UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received an $8.9 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for renewed support of their initiative to advance the development of home-based and point-of-care health technologies. The program aims to jumpstart new tools to address heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, especially in underserved populations.…

<!–> PHOENIX – New technology is improving the way Breast Cancer surgery is done. –> “We wanted to get away from the wired technology, and that’s where the industry has moved now to what we call ‘wireless technology,’” said Dr. Clint Merritt. Dr. Merritt is one of the first in the nation to use the…

Oct. 20, 2023 University Relations Kartik Balachandran Kartik Balchandran began as a mechanical engineer but transitioned into biomedical engineering in graduate school. “For most people who start as mechanical engineers,” he explains, “they do it because they like building tools to solve problems. In biomedical engineering, I saw you could build tools to solve problems…

Your salon software is one of the backbones of your business. You might rely on your technology for a wide array of tasks, including booking, payments, tracking KPIs, inventory management and more – or you may still be searching for the perfect fit to help you seamlessly run your business. Our goal with this guide…

TRANSCRIPT OF VIDEO BILLY SHIELDS: Our guest this week is an expert on the impact of technology on society. He’s written books about social media, search engines, and big data. He’s also a Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. Siva Vaidhyanathan, thank you…

Eric Smith is the Tech Hubs Program Director at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). We sat down with him to discuss Tech Hubs, what it’s all about, and how the program is an investment in America’s people, places and potential. Q&A Interview Question: You are the Tech Hubs program’s inaugural director.…

Since Nov. 2021, researchers at MSU have been working to develop a computer vision system capable of identifying individuals from 1,000 meters away.  The technology, called FarSight, is the culmination of 18 months of research in cooperation with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, or IARPA, a federal organization that works to develop solutions for…

TRANSCRIPT OF VIDEO JOE CLEMENT: When you give a cellphone to a young person, you’re giving them infinite entertainment in their pocket. And then you add this tool to them that can obviously be very powerful, but it’s also a tremendous distraction. That’s a recipe for disaster in a classroom. My name is Joe Clement…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists and natural resource managers from Canadian First Nations, governments, academic institutions, and conservation organizations published the first results of a unique salmon population monitoring tool in Frontiers in Marine Science. This groundbreaking new technology, dubbed “Salmon Vision,” combines artificial intelligence with age-old fishing weir technology. Early assessments show it to…

Perovskite silicon tandem solar cell technology is a mouthful, but it’s basically perovskite crystals layered on top of silicon cells. The combination captures energy from the sun more efficiently than traditional silicon cells, creating powerful solar panels. That sounds simple enough, but designing an efficient perovskite silicon tandem solar cell isn’t easy because of its…