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Skyspecs demonstrates obstacle avoidance in TedX talk

by Kimberly Johnson
Aerospace Engineering
December 17, 2014
UM alumni founded drone company, SkySpecs, was invited to demonstrate football delivery and obstacle avoidance in a short TedX talk given by Lisa Ellman, UM grad, Obama Administration veteran and drone policy advisor.| Short Read

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Europa’s ocean: New evidence from an old mission

Image from Hubbel, data from Galileo support theory moon is home to global body of water | Medium Read

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Human cells could one day show us more about why neural tube birth defects occur and how to prevent them. | Medium Read
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In a chain-reaction braking event, an automated vehicle with connected cruise control can slow down more efficiently. | Medium Read

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Research News
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Key Parker Solar Probe sensor bests sun simulator—last launch hurdle

With old IMAX projector bulbs, Michigan Engineers simulate the sun. | Medium Read

Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum | Medium Read

Recreating supernova reaction yields new insights for fusion energy | Short Read

International Antarctic glacier study focuses on sea level changes | Medium Read
Campus & Community

Benton Harbor partners with U-M researchers to bolster public transit

Surveys and electronic tracking will help boost transit efforts to connect residents with jobs. | Short Read

Volker Sick receives president’s international education award | Medium Read

Installing an alternative on spring break | Medium Read

Alumnus Garlin Gilchrist II serves as inaugural director of U-M Center for Social Media Responsibility | Medium Read
Faculty Perspectives
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Zuckerberg Capitol Hill testimony: Engineering experts offer comments

U-M profs weigh new business model, European-style regulation | Short Read

‘I hacked an election. So can the Russians.’ | Short Read

Chinese Falling Space Station | U-M Experts Weigh In | Short Read

Can sound be used as a weapon? 4 questions answered | Short Read
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Crossbar Pushes Resisted RAM into Embedded AI
Company co-founded by Wei Lu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Applied Physics Professor, hopes to move artificial intelligence systems into mobile devices.
Wired May 16, 2018
It takes a single autonomous car to prevent phantom traffic jams
Gabor Orosz, ME associate professor, led the research.
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The lab making robots walk through fire and ride segways
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, and his lab are teaching bipedal robot Cassie to navigate all kinds of environments.
Engadget April 25, 2018
Our democracy is broken. Why can’t technology fix it?
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, proved that voting software was vulnerable to security threats.
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