Music impairs older adults' ability to remember names and faces, according to Georgia Tech study.

Bad Memory? Blame it on the music, not the memory

Atlanta, GA

Study shows older adults struggle to recall names when music is playing

Georgia Tech researchers Eric Shen and Anna Osterholm demonstrate how films of electrochromic polymers can be applied to large surfaces. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Electrochromic polymers create broad color palette for sunglasses, windows

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Researchers have created a broad color palette of electrochromic polymers, materials that can be used for sunglasses, window tinting and other applications that rely on electrical current to produce color changes.

Keeping our health data safe

Atlanta, GA

Experts will discuss the future of health privacy and pioneering technologies.

Georgia Tech Professor Zhong Lin Wang (left) and graduate research assistant Jun Chen display their new self-powered keyboard. The device could provide a stronger layer of security for computer users. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Self-powered intelligent keyboard could provide a new layer of security

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A new self-powered non-mechanical intelligent keyboard could provide a stronger layer of security for computer users.

Stuart Graham, assistant professor in the Scheller College of Business.

Inventors choose to reveal their secret sauce before patent approval

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Researchers found that since 2000, most inventors when given the choice opted to disclose information about their patents before patent approval – even small inventors – and this disclosure correlates with more valuable patents.

The shovel-nosed snake, which is found in the Mojave Desert of the southeast United States, has an elongated body and low-friction skin, which allow it to swim through sand rapidly and efficiently. It is shown here in a bed of sand in a Georgia Tech laboratory. (Credit: Jason Maderer)

Slick and slender snake beats short and stubby lizard in sand swimming

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For swimming through sand, a slick and slender snake can perform better than a short and stubby lizard.

Georgia Tech researcher Alenka Zajic measures electromagnetic emissions from various components of a desktop computer. The researchers have studied emissions from desktop and laptop computers, as well as cellphones. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Researchers work to counter a new class of coffee shop hackers

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Researchers are investigating the sources of information “leaks” that could provide information to hackers about what computers and cellphones are doing.

Top row, left to right: Melissa Kemp, Krish Roy, Susan Thomas. Bottom row, left to right: Manu Platt, M.G. Finn, Ravi Bellamkonda.

The Buzz on Bioscience

Atlanta, GA

The biosciences are big at Georgia Tech. Researchers discuss what’s happening and how they see the future.

Magnus Egerstedt, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is conducting research on controlling swarms of robots that coordinate their own activities to accomplish tasks. (Photo: Rob Felt)

Co-robots Team Up with Humans

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Robots are teaming up with humans to perform tasks in manufacturing, health care, national defense and other areas.

Magnus Egerstedt, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is conducting research on controlling swarms of robots that coordinate their own activities to accomplish tasks. (Photo: Rob Felt)

Co-robots Team Up with Humans

Atlanta, GA

Robots are teaming up with humans to perform tasks in manufacturing, health care, national defense and other areas.