Category: Technology
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This Advanced Prosthetic is Already Changing Lives
A retired staff sergeant is the recipient of a special gift from the Alfred Mann Foundation. In the future, medical technology will push the boundaries between machine and human. We can already ingest tiny computers that provide us with data about our bodies, but soon we’ll work together with computers and machinery in a way…
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What You Get When You Invest in an Employee Time Clock
By Allied Time The next time you have some money in your budget to spend on improving your company, you’ll want to look into a timeclock for your organization. If you’re a bit underwhelmed by the idea, it’s not surprising. When it comes to getting more from you employees, there are countless options. People pay…
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Grace Hopper and the Origin of “Debugging”
By Phineas Upham Any IT technician who debugs some code can thank Grace Brewster Murray Hopper for coining the term. She was a high-level computer programmer for the Navy throughout the World War II era of American military history, and she was one of the earliest advocates of machine learning. Grace began her interest in…
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How FinTech can Overcome Challenges and Surge Towards the Future
The biggest opponent that fintech faces is a combination of itself and the regulatory environments that the technology finds itself in. Fintech shows a lot of promise in terms of solving some of the problems that are created by an underbanked population. Financial technology investments are also soaring, indicating that a revolution is imminent. For…
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The Basic Components of Labeling an Oligo
Summary: Here is a brief guide to the main components of the labeling process. Labeling an oligonucleotide can be achieved through a radioactive approach, using chemiluminescent methods or by fluorescent label techniques. When you look in-depth into the labeling process, there are three main components that you should know: a space, a signalling moiety, and…
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Technology Jobs Are the Future
By Brand College Have you thought about changing careers? If you’re like most people, the answer is a resounding “yes.” In fact, if you’re like the majority of people, you’ve probably thought about changing careers more than a few times. Perhaps you’ve even come close to doing so. The problem is that changing jobs requires…
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The Incredible Properties of DLC
Summary: Depending on how it is produced, diamond like carbon can take on many properties. Diamond-like carbon, or DLC, doesn’t refer to any one substance. Instead, the term refers to a range of amorphous, hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated films, which are prepared at varying temperatures. It significantly increases the durability of whatever it’s placed onto, which…
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The Importance of Employee Attendance
By Allied Time For most companies, it goes without saying that employees are a huge investment—both in terms of how much they cost and what they’re supposed to produce. Presumably, your company can say the same. If that’s the case, then you need to go out of your way to ensure that you’re getting everything…
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Advances in Medical Testing
You don’t have to look far to find sensation headlines about the dark side of medical testing in the old days. But great minds like Joseph Lister, who invented antiseptics to sterilize wounds and instruments, helped usher progress forward in the modern age. Surgery is still an extremely risky proposition, which is why so much…
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Advantages to Vacuum Deposition Systems
When you need a thin film of materials, the process can be surprisingly difficult depending on what you want to manufacture. For instance, if you wanted to coat a plastic screw in metals. You couldn’t melt the metal and apply it to the screw, you’d need another method to bond the metal to the plastic.…