Issue #121 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #121

The surgical room in Israel where one of the kidney transplants took place. | Image courtesy of Itai Ashlagi

Aug 12, 2021

Engineers develop a new algorithm to aid kidney transplant exchanges

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society

Lo is helping San Francisco create an algorithm to assign kids more fairly to public schools across economic and other boundaries. | Unsplash/Alex

Jul 16, 2021

Irene Lo: How math makes markets fairer

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Automated speech police can score highly on technical tests but miss the mark with people, new research shows.

Jul 15, 2021

AI struggles to recognize toxic speech on social media. Here’s why.

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

A team demonstrates the flexibility and stretchability of their artificial skin. | Photo by Yuqing Zheng

Jul 6, 2021

Engineers develop a practical way to make artificial skin

Health, Materials, Technology & Society