News tagged with ultrasonics
Japan's Fujifilm seeks tie-up with Olympus
Japanese film and camera maker Fujifilm has offered scandal-hit Olympus a capital and business tie-up, it said Monday as it announced a slump in third-quarter profits.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Flaky graphene makes reliable chemical sensors
Scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the company Dioxide Materials have demonstrated that randomly stacked graphene flakes can make an effective chemical sensor.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Researchers' new recipe cooks up better tissue 'phantoms'
The precise blending of tiny particles and multicolor dyes transforms gelatin into a realistic surrogate for human tissue. These tissue mimics, known as "phantoms," provide an accurate proving ground for new photoacoustic ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Revolutionary ultrasonic nozzle that will change the way water cleans
A team of scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a revolutionary ultrasonic attachment for taps, which massively enhances the ability of water to clean.
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Physicists localize 3-D matter waves for first time (w/ video)
University of Illinois physicists have experimentally demonstrated for the first time how three-dimensional conduction is affected by the defects that plague materials. Understanding these effects is important ...
Oct 07, 2011 |
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High temperature, high speed metal fatigue test device with 1000C heat resistance
A research group led by Dr. Yoshiyuki Furuya, a Senior Researcher of the Materials Reliability Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, succeeded in the development of a high temperature ultrasonic ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Tacit hand device steers blind to safety (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A hand device called the Tacit can help the blind and visually impaired move around safely in complex environments. Wrist-mounted, the device uses ultrasonic sensors mounted above the knuckles ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Doctor Who's trusty invention is anything but sci-fi
Television's favourite Time Lord could not exist without his trusty sonic screwdriver, as it's proved priceless in defeating Daleks and keeping the Tardis in check. Now Doctor Who's famous cure-all gadget could become a reality ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Robot suits to aid elderly Japanese farmers with toiling in the fields
Manual labor is becoming more and more difficult for Japan's aging farmers, prompting a Tokyo professor to devise a high-tech solution: mechanize the bodies of the farmers themselves.
Aug 24, 2010 |
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High definition diagnostic ultrasonics on the nanoscale
Scientists and Engineers at The University of Nottingham have built the world's smallest ultrasonic transducers capable of generating and detecting ultrasound. These revolutionary transducers which are orders of magnitude ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 16, 2010 |
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NPL unveils quantitative means of monitoring ultrasonic cleaning systems
Ultrasonic Cleaning Systems are widely used in healthcare applications during the sterilization of surgical instruments, and in many manufacturing and process industries. They work by passing a high frequency ...
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Ultrasound puts water back in the Murray Darling
You may not be able to squeeze blood out of a stone but, by applying the right amount of ultrasound during processing, Jianhua (Jason) Du and colleagues from the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy
Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Robot Floor Tiles Move Beneath Your Feet
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a stroke of odd creativity, Japanese researchers have created robotic blocks that automatically detect where you're walking and position themselves in front of you before you take your ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Students develop cane with e-tags to guide blind
(AP) -- A cane equipped with the technology that retailers use to tag merchandise could help blind people avoid obstacles.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 03, 2009 |
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