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The activity sensor illustrated in reddish-pink with small, green attachments is shown here in its application to detect organ transplant rejection. T cells secrete the enzyme granzyme, here in gray, which kills cells but also severs the fluorescent green signal molecules from the activity sensing nanoparticle. The green signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Credit: Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studios work for hire / press handout

Urine Test to Evaluate Immunotherapy Success Gets $1.8 Million NIH Research Grant

April 02, 2019 Atlanta, GA

Immunotherapy can eradicate cancer or fall down trying, and this sensor monitors that success or failure.

Engineering Georgia named four Tech faculty to Top 100 Influential Women: (L-R) Ellen Dunham-Jones, Lauren Stewart, Christine Valle, and Kari Edison Watkins.

Engineering Georgia Names Four Tech Women Most Influential

March 21, 2019 Atlanta, GA

Tech faculty claimed four spots in Engineering Georgia’s second annual listing of Top 100 Influential Women in Georgia.

Image shows the view through the PR2’s cameras showing the environment around the robot. Clicking the yellow disc allows users the control the arm. (Credit: Phillip Grice, Georgia Tech)

Seeing through a Robot’s Eyes Helps Those with Profound Motor Impairments

March 15, 2019 Atlanta, GA

An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks.

Team Nix developed an e-cigarette device that automatically tapers nicotine.

2019 InVenture Finalist: Nix

March 12, 2019 Atlanta, GA

Smoking cigarettes can be one of the most difficult habits to break. According to the CDC, nearly 70% of smokers wished they could quit. The Georgia Tech students behind Nix hope their invention can help increase the number of successful quitters.

While riding in a car one day, his hand outside the window, waving in the breeze, second-year mechanical engineering student Jacob Parker had a moment of inspiration. And, together with computer science major Austin Condict, he created a new way to fly quadcopter drones.

2019 InVenture Finalist: Finger Flyer

March 12, 2019 Atlanta, GA

The custom-fitted drones created by Finger Flyer can be controlled simply by using your fingers or hands.

HANDLD is a disruptive, first of its kind device that gives cyclists the power to identify, record and report violations of safe passing laws across the nation.

2019 InVenture Finalist: HANDLD

March 12, 2019 Atlanta, GA

HANDLD is a disruptive, first of its kind device that gives cyclists the power to identify, record and report violations of safe passing laws across the nation.

2019 InVenture Finalist: Unfoldit

March 12, 2019 Atlanta, GA

The idea for a gaming app came from an unlikely place – the American Dental Association’s national admissions test.

A robotic car controlled by an ultra-low power hybrid chip is shown in an arena to demonstrate its ability to learn and collaborate with another robot. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)

Ultra-Low Power Chips Help Make Small Robots More Capable

March 05, 2019 Atlanta, GA

An ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences.

Rampi Ramprasad, a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, holds an aluminum-based capacitor. (Credit: Allison Carter)

Researchers Use Machine Learning To More Quickly Analyze Key Capacitor Materials

March 04, 2019 Atlanta, GA

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are using machine learning to ultimately find ways to build more capable capacitors.

Georgia Tech researchers Tohid Shekari, Raheem Beyah, Morris Cohen, and Lukas Graber are shown with a substation that is part of the electric grid. The researchers have developed a new technique to secure the substations. (Image: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

Signals from Distant Lightning Could Help Secure Electric Substations

February 26, 2019 Atlanta, GA

A new technique could one day help prevent hackers from sabotaging electric power substations and other critical infrastructure.

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Urine Test to Evaluate Immunotherapy Success Gets $1.8 Million NIH Research Grant

Engineering Georgia Names Four Tech Women Most Influential

Seeing through a Robot’s Eyes Helps Those with Profound Motor Impairments

2019 InVenture Finalist: Nix

2019 InVenture Finalist: Finger Flyer

2019 InVenture Finalist: HANDLD

2019 InVenture Finalist: Unfoldit

Ultra-Low Power Chips Help Make Small Robots More Capable

Researchers Use Machine Learning To More Quickly Analyze Key Capacitor Materials

Signals from Distant Lightning Could Help Secure Electric Substations

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