Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts October 11-15
Highlights include The New York Times, Popular Science and Forbes.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts October 4-8
Highlights include Bloomberg Business.
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$1.7M to build everyday exoskeletons to assist with lifting, walking and climbing stairs
The modular exoskeleton system will help workers and the elderly, boosting ankle, knee and/or hip joints by mounting new motors to off-the-shelf orthotics.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts September 27 – October 1
Highlights include Nature and Newsweek.
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$1.8M to develop room temperature, controllable quantum nanomaterials
The project could pave the way for compact quantum computing and communications as well as efficient UV lamps for sterilization and air purification.
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Wireless electricity and safety: A Q&A with Alanson Sample
How the safety of a wireless charging room stacks up to that of a cell phone.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts September 13-17
Highlights include Gizmodo and The Washington Post.
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Solar cells with 30-year lifetimes for power-generating windows
High-efficiency but fragile molecules for converting light to electricity thrive with a little protection.
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$1M for open-source first-responder robots
An open-source perception and movement system, to be developed with NSF funding, could enable robots that partner with humans in fires and disaster areas.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts September 6-10
Highlights include Wired and the Los Angeles Times.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts August 30 – September 3
Highlights include Nature and the New York Times.
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Will power cords go the way of land lines?
Room-size charging system powers lights, phones, laptops without wires