductions in Environmental Contamination and Hospital Infection Rates After Implementing a Pulsed-Xenon Ultraviolet (PX-UV) Disinfection System” at the International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare in London.

10 Jun 2013

New DCS Migration White Papers Released by Rockwell Automation

Many process facilities have an outdated Distributed Control System (DCS) currently in place. As a DCS reaches the end of its useful life, migration to a new automation system is required.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 10 Jun 2013

Complete End-to-End Telematics Solution from ORBCOMM for Heavy Equipment Industry

ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced the availability of a complete end-to-end telematics solution for the heavy equipment industry. Leveraging the strategic acquisition of MobileNet, Inc. as well as long-time partnerships with Quake Global, Inc. (Quake) and Tier One wireless carriers, AT&T, Rogers, T-Mobile, and Vodafone, ORBCOMM is delivering a best-of-breed dual-mode solution.

7 Jun 2013

DSP Group, Mindspeed Launch DECT ULE-Powered Gateway Solutions

DSP Group®, Inc., a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications, today announced a collaboration with Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, to introduce DECT-ULE across Mindspeed's Comcerto® 2000 family of processors, which target home gateways and other network applications.

7 Jun 2013

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Introduces RoadScape at Telematics Detroit Show

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (MACOM), a leading supplier of high performance analog semiconductor solutions, today introduced RoadScape at the Telematics Detroit Show in Novi, Michigan. RoadScape, MACOM’s innovative technology, provides highly accurate position, direction, and time information, enabling a new era of location and situational awareness for the automotive and transportation industry – allowing industrial and commercial vehicles to “predict the future.”

7 Jun 2013

Researchers Utilize Robotic Stimuli to Study Reward-Related Behavior in Zebrafish

Rats and mice have long been a model for researchers aiming to understand the complex impact of alcohol and other substances of abuse on behavior and the brain’s reward systems. But now, a team at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) has demonstrated a new method for such experiments that promises to yield large amounts of data quickly and consistently, thereby potentially reducing the number of live animals needed in research. The secret? Robotic fish.

6 Jun 2013

Peking University Team Wins Championships at International Underwater Robot Competition

The International Underwater Robot Competition 2013 was held from May 25 to 27 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. As the sole team from Peking University, the COE sharPKUngfu team won excellent achievements of two championships and a gold medal.

6 Jun 2013

Noninvasive Technique Enables People to Control Flying Robots Using Their Mind

Researchers in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering have developed a new noninvasive system that allows people to control a flying robot using only their mind. The study goes far beyond fun and games and has the potential to help people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases.

6 Jun 2013

Automated, Robot Assisted Technique to Repair Turbines

Compressor and turbine blades are important components in aircraft engines and gas turbines. When they become damaged, it is often cheaper to repair them than to buy replacements. Now there is a new robotassisted technique that is boosting efficiency.

6 Jun 2013