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Detroit News
January 26, 2017
Johnson: Michigan may boost post-election audits
Alex Halderman, EECS professor, said routine audits of the state’s paper ballots would help ensure the results are accurate and safe from hackers.
New Scientist
January 25, 2017
Stretchy robotic suit reduces energy used to walk by 23 percent
Jeff Koller, ME graduate student, says the soft structure makes the most of someone’s existing musculoskeletal structure.
Bloomberg
January 25, 2017
Toyota’s “Made in America” strategy isn’t enough to shield it from Trump
Jeff Liker, IOE professor, weighs in on the pressures Toyota faces to bring more production jobs back to the US.
Detroit News
January 24, 2017
Customers can flag $10 ride to Meijer
Cart, a U-M startup that connects people to healthy, fresh groceries, in partnership with Lyft, is offering low-cost rides to Meijer for families in need.
In the News
January 18, 2017
‘5D protein fingerprinting’ may help treat Alzheimer’s
David Sept, BME professor, and colleagues have developed a new technique called "5D fingerprinting" which makes it much easier to identify specific proteins in patients with neurodegenerative diseases, Business Standard reports.
Los Angeles Times
January 18, 2017
Earth sets heat record in 2016 – for the third year in a row
Richard Rood, CLaSP professor, spoke to the LA Times about global warming and the negative effects of climate change.
Engadget
January 18, 2017
Protein fingerprinting could shed light on alzheimer’s
David Sept, BME professor, and colleagues at the University of Fribourg have developed a technique to measure individual protein molecules' properties. This could be the key to preventing or developing treatments for conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Tech Times
January 15, 2017
iPad for the blind: $500 Blitab translates digital text into Braille
Brent Gillespie, ME associate professor, and Alexander Russomanno, ME PhD student, worked with Professor Sile O’Modhrain of the School of Music, Theater and Dance to develop a Braille readers using microfluidic bubbles. A similar device is being produced by Blitab of Austria.
Nature World News
January 11, 2017
Researchers use smart discs to combat cancer tumors
James Moon, BME assistant professor, and other members of the Biointerfaces Institute are using artificial intelligence to develop a new method that can potentially eliminate cancerous tumors.
CBS
January 10, 2017
Michigan charter school backed by DeVos growing
Alec Gallimore, dean of engineering at U-M, was impressed with the innovations at West Michigan Aviation, a charter school.
In the News
January 6, 2017
20 free courses from the world’s best architecture universities
U-M class "Principles of Designing for Humans at University of Michigan," aims to give us a better understanding of human interaction in design and give us more efficient solutions on user experience based on emotional and social factors. Story from Arch20.
The Guardian
January 5, 2017
Five things that got broken at the oddest hacking event in the world
J Alex Halderman, EECS professor, and Matt Bernhard, EECS graduate student, discuss attempts to prove that the U.S. election wasn’t hacked.