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UCLA researchers create Google Glass app for instant medical diagnostic test results

By Guest PostMarch 8, 2014Technologyaydogan ozcan, bingen cortazar, breakthrough technology, diagnostic test results, google glass app, hiv, malaria, medical, mehmet turan, prostate cancer, rapid diagnostic tests, rdts, romain caire, steve feng, telemedicine, ucla researchers, ucla technology

A team of researchers from UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a Google Glass application and a server platform that allow users of the wearable, glasses-like computer to perform instant, wireless diagnostic testing for a variety of diseases and health conditions.

With the new UCLA technology, Google Glass wearers can use the device’s hands-free camera to capture pictures of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), small strips on which blood or fluid samples are placed and which change color to indicate the presence of HIV, malaria, prostate cancer or other conditions. Without relying on any additional devices, users can upload these images to a UCLA-designed server platform and receive accurate analyses — far more detailed than with the human eye — in as little as eight seconds. (more…)

U.S. Manufacturers Bringing Work Home from Overseas

By Guest PostOctober 3, 2012Economyaerospace, chain, China, cultural barrier, defense, domestic soil, Economy, electronics, erosion, expert, factor, firm, global risk, India, industry, intellectual property, kenneth petersen, labor cost, language, lisa ellram, manufacturing operation, medical, michigan, oil price, overseas, political instability, problem, product quality, state university, supply, surgical supplies, time zone, tobias schoenherr, transportation cost, united states, US, wendy tate

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Increasingly, U.S. firms are moving or considering moving their manufacturing operations back to domestic soil from overseas, finds a new study co-authored by a Michigan State University supply chain expert.

Fueling the trend are rising labor costs in emerging countries, high oil prices and increasing transportation costs, global risks such as political instability and other factors, said Tobias Schoenherr.

“Going overseas is not the panacea that it was thought of just a decade or so ago,” said Schoenherr, assistant professor in MSU’s top-ranked Department of Supply Chain Management. “Companies have realized the challenges and thus are moving back to the United States.” (more…)

With Random Lasers, Yale Researchers Fight Random Noise, Improve Imaging

By Guest PostMay 1, 2012Sciencebeam of light, biomedical engineering, blood flow, diagnostic radiology, embryo heart, eric gershon, hui cao, illumination, imaging equipment, leds, light source, medical, michael a choma, pediatrics, photon, random laser, spatial mode, traditional lasers, yale university

Using “random lasers” as a source of illumination in medical imaging equipment could improve both processing time and the clarity of the final images, according to new research by Yale University scientists.

Imaging systems currently rely on a variety of light sources — specialty light bulbs, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and traditional lasers. But systems using traditional lasers, the brightest of these light sources, often yield undesirable visual byproducts that mar the final picture. One common byproduct, speckle, looks something like a snowfall pattern. (more…)

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UCLA researchers create Google Glass app for instant medical diagnostic test results

U.S. Manufacturers Bringing Work Home from Overseas

With Random Lasers, Yale Researchers Fight Random Noise, Improve Imaging