Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim Carr has announced that the inaugural Medical Bionics Conference will be held in Australia later this year.
28/07/2008
IEEE and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation standardised terminology will encourage harmonisation of terminology related to medical devices so as to better support clinical care.
05/01/2010
The company said its engineers have achieved the results using its Smart Light 50 femtosecond pulse laser integrated into a Rofin StarCut Tube workstation.
13/07/2010
A study by analysts ABI Research forecasts that revenue from sales of Wi-Fi-enabled healthcare products worldwide (not including Wi-Fi-equipped medical equipment) will total US$4.9 billion ($6.1 billion) in 2014.
16/07/2009
The agreement includes the definition, development and supply of ultra low power speech processor and wireless communication ICs to be used in Cochlear's implantable hearing devices.
15/10/2009
The Australian Technology Showcase will hold the 'Intellectual Property: Strategies for Entrepreneurs ' seminar on 25th June.
09/06/2008
University of Leicester researchers are pioneering use of military radar signal processing methods to help victims of stroke. The Leicester study has discovered that techniques used in radar systems can be modified and have the potential to improve early diagnosis and effective monitoring of stroke victims.
07/02/2008
ABI Research has released a report which finds the microwave and millimetre wave high-power vacuum electron devices (VED) market is holding its ground.
24/08/2010
The group said MEMS is gaining in bio/medical systems and cleantech, thereby positioning the industry for a better 2010.
15/12/2009
The growth in mobile phones to more than 1.1 billion last year has helped give rise to the cellular chipset market, according to IDC.
11/01/2010
Building a high-precision supervisory and control system capable of safely moving a robot during invasive neurosurgery.
23/04/2010
The editors of Technology Review, MIT’s magazine of innovation, have announced their annual list of 10 emerging technologies with the potential to shape the way we live and do business.
17/03/2009
The ResMed S9 series is a range of devices that track and communicate clinical data for those suffering from the condition of sleep apnoea.
18/05/2010
austriamicrosystems and New Scale Technologies, Inc. announced the completion of a Series B preferred equity transaction. austriamicrosystems has made a US$6 million investment in exchange for a 25% minority share in privately-held New Scale of Victor, NY.
06/02/2008
National Semiconductor announced the availability of the industry’s first high-speed, continuous-time sigma-delta (CTSD) analogue-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC12EU050, is an 8-channel, 12-bit, 50 mega-samples per second (MSPS) ADC that offers an alias-free sample bandwidth up to 25 MHz, while consuming only half the power (350 mW) of competing pipeline devices. This low-power breakthrough enables manufacturers to extend battery life and reduce heat in portable medical ultrasound and indust
26/02/2008
Seed investor Playford Capital will receive $7.45 million from the Federal Government to invest in its portfolio of innovative companies.
13/08/2009
Five-year growth will be driven by the ongoing recovery in demand for portable electronics, consumer products, high-speed networks, mobile phones, industrial and medical equipment, and automotive systems.
07/04/2010
STMicroelectronics (distributed in Australia by Braemac) has released details of an ultra-low power technology platform for building a range of 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers.
02/07/2009
Vishay Intertechnology has released platinum SMD flat chip temperature sensors that offer advanced thin film technology in three standard chip sizes — 0603, 0805, and 1206 and feature short reaction times of =5s (in air) and a temperature range from -55°C up to +155°C.
25/03/2008
Recent strides in the materials sciences and in strength-enhancement and neural technologies are bringing elements of these systems to life, says ABI Research.
01/02/2010