U.S. Army Embraces 3D Printers: “It’s Kind of a Magical Thing” Rapid Technologies Branch Chief Rick Moore explains the many ways 3D printing is being used at the Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. The following article was written by Singularity Hub Member David McNally from the U.S. Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command, and appeared on www.army.mil. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Fifty years ago what goes on in this lab would have been considered science fiction, but what these Army researchers do is scientific fact. These artisan engineers create three-dimensional objects out of plastic and metal in printers that seem like Star Trek replicators. “It’s allowed us to develop items for the warfighter quicker,” said Rapid Technologies Branch Chief Rick Moore, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. The lab is an element of the U.S. Three-dimensional objects are created with computer-aided design, or CAD, programs, but Moore and his team also use lasers to “read” an object to create a 3D file. Source: U.S.
Advancing the Future of Healthcare: frog’s Connected Care Solution By Ernest Beck - November 6, 2012 As technology disrupts established healthcare systems and the traditional patient-provider dynamic, frog introduces a prototype Connected Care Solution (CCS) that seamlessly connects doctors and patients and supportive communities. Based on a new patient-centered healthcare paradigm, CCS fosters a collaborative relationship between the patient, providers, and a social network to improve health outcomes and help achieve lifestyle goals. With a deep knowledge and expertise in the healthcare sector, frog designers, technologists, and strategists are exploring innovative and systemic solutions for the future of healthcare—today. Your blood pressure is spiking and you don’t know why or what to do. CCS puts the patient first. “CCS puts the patient at the center of holistically managing their healthcare situation,” says Thomas Sutton, executive creative director at frog’s Milan studio. An urgent need for innovation Meet Charles Green But Dr. Health monitoring
SBU Team Discovers New Compounds that Challenge the Foundation of Chemistry - Stony Brook University Newsroom current students | faculty & staff | alumni & friends | parents | neighbors | business Home Media Relations Search Press Releases News & Media Archives Related News Student Media Social Media Stony Brook on Facebook Stony Brook on Flickr Stony Brook on YouTube Stony Brook on Twitter SBM on Facebook General University News Print ShareThis SBU Team Discovers New Compounds that Challenge the Foundation of Chemistry Breakthrough may lead to novel materials and applications STONY BROOK, NY, December 19, 2013 – All good research breaks new ground, but rarely does the research unearth truths that challenge the foundation of a science. The paper titled "Unexpected stable stoichiometries of sodium chlorides,” documents his predictions about, and experiments in, compressing sodium chloride—rock salt—to form new compounds. “I think this work is the beginning of a revolution in chemistry,” Oganov says. This opens all kinds of possibilities. To Oganov, impossible didn’t mean something absolute.
Second industrial revolution is under way Cookies on the New Scientist website close Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are widely used in order to make websites work more effectively. To continue using our website and consent to the use of cookies, click away from this box or click 'Close' Find out about our cookies and how to change them Log in Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password close My New Scientist Look for Science Jobs 3D printing: Second industrial revolution is under way In this special report New Scientist finds out what’s next, from printed robots to plans to bring the technology to the masses 3D print a fossil with virtual palaeontology The combination of CT scanning and 3D printing is taking the discovery and recreation of ancient fossils into the 21st centuryRead more The sceptic's guide to 3D printing 3D printing is a revolutionary technology, but never mind the hype, says MacGregor Campbell – it will make its impact in unexpected waysRead more The world's first printed plane Death
Designer Fund And The White House Challenge You To Redesign The Electronic Medical Record Hey designers! You could build another app. Or you could save some lives by entering the White House’s Health Design Challenge to give the electronic medical record a much-needed redesign. Right now the thing’s an abomination — all courier font, hard to read. The Health Design Challenge is being presented by Designer Fund, a new community of philanthropic angels and mentors who support and invest in designer-founders. There’s plenty of design to be done here. So go at it. The best designs will compete for $50,000 in cash prizes. Blumenfeld’s got a tip for those participating in the challenge. He’s fired up about the project and is asking his fund’s network of over 75 world-class designers to get behind it because the Health Design Challenge “skews towards action — it’s taking it to the next level.
Radioactive Decay Rates Another example is the element Uranium-238 which has 54 more neutrons than its protons (Atomic umber =92). This element gains stability by passing through various types of decays (19 steps-- also known as the Uranium series) and is converted into Pb-206 (atomic number 82).For further information about different types of decay that Uranium goes through, refer to Decay Pathways). Decay Rates Due to the smaller size of the nucleus compared to the atom and the enormity of electromagnetic forces, it is impossible to predict radioactive decay. The atomic nucleus which is in the center of the atom is buffered by surrounding electrons and external conditions. or mathematically speaking A=λN where A is the Total activity and is the number of decays per unit time of a radioactive sample. Decay Rate & Chemical Kinetics Since the decay rate is dependent upon the number of radioactive atoms, in terms of chemical kinetics, one can say that radioactive decay is a first order reaction process. dNdt=−λN with
Future Tech: How 3D Printing Will Change the World Photo Credit: Mary MacTavish May 9, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. 3D printing is a hot topic right now, especially with reports of this incredible technology entering the consumer marketplace. While the technology isn’t nearly as versatile or as user-friendly as the science fiction dream, the implications include the potential to provide the things we need in much greener, less-centralized, less resource-intensive way. In short: as with so many human inventions, the future of 3D printing includes the good, the bad and the grotesque. The Good 3D printing actually refers to a range of different technologies for making a three-dimensional object from a digital file. The first rapid prototyping machine using 3D printing technology went into commercial use in 1986. Thanks to the ability to build a product from the bottom up, 3D printers can print shapes that cannot be viably manufactured any other way.
Future - Health - Will mobile sensors revolutionise healthcare? How the phone in your pocket could help power a revolution in healthcare that will allow your doctor to spot problems – and intervene – no matter where you are in the world. Dr Leslie Saxon wants to be able to measure anybody’s heartbeat, no matter where they are in the world. The cardiologist, from the University of Southern California, specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease using wearable and implanted devices. She believes that networked gadgets, such as an iPhone fitted with a heartrate monitor, could be the start of a revolution in healthcare that will allow your doctor to spot problems - and intervene – even if they are thousands of miles away. She tells BBC Future about what this relatively inexpensive measure could mean for global health.
Unfold About Philips Design - Usability in Healthcare Design In healthcare, the same applies to the highly complex medical equipment, such as CT scanners, defibrillators, ultrasound and x-ray systems, produced by Philips. For these products, effectiveness and safety are especially important, and there is even regulation requiring usability assessment (IEC62366). “Usability is critical for any medical device and is a key element of our product design and innovation,” says Sean Hughes, Chief Design Officer for Healthcare . “A product may be technically excellent, but if there is a problem with how it is used or applied, its effectiveness will be impaired.” {*style:<b>Designing for evolving situations </b>*}Changes in the way that healthcare is delivered are influencing usability in healthcare design. The same clinician may also use more than one type of medical system or application, so in Design we have developed the .
Could 3D printing be a climate revolution? Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. By Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia Humanity has lived through many ages and transformations. But as we stare at our computer screens, a new age is sneaking up on us quite unexpectedly - one that combines the durability and strength of the industrial age with the flexibility and adaptability of the virtual age. It is an age that will be built not with hammers, but with printers - 3D printers. 3D printing, also known as “additive manufacturing” is the printing of physical 3D objects from a digital plan. Additive manufacturing allows designers to create intricate structures that in some instances would be impossible to construct otherwise. A notable use of the technology is by the U.S. military’s new Expeditionary Lab - Mobile. Like many technologies first created for the defense industry, 3D printing technology has potential civilian applications. 1. 2) Enabling rapid prototyping. 3. 5.