#Implants And Powering Them From Within Your heart expends half a joule of energy every time it beats.
That the same amount of juice you need to lift an apple 1. 6 feet off the ground.
Before every contraction, the potential energy trapped in chemical bonds within cardiac muscle cells is released and converted into the mechanical power of the heartbeat.
But, like all energy, that which is harnessed to power the heart is destroyed never; it just changes form as it radiates away from the organ as heat and vibrations of surrounding tissue and fluid.
Now, a science team has announced a breakthrough in harvesting the energy released from the movement of the beating heart,
the breathing lung and the flexing diaphragm. Theye developed a superthin device that can be attached to an organ to generate electricity from its movements.
or continuing as a Blink guest and entering their credit card information directly into the App.
and economy towards consumers who have come to expect it from both brands b
#CHINA AND UC DAVIS PARTNER TO PUT ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES ON A FASTER TRACK In a landmark international collaboration on clean vehicle adoption, the University of California, Davis,
Primary UC Davis partners are the Institute of Transportation Studies and the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.
Benefits of multiple turbines in single tower-120%additional power output at minimum added cost of turbine-generators-Reduced capital expenditure per kilowatt-Increased production capacity
The new 55-inch class LG OLED TV, on sale now at a suggested price of $3, 499, is amazingly thin 4. 5 millimeters at its thinnest point (11/64ths
of an inch) or the depth of a few credit cards. Its gentle curved screen makes quite a design statement
The all-electric system#10 buses and two charging stations#is an $11 million investment with the bulk of funding from federal and state grants.
funding for the new buses. arry Barker and his team continually seek creative opportunities to serve the people of Louisville.
This investment in new technologies is not just about improving public transportation in Louisville; it is also a down payment on ensuring healthier cleaner air and a more energy independent futuresaid Congressman John Yarmuth.
The Zerobus recharges in just a few minutes along the route while passengers load and unload at a charging stop.
We are pleased that Proterra could share in your city vision to promote a sustainable cost effective transit solution protecting the environment for generations to come. he five oldest trolley buses combined now emit a total of about 1135 pounds of carbon monoxide in a year compared to zero emissions from the all-electric buses.
TARC will also save thousands of dollars each year in lower operating costs. In fuel costs alone each electric bus will save TARC an estimated $10000 per year.
#Watch Bill gates Drink Water From Human waste We know that Bill gates made a lot of money from Microsoft
it will be a good example of how philanthropy can provide seed money that draws bright people to work on big problems,
Gatesnotes. com Those entrepreneurs would make money from the sludge they remove from the environment,
Supported by almost EUR 1 million in research funding from the European commission, four companies and research institutes from Italy
assembly-line machines do their own'thinking'A major consumer of time and money in the manufacturing of aircraft, motor vehicles,
This costs time and money. PRESS can help significantly reduce costs by having the machines themselves adapt to different aeroplane models
and fibre laser market has remained completely unaffected by a global economic crisis which left very few other sectors undamaged.
and is capable of creating high-quality gears very quickly without the need for investment in new equipmentexplains Dr Veselovac. he demonstration we ran with Bosch has similarly now been integrated into their mass production.
I had obtained not financial support, I would not have been able to make the patent. In addition, the work has garnered a series of awards, both Italian and international.
Fregona has identified already a private investor and is setting up a spin-off company, and may apply for further EU funding through the Horizon 2020 programme.
and generates an annual turnover in the region of#400 billion. Bugnicourt says between 50 and 100 million tonnes of wood could use Durawood pre-treatment system every year. urawood could help the timber industry by improving the quality of products
will receive a total of EUR 3 million in EU funding. ablebot represents an excellent opportunity to design,
where efforts to kick-start the economy and boost competitiveness can be undermined one defect at a time. This is why industry is demanding solutions to avoid these so-called nd-of-linefailures solutions able not only to predict defects before they are generated,
Gorrotxategi predicts. e also see potential to use this approach in the production of other high-price, high-volume electrical parts, such as steering drives, starters and generators.
Supermarkets, convenience stores, service stations, restaurants, hotels wherever you find people with money to spend, you will find fridges,
Neither has the EU-funding of EUR 12 million, which has played a significant part in making this global effort a tremendous success. The main findings of the project COGS('Collaborative Oncological Gene-Environment Study')have been published in a special issue on genetic risk factors
This technology allows us to actually understand how the bank is performing, so it looks at how it moving under pressure,
This has led already to a sharp increase in price for rare-earth metals (such as Neodymium (Nd),
Supported by European union (EU) funding, the three and a half year project brought together 9 partners from 5 EU Member States, with expertise in both clinical and technological areas.
the development of technology transfer mechanisms, finance for innovation; and finally, innovation management and sectoral support.
and distributed to a database of relevant stakeholders. Crucially, high level meetings between key European and Mediterranean innovation figures were organised these were vital for exchanging examples of best practice."
"Medlbtikar has achieved many notable successes. They include a feasibility study on the Regional Innovation Financing Facility (RIFF) in each beneficiary country.
This study resulted in recommendations that addressed various deficiencies in financing schemes across the MEDA region.
Morocco and Tunisia access to"a network of over 2, 500 economics and technology experts in over 40 countries.
the Medlbtikar also participated with international organisations such as the World bank and UNESCO. When Medlbtikar finished in 2010
but they can have a terrible impact on human life and on the economy of a country.
These trends are having effects across society and the economy impacting health, energy agriculture, production, transportation and tourism.
000 in European commission funding, includes as partners the Institute of Research for Development in France and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari in Italy.
Euro-Mediterranean research and training collaboration will be enhanced, and INCAM's findings will assist the European commission in developing future policies r
With the help of EU funding the Cyclon project is developing biocompatible sugar-based drug-delivery systems that could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against various cancers.
With the initial investment focused mainly on constructing the water-bag and renting or purchasing a tugboat,
The final price for the water will depend on the distance it is shipped and on the payload.
Preliminary calculations indicate water costs of around two to five euros per cubic metre for intra-Mediterranean voyages,
and between five and ten euros per cubic metre for oceanic voyages. The dimensions of the oceanic modules have yet to be defined.
while CO2 EMISSIONS will be lower thanks to efficient transport options. e have received considerable interest from stakeholders in the Mediterranean and Persian gulf area,
The Refresh team has applied also for funding for a follow-up demonstration project within the EU Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) the Union's main instrument for funding research and innovation to foster growth and jobs.
With#3. 7 in EU-funding under the Seventh Framework Programme Light-Rolls is integrating highly innovative manufacturing and assembly technologies into a common technology platform.
and fuels that can compete on both price and performance with oil based alternatives but
with Russia matching the#2 million of funding provided by the EU under its 7th Framework Programme.
"You don't have to place all your money on one particular construct, then wait five years
a four-year research project set up in 2009 with the support of 6 million euros of European union (EU) funding.
EU funding for Dr Berényi's international TSPUMMNRPS project helped him quickly bring the prototype together.
a twotime recipient of funding from the EU's Marie Curie Actions (MCAS) programme of support for the mobility of researchers.
he received Marie Curie funding to support two research fellows. Five years later, Udalov was working as a researcher at the University of Twente in the field of high-power pulsed electron beams
"I was looking for funding for another project in the field of de-mining and unexploded ordnance,
and in April 2006 it was approved for#585,000 in Marie Curie funding for the period 2006-2009,
The funding supported research in two directions, Udalov said an advanced, high-power X-ray imaging technology known as"backscatter,
Both companies are negotiating with private investors and are in the process of adding new staff members, Udalov said."
The project was supported by European taxpayers, and we want to pay something back to them.""Project details Participants:
And with an investment of#1. 4 million, the European union has high hopes for the project's future application."
was made possible by EU co-funding, which helped bring together an international team of manufacturing, material and aviation engineers.
on the'EXIST Research Transfer'project sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWI).
and include national maritime agencies, insurers, and salvage companies d
#Ultravisc#Separating the plastic from the chaff To the untrained eye, recycling almost appears to be like some kind of alchemy, that medieval art
This could amount to millions of euros in savings if the technology is taken up by enough recyclers.
Known as Aquaszero, the product can be used in existing water treatment filter cartridges where the arsenic bonds firmly to the Aquaszero granules.
SMARTFIRE received some#1. 2 million in funding from the European commission. Specifically, SMARTFIRE developed a real-time diagnostics
large-scale production of commodity polymers is shifting increasingly to other regions of the world. But innovative, specialised commodities,
along with smarter production strategies, can help European researchers and companies stay competitive in this field. Project details Project acronym:
which ran from 2006 to 2009 and received#838,000 in EU funding. Already now eight new railway bridges using Preco-Beam have been built in Germany, Austria and Poland."
showed that using Preco-Beam in its bridges could have cut expenses by approximately 40 percent.
High on thislist are perfume manufacturers with largesums of money at stake in sales of high-classluxury branded items.
Meanwhile the proceeds of counterfeitinggo to feed organised crime possibly eventerrorism and result in huge costs in the formof lost tax revenues.
Insurance claims for subsidence in France and Germany run into hundreds of millions of euros annually and they are rising.
and of course insurance companies. ur evaluation of potential markets, driven by our SME partners, makes us confident that DORIS technologies will have a long-term and sustainable impact across Europe,
supported by funding provided under the European union's 6th Research Framework Programme (FP6. The aim was to discover
and laser and fluid polishing. he software Delcam developed under COMET is already generating up to a million euros in additional sales,
e spent public money, so wee prepared to fly our results to the moon and back to give taxpayers a return on investment.
Delcam and our other exploitation partners are already making sure the results don collect dust!
Flexpakrenew began in September 2008 and received#3. 28 million in funding under the EU's Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7.
His project, backed by#166,563 of funding from the EU's Marie Curie Actions fellowship programme,
just as much emphasison the'economy'side of the concept as the'bio'part significant progress is needed still.
With 23 million of funding allocatedunder the EU's 7th Framework Programmeeurobioref brings together four different FP7RESEARCH themes:
which will domuch to help provide a viable basis for thebio-economy as a whole. It will also put Europe at the forefront of whatis sure to be one of the most dynamic andimportant areas of economic and scientificactivity of the future u
With#12 million of funding provided under the EU's 6th Framework Programme of research and development,
US and Canadian funding agencies have been aligned to the EC in view of coordinated calls aiming to build a global imaging laboratory based on Grid/Cloud computing. Proactive actions of US funding agencies have been elicited to raise appropriate funds
How much money has invested the EU in this? The EU contribution amounts to#9 240 million overall r
With the financial backing of a collective Europe scientific community, things are being achieved, what were until recently not thought possible.
Knols says the team is also looking for additional funding to conduct a field test of the eave tubes
#Euro-Indo collaboration develops new photodetector Photodetectors that analyse scattered light in the ultraviolet (UV) range of the spectrum are used often in situations where the rapid detection of hazardous biological
and is receiving#2. 2 million of EU funding from the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).
In the call Competitive Low-Carbon Energy published on December 11 last year, the Commission proposed investing#732 million over two years in this area.
The base price was set at ¥198, 000 ($1, 600) with an additional ¥24, 600 ($200) monthly data and insurance fees.
and weighing 61 pounds, Pepper is designed to read emotions as well as recognize tones of voice and facial expressions in order to interact with humans.
but expect the robot to bring in profits by the fifth year and become a major force in revenues 20 to 30 years in the future.
Company officials stated that they want to keep Pepper affordable, and compared the price of the robot to that of a pet dog in Japan, according to a press event held last week.
Softbank also plans to launch"Pepper for Biz"in the fall, making the robot available for businesses
#Researchers create guilt-free superfood that tastes like bacon As will be familiar to anyone miserably chewing through leaf after leaf of kale in a beleaguered attempt to shed a few pounds,
But the launch of the Z1 phone in India at a price of only $92 makes it clear how much the Korean has scaled down its ambitions for Tizen, at least in the short term,
and Sony Playstation) launched Splice in October 2013 with $2. 75 million in seed funding.
The company raised an additional $4. 5 million last year in Series A funding, led by Palo alto, Calif.-based True Ventures.
That round also included investments from New york-based Union square Ventures, as well as some music-industry heavyweights, including superstar DJS Tiësto and Swedish House Mafia Steve Angello;
The investments from the music industry are big piece of validation, Martocci adds. hen you show Splice to an artist,
#Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Suspends Operations Following Hack Fueling fears of a Mt. Gox-caliber meltdown, Bitstamp--the world second most-trafficked USD bitcoin exchange--ceased operations today in the wake of a hack.
The Slovenia-and UK-based bitcoin marketplace temporarily halted withdrawals, then later completely shut down, after discovering that some of its operational ot walletswere compromised yesterday.
Related: Bitcoin Named Worst-Performing Currency of 2014 In a statement to Entrepreneur late Monday, Bitstamp said that less than 19,000 BTC,
or about $5. 1 million at today's pricing, was lost and assured that all customers will be able to recover the balances they held before service was halted."
"This breach represents a small fraction of Bitstamp total bitcoin reserves, the overwhelming majority of which are held in secure offline cold storage systems.
We would like to reassure all Bitstamp customers that their balances held prior to our temporary suspension of services will not be affected
Microsoft Is Now the Largest Company in the World to Accept Bitcoin The trouble at the popular exchange couldn come at a worse time for the ultra-hyped virtual money,
only days ago dubbed the world worst-performing currency of 2014. Today its price fell below $270,
the cryptocurrency lowest value since 2013. According to the Coindesk Price index, which Bitstamp was suspended just temporarily from,
Bitcoin is currently trading at $270 a
#UK and U s. Intelligence agencies to Up Cyber security Cooperation Britain and the United states will increase cooperation on cyber security Prime minister David cameron said setting up cyber cells to share intelligence
and conduct simulated attacks to test the defences of organisations such as banks. Cameron is on a two-day visit to Washington focused on the economy
and security and is due to have a second meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday at the White house.
We have got hugely capable cyber defences we have got the expertise and that is why we should combine as we are going to set up cyber cells on both sides of the Atlantic to share information Cameron told the BBC in an interview aired on Friday.
and the U s. National security agency will include joint war games with the first exercise later this year to involve the Bank of england and commercial banks in both the City of London and Wall street the BBC reported.
#Factory Dairy farms on the Rise in Asia The expansion of industrial dairy farms in Asia could lead to severe consequences for the environment, public health, animal welfare and rural economies, according to a policy paper by Brighter Green.
In particular, New york is poised to make direct investments to increase the efficiency of every single city-owned building,
and improving the local economy. The plan has in short been informed by five key guiding strategies in order to achieve the greatest benefits from the efforts that will be put in,
and stakeholder feedback to drive the approach. Drilling further down into the actual measures proposed under the plan,
This will range from promoting deep energy retrofits or piloting new technologies on City-owned properties to investing in training opportunities for its workforce.
The project known as Smart cities USA is expected to help drive San jos s economic growth foster 25000 cleantech jobs
The goal of the Smartamerica Challenge is to show tangible and measurable benefits to the US economy and the daily lives of American citizens.
This project also aligns with the San jos Green Vision a long-term sustainability initiative adopted by the city in 2007 to protect the environment stimulate economic growth
The firm forecasts that the global smart city technology market will grow from $6. 1 billion in annual revenue in 2012 to $20. 2 billion by 2020 0
so that much of it can be made using 3d printing in order to keep the price low. This was achieved by collaborating with Jonathon Slightam and Vito Gervasi at the Milwaukee School of engineering.
Current funding comes the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power a National Science Foundation Engineering Research center that supports advances in fluid power and past funding from Martin Ventures.
The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank a national resource created by the National institutes of health and housed at the University of Iowa supported the study.
#Health insurance for India s poor cuts death rate Stanford university University of California Berkeley University of Southern California rightoriginal Studyposted by Robert Perkins-USC on October 8 2014a
government program that provides health insurance for catastrophic illness lowered both mortality rates and out-of-pocket expenses for people in households below the poverty line in Karnataka India.
Researchers studied roughlyâ#80000 households from 600 villages and found a 64 percent drop in mortality from diseases covered by insurance.
The program the Vajpayee Arogyashree Scheme (VAS) is implemented by the Karnataka government with support from the World bank Group.
Among the findings the research shows:####This World bank study clearly shows how this program benefits the health of the poor in Karnataka##says U. T. Khader the stateâ##s Minister of Health and Family Welfare.##
##It provides hospital care that the poor would have difficulty receiving without the help of the scheme.##
##The free insurance covered specific high-impact medical conditionsâ##such as heart disease and cancerâ ##which poor residents often die from
automatic enrollment of all BPL families with no annual premiums user fees or copayments; and health camps in rural areas by empanelled hospitals
##The results of this study are important to India as it makes choices on how to make progress towards universal health coverage##says Onno Ruhl World bank Group Country Director for India.##
and provide protection from impoverishment due to out-of-pocket payments for health care.####The study published in the journalâ#BMJ included more than 82000 households.
Since the program was phased covering poor households in the northern part of Karnataka in the first phase before expanding to the rest of the state the study compared the health outcomes of roughly 45000 households from villages that were covered by the insurance to roughly 37000 households
##The study shows that public policy can play a strong role in reducing disparities in health due to socioeconomic status. In villages without insurance the poor had much higher mortality than the rich
but such disparities were eliminated completely in villages with insurance coverage##says Neeraj Sood professor and director of research at the Schaeffer Center for Health policy and Economics at University of Southern California.##
and incurring payments for health care that push them deeper into poverty##says Patrick Mullen a World bank Group senior health specialist and the manager of the evaluation.
Theâ#World bank Groupâ##s Health Results Innovation Trust fund funded the study. Researchers from Stanford university; University of California Berkeley;
and the World bank Group are coauthors. Source: USCYOU are free to share this article under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noderivs 3. 0 Unported license
##Platelets are smarter than we give them credit for in that they are able to sense the physical characteristics of their environment
The National Science Foundation the American Heart Association the National Heart Lung & Blood Institute and the National Eye Institute provided financial support for the work.
Additional funding also came from the National institutes of health the Environmental protection agency and the National Science Foundation. Additional researchers contributed to the study from Argonne University of Chicago Washington University in St louis and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
After a year the low-carb group lost an average of 7. 7 pounds more than the low-fat group.
Not to mention the dollars saved by the health system in general.####In the first phase of the study two percent of urinary catheters were removed after an initial##off-the-shelf##electronic alert was triggered (the stock alert was part of the standard software package for the electronic health record.
and weighed 1500 grams (3 pounds 5 ounces) or less. The investigators found that differing ratios of three major classes of bacteria colonized the preemies guts in sequence.
However, these previous techniques typically led to strong bonds between the molecules being detected and the sensor itself.
labels can be printed in large rolls at a cost of roughly one dollar per square inch.
the National Science Foundation, the Korea Ministry of Science, Information and Communications technology and Future Planning, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy,
Credit: andriux-uk/Flickr) ecause hearing aids rely on batteries, minimizing power consumption is a critical consideration in moving hearing-aid device technology forward,
Hall credits the pioneering work of Ronald Miles at Binghamton University and Ronald Hoy at Cornell University,
and the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at the University of Texas at Austin provided funding for the study.
#Lab-on-a-chip tracks down most wanted microbe A diagnostic tool that about the size of a credit card has identified a highly prized gut microbe.
##California is the top agricultural producing state in the nation grossing $38 billion in revenue from farm crops in 2010.
Davis."The assumption that hospital nurse staffing can be reduced to save money, without adversely affecting patient outcomes, may be foolish at best
Credit: istockphoto) University of Southampton Nurse staffing, education tied to hospital death rate ith this technology,
or recharged wirelessly by holding a power source about the size of a credit card above the device, outside the body.
and a medical degree in a joint program with nearby Baylor College of Medicine. hese chemical crosslinks are attached by phosphate ester bonds,
A grant from the National Eye Research Centre, together with funding from other sources, supported the research s
but for the long term we may pay a price in a sort of evolutionary tradeoff. Researchers from Stanford, Tufts University,
Perhaps the biggest roadblock to adopting fusion energy is that the economics haven t penciled out.
or the stock market. olar explosions do not of course have any connection with stock exchange ratessays Hermann
The US Department of agriculture s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the UC Davis School of veterinary medicine s Center for Food Animal health provided funding r
The creation of a functional unit from individual components remains a big challenge. e have put a lot of thought into how to design the mechanical properties of bonds to bind the cargo to the shuttles
could eventually save hydrogen producers billions of dollars in electricity costs according to Gong. His next goal is to improve the durability of the device. he electrodes are fairly stable
Principal funding came from by the Global climate and Energy project the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford and by the US Department of energy.
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