Warning over inaccurate scales

www.channel4.com | May 2, 2008

In February, it emerged NHS staff had used defective bathroom scales to weigh a four-year-old cancer patient in order to calculate her radiation dosage. It was reported at the time that the error was spotted before any damage was done.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/warning+over+inaccurate+scales/2124847?intcmp=rss_news_itnnews

MCUs (16-Bit) have integrated capacitive touch peripheral.

news.thomasnet.com | Apr 17, 2008

Microchip Announces Worlds Lowest Power Large-Memory 16-bit MCUs, Microchip Technology, Inc.

http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/543173

Microchip Technology Expands Cost-Effective PIC24F Microcontroller Family With World's Lowest Power Large-Memory 16-bit MCUs

www.Industrial-Embedded.com | Apr 1, 2008

PIC24FJ256GA1 is Only 16-bit MCU Family With Integrated Capacitive-Touch Peripheral; Eliminates Need for External Cap-Touch Components

http://www.Industrial-Embedded.com/news/db/?11035

Microchip Introduces PIC24FJ256GA1 16-bit Microcontroller Family

edageek.com | Mar 31, 2008

Microchip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP], a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced nine new members of the cost-effective ...

http://edageek.com/2008/03/31/microchip-pic24f-mcu/

Rice Lake Weighing Systems, an ISO 9001-registered company, has been the leader in the industrial...

www.ricelake.com

Rice Lake Weighing Systems, an ISO 9001-registered company, has been the leader in the industrial scale and process-control weighing industry for 60 years.

http://www.ricelake.com/

ScaleTech Commercial, Industrial and Medical Scales

Prompt service and quality customer care are the reasons for our growing success. Our sales transactions are conducted in a courteous and professional manner at your place of business. Our mission is to provide the best possible scales at the best price.

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Scales: Digital scales & electronic scales sold online by Citizen Scales Inc.

www.citizeninc.com

Citizen Scales INC is the only company in the world to offer weighing scales ranging from 0.001mg to 100 tonnes. Citizen scales has five SBU's (Strategic Business Units). They are stated as below

http://www.citizeninc.com/

Medscope Ltd supplier of stethoscopes, otoscopes, opthalmoscopes and more

The Sensitivity IV stethoscope is a stainless steel, dual-headed stethoscope with a pressure sensitive diaphragm and auscultation bell. At the top of its class, we highly recommend this stethoscope for doctors and medical students.

http://www.medscope.co.uk/