Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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In recent years, device manufacturers have been adding wireless functionality to a growing number of devices such as pacemakers and cardioverter defibrillators. The ...
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
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Kevin Fu, a software engineer and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, wants to ensure that malicious hackers don’t turn medical devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators into killing machines. Though Fu acknowledges that it might seem paranoid to protect against such an attack, ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
A new animation sequence produced by Bal Seal Engineering Inc. made its debut on the big screen at the recent MD&M Minneapolis. The sequence, running just under two minutes in length, was developed by Bal Seal to demonstrate the performance of its Bal Conn connectors. An integral part of the ...
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