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Dallas Hair Transplant Specialist Performs FUE Hair Transplants Using ARTAS Hair Restoration System by Restoration Robotics, Inc.
Dr. Samuel Lam, a board-certified hair restoration surgeon in Dallas, Texas, is now performing follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplant procedures using the computer-assisted ARTAS hair restoration system. - September 24, 2012 - Lam Institute for Hair Restoration
Creation Technologies Expands Its China Manufacturing Footprint
Leading electronics manufacturer grows to better serve its customer base and meet high levels of demand. - September 18, 2012 - Creation Technologies
Lead411 Includes Seegrid Robotic Industrial Trucks as One of the Hottest PA Companies
On a daily basis, the Lead411 research team scours through at least 600 press releases and business articles including venture capital financings, company launches, office openings, new customer press releases, etc. This information has given insight to which are the fastest growing technology... - September 17, 2012 - Seegrid Corporation
New USB Adapter for the NXTBee Sensor for the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
Dexter Industries’ NXTBee USB Adapter Connects your Computer to the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT - September 08, 2012 - Dexter Industries
Anybots’ Telepresence Robot Awarded Key Patent
Anybots Inc. is pleased to announce the fourth key patent was issued for the core technology and designs used in its state-of-the-art telepresence robot. - August 24, 2012 - anybots inc
30 Finalists Selected for MoonBots Competition
Through the 2012 MoonBots: Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO MINDSTORMS® Challenge - August 18, 2012 - Dexter Industries
Manufacturing’s Future on Display at International Trade Show
Ellison Technologies Automation will showcase two robots at this year’s IMTS. - August 16, 2012 - Ellison Technologies, Inc.
European Patents for Seegrid Robotic Industrial Trucks
The leading robotic material handling company, Seegrid Corp., announced the issuance of two new patents in Europe. Seegrid is the only supplier of commercial vision-guided vehicles and has developed core technologies making these unique robots possible. The issuance of these new patents further... - July 27, 2012 - Seegrid Corporation
Rosellini Scientific, LLC Hires New Chief Medical Officer
Rosellini Scientific, LLC is pleased to announce the hiring of Barry Kraynack as Chief Medical Officer. Barry Kraynack is a board certified anesthesiologist who has more than 30 years as a preclinical and clinical researcher in translational medicine. Barry will be responsible for the identification of new technologies for commercialization, monetization or sales and distribution in the life science space, encompassing medical devices. - July 17, 2012 - Rosellini Scientific, LLC
Dexter Industries Releases iPhone and iPad Control for MINDSTORMS NXT
First Wifi sensor for the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT now controls the Apple iOS Devices - July 14, 2012 - Dexter Industries
Precitec v. American Laser Enterprises Patent Infringement Case Dismissed
Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-11260-AC-LJM Dismissed - July 13, 2012 - American Laser Enterprises, LLC
Creation Technologies to Open Additional New Facility in California
Leading electronics manufacturer grows to meet customer demand in Silicon Valley & Southwestern USA. - July 13, 2012 - Creation Technologies
Dexter Industries’ dWifi Sensor Now Controls NXT Robots Through Webpages
Dexter Industries Releases Websockets for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. - July 12, 2012 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Partners with LEGO MINDSTORMS and Google Lunar X PRIZE to Support MoonBots 2012
Dexter Industries announces that they are partnering with The X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO Group to support the MoonBots 2012: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge. - May 26, 2012 - Dexter Industries
First Robotic Guided Surgery for Cervical Spine in the United States Performed at UC Irvine Orthopedic Spine Center
Novel surgical approach to cervical surgery expands UCI’s spine program. - April 11, 2012 - Irvine Spine Center
Baby, You Can’t Drive My Car: Vermont Tech Grad on Google Team Developing Robotic Car
Vermont Native and National Guardsman Now at Google Responsible for Testing Robotic, Self-Driving Automobiles - March 30, 2012 - Vermont Technical College
News Feeds on MINDSTORMS NXT: Using the Dexter Industries dWiFi Sensor
Google News on the LEGO MINSTORMS NXT by Using the Dexter Industries dWiFi Sensor - March 26, 2012 - Dexter Industries
Connect to the Cloud: Using Thingspeak and the dWiFi with the NXT
Dexter Industries dWiFi Sensor Helps the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT to Join the Cloud - March 25, 2012 - Dexter Industries
"The Future of the Robots' Use to 2014"- New Quest Study
The new Quest study determines the robots' use at the machines in the German machinery industry until 2014. - March 20, 2012 - Quest Trend Magazine
Dr. David Cappelleri Receives NSF CAREER Award for Ground-Breaking Work in Microrobotics
Microrobots can help detect cancer cells and drive advancement toward microsurgical applications. - March 02, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
New Digital Compass for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT
Dexter Industries releases Digital Compass Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS system. - February 22, 2012 - Dexter Industries
DMG Productions to Feature STAR Dynamics on Upcoming Episode of Business Update
Exploring the World of Radar Technology - December 20, 2011 - DMG Productions, LLC
UW Prosthetic Sensing Array Gives “Feeling” to Artificial Limbs
The Fringing Field Sensor Array (FFSA) is a collection of high-resolution pressure sensors that can accurately measure sheer stress, pressure, and other characteristics at the limb-prosthetic interface. - November 28, 2011 - SEAL
New Distributor for Dexter Industries’ Lego Mindstorms NXT Sensors
Active Robots is a New Distributor for Dexter Industries’ Lego Mindstorms Sensors - November 17, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Sensor Tutorial Released for Twitter with the WiFi Sensor for Lego Mindstorms NXT
Dexter Industries’ Releases Software Tutorial That Makes Robots Tweet on Twitter with the Lego Mindstorms NXT - November 13, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Sensor Tutorial Released for Increasing the Baud Rate of WiFi Sensor for Lego Mindstorms NXT
Dexter Industries’ Releases Software Tutorial That Speeds Wifi Communications on LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT - November 12, 2011 - Dexter Industries
WiFi Sensor for Lego Mindstorms NXT Has Complete Utilities for Internet Applications
Dexter Industries Publishes Software Tutorial to Find Website IP Addresses, Set Baud Rate of New Lego Wifi Sensor - November 10, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Two Way Internet Communication with WiFi Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
Dexter Industries Publishes Instructions on How to Setup a TCP Server and Communicate with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Robots Over the Internet. - November 09, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Demonstrates How to Connect the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT to Wifi Networks
Dexter Industries Wifi Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Connects to WEP, WPA, and WPA2 Networks, Giving Robots Access to the Internet. - November 08, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Releases WiFi Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
First Wifi sensor for the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT now available for sale from Dexter Industries website. - November 08, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Riverside Robotics Society Presents the Riverside Robot Expo 2011
The Riverside Robotics Society presents the Riverside Robot Expo 2011. This is an exposition of robots and robotics that will include live-size replicas of robots such as Wall-E and R2D2 as well as presentations on robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and robotic sensors including the Microsoft Kinect. - October 29, 2011 - Riverside Robotics Society
Mitsubishi Electric Robots Now Feature EtherNet/IP Connectivity
New Mitsubishi Robot option simplifies integration, reduces cost of connecting to PLCs. - October 18, 2011 - Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Dexter Industries Releases First Inertial Motion Unit for the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
LEGO MINDSTORM’s first Inertial Motion Unit is an Accelerometer and Gyroscope all in one sensor. - October 12, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dr. Graeme Creates a Tutorial for Dexter Industries NXTBee Sensor
Virtual Instruments now available for Dexter Industries Sensors. - September 16, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Matt Crosbie Makes Webserver Using Dexter Industries WiFi Sensor
Virtual Instruments for Dexter Industries Sensors - September 15, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Releases LabVIEW 2010 for LEGO MINDSTORMS
Virtual Instruments for Dexter Industries Sensors. - September 07, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Women’s Specialists of Plano Drs. Dennis Eisenberg and Murray Fox Perform First Robotic Hysterectomy on New DaVinci Si Machine with 8mm Camera at Medical Center Plano
Dr. Dennis Eisenberg of Plano, Texas, a pioneer in the use of the robotic hysterectomy surgical technique, recently completed his first hysterectomy surgery at Medical Center Plano using the new DaVinci Si machine. Dr. Eisenberg was assisted on this procedure by fellow surgeon Dr. Murray Fox of Plano, TX. - August 23, 2011 - Dr. Dennis Eisenberg
Global Demand for Robotics to Surpass $30 Billion in 2016
Global demand for robotics will reach $21.8 billion in 2011. That value is projected to reach $30.1 billion in 2016, after increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7%. The global robotics market can be broken down into four regions that account for the sale of virtually all robots – Asia, North America, the European Union, and other markets. - August 18, 2011 - Electronics.ca Publications
Amazing Video "5 Ways to Massively Strengthen Weak or Disabled Legs" by bodyoars.com
Engineers at bodyoars.com have discovered 5 methods to massively strengthen almost anyone's legs. Although they make fitness devices they felt these five leg exercises, which require nothing to buy, were just too empowering for people with hindered mobility to not share them. Google "Empower weak legs" and this video tutorial should list first. - August 12, 2011 - High Efficiency Fitness Company
Annual Federal Technology Transfer Meeting August 9-11, 2011
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) Midwest Region will hold its annual meeting August 9-11 in Dearborn, Michigan, at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn. The Midwest Region’s annual meeting brings together federal technology transfer professionals, private industry, and... - August 06, 2011 - Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC)
Dexter Industries Plans First inertial Motion Unit for the LEGO MINDSTORM
LEGO MINDSTORM’s first combined Accelerometer and Gyroscope. - July 24, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Stevens Students Win 5th in International Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition
The Stevens team won 5th at the International RoboBoat Competition, held June 9-12 in Virginia Beach. - July 21, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Increasing Use of Robots in the German Machinery Industry 2011, Quest Study Reports
19% of the investigated machine-builders intend to change the use of robots at the machines this year according to the Quest study: "What the machine-builders want to change in automation technology 2011." - July 13, 2011 - Quest Trend Magazine
Dexter Industries Releases NXC Software the dPressure Pressure Sensor for the LEGO MINDSTORM NXT
LEGO MINDSTORM’s first NXC Example for the dPressure. - July 13, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Swarm Robotics Studied Using NXTBee Sensor for Lego Mindstorms NXT by Dexter Industries
Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy uses NXTBee Sensor for Studying Multi-robot Systems. - July 13, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Minco Technology Labs, LLC Enters Into a Worldwide JAN Die Distribution Agreement with Aeroflex/Metelics Hi Rel Components
Aeroflex/Metelics Hi Rel Components has entered into a worldwide JAN die distribution agreement with Minco Technology Labs, LLC effective July 1, 2011. Under the terms of this agreement, Minco will represent Aeroflex/Metelics Hi Rel Components as its authorized distributor of JAN die including... - July 01, 2011 - Minco Technology Labs, LLC
Dexter Industries Will Open-Source New Thermal Infrared Sensor
First Thermal Infrared Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORM will be Open Source - June 19, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Releases New Book for Using GPS and the Mindstorms NXT
Beginning GPS with NXT Robots by James Floyd Kelly and John Cole - June 12, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Releases Wireless Communications Sensor for Lego Robotics
First Long Range, High Speed Communications for Lego Mindstorms NXT - June 12, 2011 - Dexter Industries
Starman Electric Releases Wireless RF Module Evaluation Kit
Starman Electric announces the release of five evaluation kits for the DataBridge™ Series RF Modules. The new evaluation kits from Starman Electric provide an instant testing and development platform for all DataBridge wireless I/O modules. The evaluation kits are designed to suit hundreds of... - May 21, 2011 - Starman Electric