Agios Pharmaceuticals turned heads in April when it showed its first drug prospect might be able to treat a devastating blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), in people who have a specific genetic mutation. It was the first shred of validation, in humans, for Agios’s work in a raw field of oncology—cancer metabolism—and the company’s shares have zoomed upwards ever since.
No one wants an internet-connected wine bottle. Or a “smart” baby diaper, no matter what sort of data it collects. According to new market research, consumers are most interested in the Internet of Things when it helps them save money, or more easily control their other household appliances.
What they’re not interested in is a connected device for its own sake, like a lightbulb that flashes when the phone rings, or that pulses to the beat of music. If the Internet of Things is going to grow as fast as is projected, companies will need to start by tailoring products to existing consumer needs.
This study examines the economic situation of the EU furniture market and assesses the need for and added value of improved information on furniture products to consumers in view of the overall objective of raising industrial competitiveness.
While the EU furniture industry has so far remained competitive worldwide, it has increasingly faced problems in signalling the quality and sustainability of its products and in using these features as a competitive advantage vis-à-vis foreign competitors.
Au cours des dernières semaines, le groupe de recherche de Ron Heeren du M4I (Maastricht MultiModal Molecural Imaging Institute) à l'Université de Maastricht, a fait une percée technologique dans leur laboratoire : une technique d'imagerie permettant une vision très précise pendant des opérations de tissus tumoraux malins. Cette percée du M4I permettrait aux chirurgiens de voir et de supprimer ce tissu dangereux en 10 minutes, ces résultats pourraient donc donner naissance à une révolution dans le domaine de la chirurgie du cancer. En effet, des études préliminaires montrent que le risque de récidive d'un cancer de l'estomac est réduit de façon spectaculaire grâce à cette nouvelle technique.
Une raffinerie d'un nouveau type a été inaugurée aux Pays-Bas en septembre: VALORIE (Versatile ALgae On-site Raw Ingredient Extractor) est une usine pilote qui vient d'ouvrir ses portes à Lelystad. L'usine mobile est une initiative de TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientic Research), de l'entreprise Algae Food & Fuel et de l'université de Wageningen.
Last spring, the National Football League, the sports performance brand Under Armour, and GE called on researchers, scientists and enthusiasts to find new tools for detecting concussions and protecting football players from traumatic brain injuries.
The partners just announced the first seven winners of the latest stage of the Head Health Challenge. Their solutions range from 3D virtual reality systems designed to detect brain injury to 3D printed “microlattice” materials engineered to reduce the force of the impact and a helmetless training technique. Take a look.
Frustrated at the lack of interest by the medical establishment in reducing the costs of diagnostic testing, and seeing almost no chance of getting the necessary research grants, Kanav Kahol returned home to New Delhi in 2011. He was a member of Arizona State University’s department of biomedical informatics. Kahol had noted that, despite the similarities between most medical devices in their computer displays and circuits, their packaging made them unduly complex and difficult for anyone but highly skilled practitioners to use. And they were incredibly expensive — costing tens of thousands of dollars each.
Consolida su posición en el sector y se convierte en una referencia internacional en la construcción de líneas de fabricación de paneles fotovoltaicos.
La cooperativa Mondragon Assembly, especializada en el desarrollo de soluciones de automatización, ha adquirido recientemente el negocio solar de Gorosabel Group, empresa del sector ubicada en Mendaro (Gipuzkoa).
Sektorean duen kokapena finkatzen du eta nazioarteko erreferentzia bihurtzen da horrela panel fotovoltaikoen fabrikazio lerroen eraikuntzan.
Mondragon Assemblyy kooperatiba automatizazioko soluzioen garapenean espezializatuta dago, eta orain dela gutxi sektore horretan diharduen eta Mendaron dagoen (Gipuzkoa) Gorosabel Group enpresaren eguzki negozioa eskuratu du.
The transition to a digitized business environment is happening with remarkable speed. Companies are gathering and analyzing huge amounts of data, transforming their manufacturing processes with digital fabrication and other technologies, and incorporating the Internet of Things in their products and processes. The companies at the forefront of these technology industry trends have already gained a competitive edge over their slower rivals.
