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Indra, a British smart energy technology business, has announced plans to conduct the world’s largest V2H trial later this year. Based in the UK, the R&D project will involve more than 500 participants and will further strengthen Indra’s position as a pioneer of domestic bi-directional electric vehicle (EV) charging. V2H technology allows energy stored in the battery of an electric vehicle to power domestic electricity supply. Credit: Indra Indra’s pilot data indicates that V2H technology can generate average savings of up to £200 per month on a household energy bill, with higher energy users able to save more, and the trial will collate real-world data for a minimum of 12 months. EV drivers can register their...

The current standard of care for heart failure (HF) is guideline-directed medical therapy combined with device-based interventions in eligible patients. However, many patients experience progressive deterioration in their HF status that warrants additional intervention. Consequently, each year, the lack of efficient treatment options for more than 75% of new heart failure patients leaves about 200,000 waiting for their disease to worsen while their health and quality of life deteriorate. While there have been many advances over the years, it is becoming increasingly clear that medical devices, including mechanical circulatory support (MCS), will enhance HF management and improve patient outcomes. The development of new device technologies associated with tailored medical management will l...

 WCU Stories      May 4, 2022 By Benny Smith The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees appointed Edward R. (Randy) Collins Jr. as dean of the College of Engineering and Technology as part of its special-called meeting May 3. Collins will start in his new position effective Aug. 1. “Dr. Collins is a distinguished engineer who has long experience combining student work in the classroom and collaboration with industry...

With ongoing innovation and technological advances, there is no shortage of new devices and resources at audiologists’ disposal. These tools have the potential to not only benefit patients, but also help the audiology community continue to grow and optimize the hearing care they provide. Below we discuss the features of just a few of the many new hearing technology innovations now available, all of which were named honorees in the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovation Awards.www.shutterstock.com. Hearing technology, hearing aids.OTICON MYMUSIC PROGRAM Typically, hearing aids have utilized the same sound processing for both speech and music. As a result, some of the nuances of music can be lost. Compared to speech, music has a larger dynamic and frequency range. There i...

New numbers from the Federal Aviation Administration show incidents of people hitting aircraft with lasers, potentially blinding pilots, are on pace for a new record.The number of reported laser strikes jumped by 41 percent last year, to more than 9,700; that's more than one an hour, with California, Texas and Florida leading the nation in incidents.The rise prompted an FAA alert, and a plea for people to stop aiming handheld laser pointers at airplanes. Pilots tell CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave it literally can be a matter of life and death. Forty-seven pilots reported injures from the strikes last year. The lasers can cause temporary blindness, and in some cases lasting eye injuries – and they often occur just as pilots are about to land.  I...

Grand Rapids, Michigan — Researchers estimate more than 200 million Americans in all 50 states could have cancer-causing carcinogens in their drinking water. The toxic chemicals per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, called PFAS, have been virtually indestructible — but new technology aims to change that. Sandy Wynn-Stelt discovered too late that her Michigan home sat across from a former waste dump. Her husband died of cancer six years ago and she has had thyroid cancer. For more than 20 years, they drank well water contaminated with PFAS."You can't see it. You can't taste it. You can't smell it. You will not know it's there unless you test for it," Wynn-Stelt told CBS News.  PFAS — man-made, practically indestructible chemicals — became widely used for...