A team of Japanese researchers has developed a briefcase-sized portable dialysis system for use by renal disease sufferers, hoping it may prove a life-saver during disasters when medical care is difficult to access. Measuring 30 centimeters tall, 18 cm wide and 12 cm deep, the apparatus weighs 3 to 4 kilograms, including batteries, making it far smaller than conventional portable dialysis machines that are about the size of a mini fridge, according to the team. The instrument is equipped with a hemofilter that is one-eighth the size of its standard equivalent, and a blood-drawing pump about the size of an American $1 coin. Both of the downsized elements helped the team reduce the machine's overall size, it said. The researchers from the University of Yamanashi, Kobe University, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare and Kitasato University aim to start sales of the new device to medical institutions by 2023, after clinical tests are completed. People who have problems with their … [Read more...] about Japan team develops briefcase-sized dialysis machine
Single item dynamic lot sizing problems an updated survey
Marvel is heavily involved with Crystal Dynamics’ Avengers game
Developer Crystal Dynamics has revealed that Marvel has a big role to play when it comes to work on the upcoming title, and there are daily discussions between both sides. Studio boss Scott Amos told GamesIndustry.biz that Marvel's Bill Rosemann — vice president of creative development — has been a guiding influence to make sure the game is an authentic experience. "They're not just collaborators, they're partners. They're embedded with us as a team. We talk to them daily,” he mentioned. "We send them everything we're working on, we have builds they play and get feedback. We bring them to the studio and go through it together." He added that Rosemann's experience and connections at Marvel are both vital when it comes to balancing fan service with an original take. "[Bill] is 25 years at Marvel. He knows everybody," Amos explained. "We're like, 'So we have a character, and this storyline we saw in issue x,' and he's like, 'I can get you the writer, let's … [Read more...] about Marvel is heavily involved with Crystal Dynamics’ Avengers game
Amazon’s Size Is Becoming a Problem
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By Christopher Mims WSJ Sat., May 11, 2019 Amazon.com Inc. has a Facebook Inc.-size problem: It’s become such a gigantic, sprawling, powerful business that its inevitable missteps are beginning to erode trust in its products and services, good will in Washington, and its ability to achieve globe-spanning dominance. Let’s pause to reflect that the company that has made one-day shipping of tens of millions of items the industry standard is also the global leader in cloud computing services, owns the Whole Foods grocery stores (and is building a second chain), helps police departments identify criminals, is building its own air cargo fleet, has an $11 billion-a-year advertising business, is working on a plan to give everyone on Earth internet from space, has put always-on microphones in at least 1 in 10 U.S. homes, built an Oscar-winning film and TV studio from scratch, and is competing directly with UPS, FedEx, Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, the … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Size Is Becoming a Problem
Raptors think bigger after sizing up Game 3 damage
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By Doug Smith Sports Reporter Fri., May 3, 2019 PHILADELPHIA—The danger is to write it off as an aberration, to think that a horrible Game 3 of the Raptors-Sixers series — coming on the heels of six good Toronto outings as it did — was just one of those things and that if the Raptors give their collective heads a shake and come to their senses, the world may once again feel right. It would be easy to think that, and in some ways understandable. This is a veteran Toronto team that has shown an impressive level of consistency all season, never too high and never too low. But it would also be oh so ridiculous to think this is just more of the same, and not dealing with it could very well cost them their season. “We’ve got to change it, man,” coach Nick Nurse said here Friday. “You can sit around and say ‘It’ll be OK,’ but I tend to take the version of ‘We’ve got to make it OK.’” But … [Read more...] about Raptors think bigger after sizing up Game 3 damage
Lot severance requests divide neighbours in Long Branch
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By Tess Kalinowski Real Estate Reporter Thu., May 2, 2019 Rob Thompson’s 1939 bungalow has a sweet, cottagey facade befitting its position across the street from Lake Ontario. You can’t see the water from his west-end window but the houses across the road — mostly newer and bigger with a few veering to mansion-like proportions — have the lake in their backyards and are fronted by large, leafy trees. The 1,000-square-foot interior of his house is just the right size for its single occupant, Thompson says. But the home’s comfort is fading. The front steps need replacing, cold air seeps through the windows and there are boards tacked to the dining room ceiling to prevent its collapse under a roof that has been leaking since 2016 after a windstorm blew away the shingles. The fix doesn’t entirely mask the spreading damp. It was designed to be temporary, to keep the place habitable while Thompson rebuilds — something many of … [Read more...] about Lot severance requests divide neighbours in Long Branch