The SpaceX CRS-16 launched its resupply mission to the International Space Station on Dec. 4 and carried four Polars and the Rapid Freezer developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s engineers. This flight, combined with additional assets currently on-orbit, provided a record for UAB developed payloads on-orbit. “Our employees at EITD always surpass our expectations,”…
Rapid-Freezers for Space Research Launching via Spacex on December 5
When SpaceX launches its resupply mission to the International Space Station in early December, it will include a unique device created by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s engineers. With the development of the new device, scientific experiments conducted in space may never be the same. Over the past two years, researchers from the Engineering and Innovative…
Researchers Propose Novel Solution To Better Secure Voice Over Internet Communication
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have developed a novel method to better protect Crypto Phones from eavesdropping and other forms of man-in-the-middle attacks. Crypto Phones consist of smartphone apps, mobile devices, personal computer or web-based Voice over Internet Protocol applications that use end-to-end encryption to ensure that only the user and the person they…
Hackers Could Use Brainwaves To Steal Passwords, Study Finds
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing headsets, also known as EEG or electroencephalograph headsets, need better security after a study reveals hackers could guess a user’s passwords by monitoring their brainwaves. EEG headsets are advertised as allowing users to use only their brains to control robotic toys and video games…
A U.S. First, Physician Uses Telehealth to Replace Visit for Home Dialysis Patient
Ellen McGowen, 63, settles into her chair at the Colbert County Health Department in Sheffield, Alabama, looks at the TV on the telehealth cart in front of her, and speaks “face to face” with Eric Wallace, M.D., her nephrologist and University of Alabama at Birmingham assistant professor of medicine. Wallace is able to give a…