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Issue #69

A drain pipe leading our to the ocean
Feb 26 2019
Can we recover valuable chemicals from sewage?
Environment
A hospital room for administering chemotherapy medication
Mar 5 2019
Billy Loo: “FLASH” radiation therapy brings hope to cancer patients
Health, Technology & Society
sess
Mar 14 2019
How could we use space’s challenging environment to our advantage?
If we are going to be a space-faring species, we need to understand what’s out there.
Energy, Environment, Technology & Society
Illustration of three signal waves in blue, pink, and yellow
Feb 28 2019
Can AI prevent mobile devices from dropping calls?
Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data
corpus
Mar 14 2019
Concussion is a big, vague term and we need to start breaking it down
Computation & Data, Health

Issue #68

Allison Okamura
Mar 4 2019
​Allison Okamura: I wasn’t one of those kids that always loved robots
Artificial Intelligence, Health, Transportation & Robotics
lentink
Mar 4 2019
​David Lentink: We want to fly anywhere, regardless of turbulence
Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics
khatib
Mar 5 2019
Oussama Khatib: My group has always been inspired by the human example
​From cooperative robots like Romeo and Juliet to the diving robot OceanOne, Khatib’s lab has brought human-centered artificial intelligence to the fore.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics
stickybot
Mar 4 2019
Mark Cutkosky: The work in my lab centers around bio-inspired robots
Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics
andrew ng
Mar 5 2019
Andrew Ng: Deep learning has created a sea change in robotics
Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Issue #67

Picture of the FlyCroTug drone
Oct 25 2018
Heavy objects and closed doors are no match for these flying robots
Transportation & Robotics
A multicolored squid in deep water
Jul 5 2016
Squid camouflage themselves through natural processes that manipulate light
Electronics & Networking, Materials
A starling roost in the United Kingdom
Jun 11 2018
Could studying how animals move cohesively in a group teach us how to help drones fly safely?
​Civil engineers observe how flocks of animals avoid collisions to help devise safe, self-regulated systems for drones and driverless cars.
Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics
Scuba diver underwater in Sipadan island in Borneo
Jun 1 2016
The movements of fish and birds inspire wind power generation improvement
Transportation & Robotics
A hummingbird getting nectar from a flower
Oct 1 2018
What can hovering animals teach us about flying robots?
Transportation & Robotics