Ruger, the electronic-detection K9, is getting his feet wet as the newest member of the Franklin County, Ohio Sheriff's Department. The eighteen-month old black Labrador Retriever is one of just two dozen dogs nationwide that can sniff out smart phones, tablets, SD cards and flash drives. In Franklin County he's on the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) where Sheriff Zach Scott says criminals are pretty good at hiding evidence. His detectives have found SD cards in cigarette

Cameras are now a necessity in buses, commuter trains, streetcars and subways as demonstrated by the New Jersey commuter train accident. Managing companies are not only recording video, but keeping it longer and installing the equivalent of an airline black box. The company that operates The Cincinnati Bell Connector, Transdev, says it has installed SmartDrive cameras. "Within a week of deployment we clearly saw the benefit of video safety for rail," said Ken Westbrook, president, Transdev Rail.

University of Cincinnati medical students and other health professionals will soon be making regular trips to Greater Cincinnati's largest certified organic farm to learn, in a new state-of-the-art kitchen, how food can be used to prevent disease. This is made possible by Indian Hill's Turner Farm which already has a partnership with UC's Center for Integrative Health and Wellness . Turner's Executive Director Robert Edmiston is a firm believer in natural food, especially after attending Healthy

MRI results show a special collar worn by Cincinnati athletes continues to protect the brain from changes that may occur after a head impact. The Q-Collar , puts pressure on the jugular vein, increasing blood volume to create a natural bubble wrap around the brain. Our collar applies gentle pressure to the muscles surrounding the jugular veins with maximum comfort. pic.twitter.com/hPFYjAbiPG — Q30 Innovations (@Q30Innovations) May 19, 2016 When designing a device to prevent concussions,

Robots are increasingly having to protect themselves from people after a rash of destructive incidents. The behavior can come in the form of a loud screech, a polite request to get out of the way, or shivers, so people will feel sorry for them. This is the robot with the loud screech, K5 , who is currently patrolling malls, parking lots and schools. After its screech, kids who were trying to block it go running away. Hitchbot , a robot trying to make it from coast to coast, didn't and was

University of Cincinnati researchers are looking deep inside the brain to figure out why some head injury patients recover and others do not.

PlaySight , a video and analytics technology, is attracting the attention of tennis players worldwide. With a smart court, five cameras and a kiosk, tennis players get line calls, dissect the game point by point, track the speed of their serve, check the distance covered and more. https://youtu.be/pvoJntlokVE

When Marilyn Cotter's doctor ordered a stress test after a bout of chest tightness the Delhi Township grandmother had a space-age option, the AlterG treadmill.

A partnership with Over the Rhine's Frameri is helping the color blind see the world in a whole new light. EnChroma lenses were originally developed to protect the eyes of surgeons from laser light. But by accident the inventor discovered they allowed people affected by red-green color blindness to see vivid color. Since then the glasses have become a hit. Frameri manager Halie Schottelkotte sees these kinds of reactions all the time. When people come in for a fitting she takes them on a tour of

DESĪN, with offices in Dayton and Michigan, is introducing Obi™ the robotic dining companion . For inventor Jon Dekar it was a very personal decade long project. While in high school volunteering, he watched the disabled struggle as well as his own grandfather who slowly lost the ability to feed himself. "You know, it's one of life's basic needs and it's also a fundamental freedom. It's a very intimate personal experience."