MIT alumni-founded Ambience is being used across roughly 40 health systems in the U.S. by clinicians in over 100 subspecialties. Image credit: iStock
Most doctors go into medicine because they want to help patients.
A few days after returning from a speaking engagement at the Innovate for Excellence Summit in Chicago last September, I spoke to Susan, an old classmate.
This PM-HIP can was printed on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s MedUSA wire-arc additive manufacturing machine. The can will be used to create an impeller for a hydropower impeller to demonstrate a new approach for creating large-scale clean energy components. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy
Researchers at the U.S.
“Our work demonstrates that engineering the contact and growth of bubbles on electrodes can have dramatic effects,” says professor Kripa Varanasi. Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT
Industrial electrochemical processes that use electrodes to produce fuels and chemical products are hampered by the formation of bubbles that block parts of the electrode surface, reducing the area available for the active reaction.
Digital documentation can change quality control in manufacturing for the better. Photo by Battlecreek Coffee Roasters on Unsplash
Centurion Performance & Engines (CP&E) is an Illinois-based manufacturer of custom performance engines and parts. It’s also a custom tuning and install body shop in high demand.
Robots can be helpful. They just need clear instructions. Photo by Ant Rozetsky on Unsplash
Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter littered with sauce packets. If your goal is to wipe the counter clean, you might sweep up the packets as a group.
Credit: Marvel Fusion GmbH
Nuclear fusion is seen as a possible visionary solution to the energy problems of the future—clean and comparatively low-risk.
A successful humorbrag comes off without the false modesty of a humblebrag. Credit: iStock/Bigmouse108
Two job seekers apply to be a sales representative. They have similar names, educations, skills, and levels of experience.
The finale of Cirque du Soleil’s Nouvelle Experience in 1994 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Credit: Stuart Seeger; Creative Commons 2.0 generic license
The Madison, a historic hotel overlooking the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee, was rebranded into a modern hotel. It was, in some ways, a sad event.
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