Category: Data & Computing
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Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum
Electron states in a semiconductor, set and changed with pulses of light, could be the 0 and 1 of future “lightwave” electronics or room-temperature quantum computers.
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Preventing deadly hospital infections with machine learning
Model successfully applied to data from medical centers with different patient populations, electronic health record systems
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New $32M center reimagines how computers are designed
‘You shouldn’t need a Ph.D. to design new computing systems.’
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Engineering students, teen create tech for the blind
A 17-year-old Ypsilanti high school student who is visually impaired worked with a software engineering class to develop technology that could make life easier for the blind.
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New quick-learning neural network powered by memristors
U-M researchers created a reservoir computing system that reduces training time and improves capacity of similar neural networks.
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3D-printing gets a turbo boost from U-M technology
Algorithm allows 3-D printers to “read ahead” of their programming to boost speeds.
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Next-gen computing inspired by biology
New memristor chips can see patterns over pixels
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How precision medicine is improving prostate cancer treatment
New, statistically-derived guidelines could potentially save millions of prostate patients from painful and invasive follow-up treatments.
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Open-source software unlocks 3-D view of nanomaterials
A new open-source software platform enables researchers to easily create 3-D images from electron tomography data, then share and manipulate those images in a single platform.
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Bringing Braille back with better display technology
It’s slow to read computer screens with today’s Braille displays, and the 200-year-old code is declining in use. New technology from Michigan Engineering aims to help bring Braille back.