Sentences with phrase «test device which»

I don't really use the Nexus 6 as a daily driver, but merely as a test device which I quickly brought back to life to do Substratum tutorials.

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In November 2013, the FDA sent 23andMe cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki a stern warning saying that the company's tests and health reports, which it was already selling straight to customers, were unapproved medical devices that hadn't been cleared by the agency.

RI will be working with Honeywell, which is leading the suit avionics (the electrical and electronic devices that assist flight) and software development, to test its software application at what's called Desert RATS (Research and Technology Studies) in September.

I'm in the process of testing some smart TVs — the kind that connect to the internet and run various apps, such as YouTube and Netflix — which is funny because I just finished reviewing a bunch of media streaming devices, including the Roku XS and Apple TV.

That device's screen, which DisplayMate tested last year, also earned an A + grade from the company and performed exceedingly well in nearly all metrics, and it could keep pace with the Galaxy S9 in a variety of areas, including color accuracy and brightness.

But Lindsay and other entrepreneurs like Mark Falcone, who co-found tCheck, a company that makes a spectrometer device to test the potency of edibles, says they were kicked off all the processors at once - which is highly unusual based on the previous «Whack - a-Mole» cancelation patterns these processors had practiced in the past.

Romeo was the first device to be tested on a barge over open water instead of on a reef, as the US was quickly running out of islands upon which it could test nuclear weapons.

Back then, to generate awareness for the product, the company created the high - profile Explorer program in which a beta version of the device was handed out to a group of consumers for testing.

Last year, Walmart sought U.S. Federal Aviation Administration permission to test drones for home delivery and grocery pickup to match archrival Amazon, which is testing the devices to better fill and deliver online orders.

«Further testing is required before Song's device could be approved as a treatment for dementia or Alzheimer's, but if it is able to help those patients regain even part of their lost memory function, the impact would be felt not only by the patients themselves, but their families and even the economy at large,» says Science Alert, which notes that Alzheimer's was responsible for a whopping $ 236 billion in healthcare costs last year.

She joined Wellcap Partners as an assistant portfolio manager, followed by a role at Boston Avenue Capital as a portfolio manager, during which time she took a role as interim Chief Operations Officer of Compumed, a public company specializing in medical devices for osteoporosis testing.

The Bloomberg report also mentioned that Facebook had «already found in focus - group testing» that users were wary of a «Facebook - branded device in their living rooms,» which... well, duh.

In the United States many Negroes have been prevented from voting by devices, such as literacy tests, which better education would have rendered ineffective.

The standard test method will be submitted to ISO technical committee TC198 (Sterilization) / working group WG7 (Packaging), which is responsible for ISO standard ISO 11607 - 1:2006 Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices - Part 1: Requirements for materials, sterile barrier systems and packaging systems.

Any new device which may enhance the juggernaut is tested — the latest being a Sensory Deprivation Tank, a silent, water - filled coffin, in which, according to Dorsett, Kicker Rafael Septien lives — and anything that can be computerized, is.

«North Korea's action is in direct defiance of the will of the international community coming as it does just days after the United Nations presidency statement last week, which urged North Korea not to carry out its declared intention to test a nuclear device.»

Second, the test is apparently smaller in size (recall the KCNA statement of a «smaller, lighter atomic device» which suggests some success at miniaturisation).

Third, unlike previous tests which used plutonium as the fissile material of choice, the 2013 device likely consists of highly enriched uranium (HEU — On the technical means to decipher whether a device is HEU or Plutonium, see here).

The mobile device, which detects arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) has been tested with excellent results for around two years in real - life conditions in cooperation with Turku University Central Hospital.

The device, which Frias is testing in animals during a postdoc at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management in Porto, has yielded six peer - reviewed papers, a patent, and increasing attention from the medical community.

The participants, a 51 - year - old woman who retained some movement in her fingers and wrists and a 54 - year - old man who could still move one of his index fingers slightly, are participants in the BrainGate2 trial, which is testing a neural interface system allowing thoughts to control computer cursors, robotic arms and other assistive devices.

This device can also subject test devices to lethal gases like hydrogen fluoride, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen chloride, all of which exist in Venus» atmosphere and to which future probes will be exposed.

Animal trials suggest that these sensors could last for a year or so before they stop working, which is longer than many other current devices being tested.

«This is a line - in - the - sand moment for liver transplantation,» says Darius Mirza, a transplant surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK, who helped to test the device, which is known as metra (Greek for «womb»).

The p - wave symmetry of SRO has never been fully verified, partly hindered by the fact that SRO is a bulky crystal, which makes it challenging to fabricate into the type of devices necessary to test theoretical predictions.

During a 24 - month clinical trial, Colby (and fellow ophthalmologists David Chang of the University of California, San Francisco, Doyle Stulting of Emory University's Eye Center in Atlanta, and Stephen S. Lane of Associated Eye Care in Stillwater, Minn.) developed and tested a preferred technique for implanting the device to most effectively treat bilateral end - stage macular degeneration, which most commonly afflicts people over the age of 55.

The next step was to test the device in depressed patients, the results of which are published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry.

A mechanical device using the vacuum system, which incorporates the reduced - oxygen method, has been successfully tested on zebra mussels in the laboratory; in November 1996, it too was granted a U.S. Patent (# 5,578,116).»

The researchers tested the device prototype by applying their rehabilitation protocol — which combines electrical and chemical stimulation — to paralyzed rats.

An 8 - metre long prototype has been tested, but the firm says it will be several years before its full - scale 1 - megawatt device, which would be 150 metres long, is ready.

The partnerships are aimed at further developing, testing and validating Rogers» device, which monitors sweat loss and analyzes sweat chemistry with a simple, real - time visual readout.

«When the capillary is filled, we have a very precise volume of blood, about five microliters, which is less than a droplet — much less than what is required by other anemia tests,» explained Erika Tyburski, the paper's first author and leader of the undergraduate team that developed the device.

So Domenico Prattichizzo, a robotics engineer at the University of Siena in Italy, and his collaborators designed two devices that enable users to feel virtual objects, which they put to the test in a paper to be published in IEEE Transactions on Haptics.

He hopes to test the device in other surgeries, such as ablation — which involves burning away a small amount of heart muscle to correct an abnormal beat — and is already dreaming of new adventures with other snake - bots.

The test involves placing a tiny drop of blood, saliva, or other bodily fluid on a small test strip, which is then placed in a device developed at the JGU Institute of Physical Chemistry.

However, although the ultrathin films and rubber sheets used in these devices adhere and conform well to the skin, their lack of breathability is deemed unsafe for long - term use: dermatological tests show the fine, stretchable materials prevent sweating and block airflow around the skin, causing irritation and inflammation, which ultimately could lead to lasting physiological and psychological effects.

Half the patients had the point - of - care test, in which case a swab was analysed on the device and the results given to their treating doctor, while the other half received standard care.

But, this type of study is not always used when testing new medical products for FDA approval, and it is particularly rare for new devices, which are subject to different regulatory procedures from prescription drugs.

The device, which is currently undergoing classified tests in Iraq, is about the size and weight of a house cat and, like a feline, is designed to always land on its feet.

Present sensors rely on electrochemistry or dye - based tests (the most common of which is perhaps the litmus test), and can cost more than $ 5,000 per device.

«However, while they aren't designed as medical devices — when smartphones and apps begin to be used clinically — it is important that they are evaluated in the same rigorous manner by which we assess all therapies and diagnostic tests,» says lead author Dr. Pietro Di Santo.

The group tested the flexibility of its device by bending it more than 2,000 times, after which the researchers report the sensor's performance remained basically unchanged.

Wong was not involved in the study, but he is part of a team of researchers currently testing the device in a phase III clinical trial, which includes more than 200 glioblastoma patients in the United States and Europe.

Furthermore, this nesting scheme is implementable not only on platforms such as the D - Wave processor on which it was tested, but also on other future quantum optimization devices with different hardware architectures.

The three institutions are part of a first - of - its - kind study to research and test the concept of «transaction - based» energy management, which combines financial signals and dynamic control technologies to shift the timing and quantity of energy usage in devices, buildings and campuses to increase efficiency and reduce costs, while also providing flexibility for the power grid.

They then used a portable isothermal amplification device — which could be used for point - of - care testing — to identify Zika RNA.

In 1979 he was hired by the California Institute of Technology to lead a new programme in experimental gravitation, which led to the construction of a 40 - metre device that tested many of the techniques employed in LIGO.

Test Cell 2 is currently set up to test bench - scale solar receivers, which are devices that absorb the concentrated solar energy from the sun and transfer it to a heat engTest Cell 2 is currently set up to test bench - scale solar receivers, which are devices that absorb the concentrated solar energy from the sun and transfer it to a heat engtest bench - scale solar receivers, which are devices that absorb the concentrated solar energy from the sun and transfer it to a heat engine.

To ensure device safety for human use, the researchers tested their device in pigs which are a typical analog for humans due to their similar physiology.

IUDs (intrauterine devices made of copper and / or plastic that provide years of continuous contraception) can spread an existing infection from the vagina to the uterus — which is why your doctor should test you for infections before the implantation procedure, and why IUDs are generally not recommended for those at higher risk for STDs, such as women with multiple partners.