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December 15, 2005
Battery Design Issues For An AED
The automated external defibrillator (AED) is one example of a medical product that's experiencing extremely fast adoption. These growth rates are due to improvements in the ease of use and to the battery technology that enables mobility and remote use. In the event of an emergency, the battery pack must be a reliable power source. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells have the highest energy density by both weight and volume. They offer the most attractive method of portable battery power for many...
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Robin Tichy
December 15, 2005
A Glossary Of Terms
For those not familiar with medical terminology related to cardiac conditions, here's an alphabetical list of such terms, courtesy of Philips: Arrhythmia: Abnormal electrical activity of the heart resulting in an irregular, intermittent, or absent pulse. Biphasic waveform: A pattern of electrical flow where the direction of the current is reversed midway through the pulse. A biphasic waveform requires less energy than a monophasic waveform to achieve comparable...
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Roger Allan
December 15, 2005
A Chronology Of The AED's Development
U.S. patent number 6,871,093 B2, assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, the Netherlands and listing the inventor as Kim J. Hansen, Renton, Wash., describes the earliest details of the HeartStart defibrillator's design. The patent, which included the drawing below, was filed Dec. 28, 2000 and issued March 22, 2005. Major milestones in the AED's history are listed below in descending chronological order: Sept. 16, 2004:...
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Roger Allan
December 15, 2005
A Prescription-less Portable Defibrillator
Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the market. Although other companies make portable defibrillators (Agilent Technologies, Cardiac Science, Welch Allyn, HeartSine, Defibtech, Medtronic, and Zoll Medical, to name a few), the HeartStart is the first to be available over the counter without a medical prescription. The device is...
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Roger Allan
November 7, 2005
Earning Market Share And Accolades
According to analysis from Bloomberg News, Prius sales in the U.S. more than doubled from 9918 cars in last year’s first quarter, and they continue to rise. Toyota expects Prius sales to almost double this year to 100,000 cars, up from 53,991 cars last year. And R.L. Polk & Co. says Toyota had a 64% market share of the U.S. hybrid car market, which consisted mostly of the Prius. Worldwide, well over 300,000 Prius cars have been sold...
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Roger Allan
November 7, 2005
My Test Drive Of The Toyota Prius
There's nothing like test driving the real thing. Toyota loaned me a practically brand new 2004 Prius for a couple of weeks and I proceeded to put the car through its paces (see the figure) . The results astonished even my skeptical self. Viewing the car from the outside makes it look like it provides little inside room. But this small and lightweight car (2890-lb curb weight) has plenty of legroom for the driver and passengers. It...
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Roger Allan
November 7, 2005
Setting The Standard For Hybrid Cars
With its sports-car look, avionics-like dashboard display, and an eerily silent and smooth start, it's no wonder that the Toyota Prius hybrid gasolineelectric vehicle is one of the fastest-selling cars of its type (Fig. 1) (see "Earning Market Share And Accolades," p. 44). Aside from these assets, though, it features one discriminating characteristic—it's a gas mizer. The U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Roger Allan
September 1, 2005
The New Breed Of Universal Remote
Combine sophistication and simplicity to achieve elegance. Such is the primary goal for today's developers of home-entertainment/ automation control devices. How come? Simply put, the high end is driving the market for such devices, and consumers willing to spend tens of thousands on gear and setup have neither the time nor the inclination to abide anything clunky or overly complex. The trend today is to store electronic equipment out of sight, but the remote control must remain...
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John H. Day
June 21, 2004
Can BMW's iDrive Pass Its Road Test Now?
BMW's 2001 introduction of iDrive, its pioneering driver information/entertainment system, was arguably the biggest corporate disaster since Coca-Cola Co. decided to tinker with the formula for its eponymous beverage. To say that the...
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John H. Day
June 21, 2004
The iDrive: Driving A Faster Bus
There is a lot more to BMW's research and development effort than iDrive. For example, take FlexRay, the automotive network communications system. BMW and Daimler-Chrysler, along with Philips and Motorola (now Freescale Semiconductor), formed the...
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John H. Day
March 29, 2004
The Blackberry Success Story: Mike Lazaridis, President & Co-CEO
Mike Lazaridis is president and co-CEO of RIM. He is responsible for product strategy, research and development, product development, and manufacturing. Lazaridis founded RIM as a student at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Since founding RIM, he...
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Louis E. Frenzel
March 29, 2004
The Blackberry Success Story: Research In Motion Celebrates 20 Years
RIM was founded in 1984 by engineering students Mike Lazaridis and Doug-las Fregin, currently president and vice president of operations, respectively. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, RIM was the first North American company to develop...
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Louis E. Frenzel
March 29, 2004
The Blackberry Success Story: What's 3DES?
The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is an algorithm used for encrypting computer data. It was developed in the 1970s by IBM with the support of the National Security Agency for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (called the National...
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Louis E. Frenzel
March 29, 2004
The BlackBerry Reaps The Fruits Of Innovation
What's one of the recipes to success in electronic products? To start, take an identifiable market with a clear need. Then, mix in a good portion of creativity, a unique innovative approach, and some fresh new intellectual property. Next, roll out a...
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Louis E. Frenzel
February 2, 2004
What Is Machine Vision?
Machine vision enables the automated visual inspection of manufactured products for quality and process control. This technology has helped thousands of manufacturers worldwide improve product quality and production-line efficiency. To achieve the...
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Doris Kilbane
February 2, 2004
What Can Machine Vision Do?
Most industrial machine-vision applications fall within one of four categories: gauging, guidance, inspection, and identification. Machine vision can solve the following applications: Robot guidance: Determine part position...
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Doris Kilbane
February 2, 2004
Cognex Brings In-Sight To Machine Vision
Chances are, many items that you use every day are made with the help of a machine-vision system. Whether it's a razor, soda cans, light bulbs, or the diaper on your baby, machine-vision technology is at the heart of that product's...
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Doris Kilbane
October 27, 2003
A Short History Of The Pacemaker
The advantages of pacing the heart electrically were well known as far back as the early 1900s. Early pacemakers were large, bulky external devices that used vacuum tubes, relied on external ac power, and were frequently too traumatic for young...
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Roger Allan
October 27, 2003
Medtronic Sets The Pace With Implantable Electronics
When Earl Bakken started Medtronic back in 1949, little did he realize that his pioneering work in electrical heart pacemakers would spawn a vast industry whose devices would save millions of lives and improve the quality of life of millions more...
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Roger Allan
August 18, 2003
Satellite Radio Gets Serious
All electronic design engineers face design challenges, but few have to face the enormous undertaking that confronted the engineers who decided to build a next-generation satellite system to...
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Louis E. Frenzel
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