The 1.9 million homes in South Africa’s slums are mostly constructed from highly flammable materials and built extremely close to one and other, meaning that the outbreak of a fire can put a whole community in danger. Since many inhabitants use open flames for cooking, this is a very real threat. Now, startup Lumkani has created a smart Fire Detector, which monitors temperature rather than smoke levels, and warns whole neighborhoods if their homes are in danger.
Intel just announced a more than $60 million investment into Shanghai-based drone maker Yuneec. The news comes the same week that fellow Chinese drone company Ehang raised $42 million, and Sony unveiled its own drone prototype due out in early 2016.
It’s an endless headache, a migraine really, for American health organizations and patients alike: claims for treatment denied by insurance companies, causing endless frustrating phone calls to get payment disputes resolved. Now, thanks to an innovation made across multiple GE businesses, relief could be at hand.
The aptly named DenialsIQ™ debuted at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Chicago earlier this year. The software, developed by GE Healthcare, uses advanced analytics to help health systems find claims that were initially denied by insurance companies.
At the core of the system is a patent-pending statistical algorithm that analyzes denials.
For patients who have undergone an operation, it’s hard to imagine a greater post-surgical shock than a leak around their supposedly secure staple or other closure. Yet it happens 15% to 19% of the time in bariatric and colorectal procedures, according to Israeli life sciences start-up LifeBond. To prevent that leakage, the company has developed a unique gelatin-based surgical sealant, guaranteed not to leak.
Already in advanced stages of development, Caesarea-based LifeBond announced this week that it had secured $27 million in a Series D investment. Among the investors: Pitango Venture Capital, Adams Street Partners, and Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.
Isolux Corsán ha puesto a la venta T-Solar, su filial de plantas fotovoltaicas, que cuenta con instalaciones por un total de 326 megavatios (MW) de potencia, repartidas por España y otros siete países, según informó la compañía.
El grupo de construcción y concesiones también ha colgado el cartel de 'se vende' en el conjunto de líneas de transmisión eléctrica que gestiona en Brasil, que suman 3.842 kilómetros de longitud.
Isolux prevé obtener entre 600 y 700 millones de euros con la desinversión en su participación mayoritaria en estos activos, que ostenta a través de su filial Isolux Infraestructure. La compañía confía en cerrar las desinversiones en esta segunda mitad del año, según indica en su presentación de resultados semestrales.
ArcelorMittal — the world’s largest steel company — produced 93.1 million tons of steel in 2014, generating a problematic amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. But now, the company is launching a pilot scheme at their Ghent plant in partnership with bioengineering organization LanzaTech, which will convert this waste product into useful ethanol, using a microbe originally found in rabbits’ guts.
El BOPV publica hoy la resolución del Director General de Lanbide-Servicio Vasco de Empleo, por la que se procede a la publicación de la convocatoria de ayudas de apoyo a las personas emprendedoras para el ejercicio 2015.
El nexo adjunto permite acceder al texto de la resolución…:
For many patients, it has become a routine part of the medical process: Get a diagnosis or treatment plan and then seek a second opinion.
A growing number of online services are offering second opinions and some are seeing increasing patient demand for a second set of eyes.
Some of the services are sponsored by established medical centers, including Massachusetts General Hospital and Cleveland Clinic. Others are independent businesses that work with specialists on a consulting basis. Employers increasingly are contracting with such services, and insurance companies at times require patients to get a second opinion, such as for surgery.
Intel is moving to empower makers of all types with its tools, and with funding for things like the America's Greatest Makers TV show. There is a realization that Intel was created by some of the greatest makers who ever lived, and that there's a revolution pushing innovation into homes and garages all over the world. At its heart, IDF this year was all about that. Makers rule!!
For some construction workers, any thoughts of slacking off could soon seem rather quaint. The drones will almost certainly notice.
The workers building a lavish new downtown stadium for the Sacramento Kings in California are being monitored by aerial drones and software that can automatically flag slow progress.
