Role of Wireless Technologies in the Hospital

Source: Wirelesshealth.poly.edu Why wireless? There MUST be a better way. The Problems: Many independent devices, massive disparate, non-standard data, potential for RFI and ground loops, lack of interconnectivity, tethering, trip hazards. In anesthesia, interconnectivity is key and many people must interact. Potential solutions include applications (patient tracking, doctor tracking, equipment tracking, drug tracking, device status reporting, …

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Interdigital Communications joins National Instruments and Samsung partners as NYU WIRELESS’s 3rd Industrial Affiliate sponsor

Source: NYU.edu InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) today announced that the company has joined NYU WIRELESS as an Industrial Affiliate.  The company joins National Instruments (NASDAQ: NATI) and Samsung as members of the new research center that was announced in August. Founded by New York University and Tandon School of Engineering (NYU-Tandon), NYU WIRELESS is the …

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Flexible Sensors Offer Unprecedented View of Brain Activity During Epileptic Seizures

Source : NYU.edu Tapping into the human brain to understand its functions in daily life — as well as its malfunctions in illness — has long been a challenge for researchers. Mapping brain activity requires unwieldy, invasive arrays of electrodes and sensors that can damage tissue while only reading activity in a limited area. Jonathan …

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Three 3-year GAANN PhD grants for US citizens/Perm Residents

The US Department of Education has awarded Graduate Awards in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowships to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Tandon School of Engineering to support three Ph.D. students in Electrical and Computer Engineering for 2012-2015. It is envisioned that these fellowship awardees will become leaders in their areas of …

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NYU-Tandon Engineering Professor to Receive International Education Award

Source: NYU.edu Tandontechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Tandon) and NYU Professor Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, a leading researcher in wireless communication engineering, has been chosen the 2012 recipient of the William E. Sayle Award for Achievement in Education by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Education Society.  The prestigious award is presented annually …

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New NYU center to study advanced wireless technologies in medicine

Source: http://mobihealthnews.com/ New York University is the latest institution to open a wireless health research center, though NYU is calling its effort the “first academic research center combining the exploration of advanced wireless technologies, computing and medical applications.” NYU last week unveiled NYU WIRELESS, bringing together engineering, computer science and medical faculty and students from the main …

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Wireless Center for NYU Tandon | NYU WIRELESS

Source: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NYU Tandon will open a research center for wireless technologies in a further bid to bolster a technology hub in downtown Brooklyn. About 23,000 square feet of research space is scheduled to open at the downtown Brooklyn campus this winter. The center—called NYU Wireless—will combine research in wireless technologies, computing and …

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NYU Launches NYU WIRELESS

NYU and NYU-Tandon have created several new faculty positions, have invested $3.5 Million in funding, and are providing an additional $4 Million in world-class research space upgrades to form a new center of excellence, NYU WIRELESS, the first academic center of its kind in the world. NYU WIRELESS is an interdisciplinary research center that is equipped to develop revolutionary circuits and systems for several …

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Weaving Research and Social DNA at NYU-Tandon

Source: NYU.edu  In a harbinger of things to come, NYU Tandon hosted a brunch late in July at MetroTech Center’s outdoor square for the departments (electrical and computer engineering, and computer science) that encompass NYU WIRELESS, a research center that combines the efforts of NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Langone Medical Center and NYU-Tandon. The center has yet …

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