Week of Events
Reality Virtually Hackathon
The hackathon is called Reality, Virtually because it will promote new applications built for vertical market segments. The competition will stretch the amazing advancements in technology and expertise in VR and AR since last year's hackathon into new or yet to be cultivated fields. Participants will compete for cash prizes, gifts, bragging rights and the opportunity to showcase their work at the inspiring MIT Media Lab’s sixth floor, located in the heart of Cambridge’s tech scene in Kendall Square. Who: We welcome developers, graphics artists, designers, video/sound engineers, business strategists, and anyone else excited about building AR/VR applications! Where: MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA What: Workshops will be held on October 6th to bring participants up to speed with development platforms, specifics about headset platforms, software tools, and design principles. The hackathon will be kicked off the evening of October 6th and continue through October 8th, with a public expo and final judging sessions on the afternoon of October 9th. For additional information or to register please go to http://www.realityvirtuallyhack.com/
Monday, October 2, 2017
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October 2, 2017 -Reducing the Pain of Cardiac Electrical Therapies
Reducing the Pain of Cardiac Electrical Therapies
Co-sponsored by: IEEE Maine Section Since the discovery that electrical currents were important for cardiac function there has been intense interest in the development of cardiac electrical therapies. The most common cardiac electrical therapies today are pacing and defibrillation, which act to restore mechanical function and blood flow by correcting pathological electrical dysrhythmias. Each year over 100,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted in the US alone, and despite significant research, both ICDs and noninvasive pacing therapies are limited by the common issue of pain. The pain of electrical therapies is a well-studied yet poorly-understood limitation that has created underserved clinical populations. My work to reduce pain uses biophysically detailed computational models, isolated muscle and heart preparations, and large animal in vivo experiments. A novel method to quantify pain in animals was developed based on extensive evidence suggesting that aberrant skeletal muscle contraction underlies shock-induced pain. This measurement, the rate of force development (RoFD), was then used to develop a novel waveform to reduce pain caused by defibrillation. I will discuss this prior work, other studies to reduce the pain of external cardiac pacing, and ongoing work to translate our findings to human clinical application. Speaker(s): Dr. David Hunter, Location: Bldg: ESRB/Barrows Hall Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017
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Thursday, October 5, 2017
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October 5, 2017 -Internet of Things (IoT) biosensors + Big Data.
Internet of Things (IoT) biosensors + Big Data.
Co-sponsored by: IEEE NH EMBS Internet of Things (IoT) biosensors + Big Data. The talk outline follows. Review IoT & bio sensors Review of Big Data Define Big Data Why do we care about it? Review technology domains such as NoSQL and NewSQL Discuss Fast Data as a subset of Big Data Fog Computing Azure Speaker(s): Stephen Dillion, Location: Room: 333 Bldg: Robert Frost Hall SNHU Campus Manchester , New Hampshire 03106
Friday, October 6, 2017
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October 5, 2017 -Internet of Things (IoT) biosensors + Big Data.
Internet of Things (IoT) biosensors + Big Data.
Co-sponsored by: IEEE NH EMBS Internet of Things (IoT) biosensors + Big Data. The talk outline follows. Review IoT & bio sensors Review of Big Data Define Big Data Why do we care about it? Review technology domains such as NoSQL and NewSQL Discuss Fast Data as a subset of Big Data Fog Computing Azure Speaker(s): Stephen Dillion, Location: Room: 333 Bldg: Robert Frost Hall SNHU Campus Manchester , New Hampshire 03106
Saturday, October 7, 2017
No events on this day.
Sunday, October 8, 2017
No events on this day.