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GE HealthCare scores 510(k) clearance for maternal and fetal monitoring platform

  • February 5, 2024
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GE HealthCare received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Novii+ maternal and fetal monitoring solution, which will become available to U.S. customers later in the year. The device, consisting of a wearable and wireless sensor, enables noninvasive measurement and display of fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate and uterine activity for pregnant patients at or beyond […]

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Cedars-Sinai utilizes Apple Vision Pro and AI to create mental health companion

  • February 5, 2024
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Cedars-Sinai announced the launch of Xaia, a spatial-computing, AI-enabled virtual psychotherapy companion accessible on the Apple Vision Pro headset that aims to help people with anxiety, addiction, depression and pain management. The healthcare system dubs the experience “generated reality,” which it defines as merging technology and therapy.  Developed at the medical extended-reality lab at Cedars-Sinai, Xaia […]

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GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now

  • February 5, 2024
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GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, “for life’s important moments.” In the early years, it funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now GoFundMe has become a go-to for patients trying to […]

Here are all the confirmed EV ads airing during the 2024 Super Bowl [Videos]

  • February 5, 2024
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The NFL’s “big game” is less than a week away, and companies with deep pockets are starting to tease the ads that will air on Sunday. If you’re an EV enthusiast, the trend of all-electric models dominating the automotive ad category will continue during this year’s Super Bowl. Below are the commercials that have been […]

A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

  • February 5, 2024
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Photo: Avangrid Orange, Connecticut-based clean energy giant Avangrid just made its first leap into Oklahoma with a new wind farm project. Avangrid, which is part of the Iberdrola Group, is setting up the Pontotoc Wind project in Pontotoc County, southeast of Oklahoma City. The 147.5 megawatt (MW) wind farm features 33 turbines that will supply […]

Researchers achieve super-safe, ultrafast Li-ion battery charging

  • February 5, 2024
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“Advanced Li-Ion Battery” by Argonne National Laboratory is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. In a significant advancement for EV technology, researchers at Chung-Ang University in South Korea have made a breakthrough in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery charging times and safety. Published in the journal Energy Storage Materials, their study focuses on improving Li-ion batteries for EVs. […]

Volvo marks 17 straight months of growth as EV sales lead the way in January

  • February 5, 2024
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Volvo Cars is starting 2024 with its 17th straight month of growth. Volvo’s all-electric model lead the growth, with global EV sales up 17% in January. Volvo EV sales lead January growth Volvo sold a total of 53,402 vehicles last month, up 10%, marking its 17th straight month of growth. Although Volvo’s Recharge model sales […]