When Sand-Slithering Snakes Behave Like Light Waves

A Western Shovel-nosed snake moves through a force-sensitive set of rubber pegs. The pegs altered the direction of the snakes’ travel, but didn’t vary the waveform they used to move. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
Feb 25, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A new study by SMI Professors Dan Goldman and Zeb Rocklin shows how the motion of snakes moving across a sandy surface can be affected by obstacles.

Signals from Distant Lightning Could Help Secure Electric Substations

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)
Feb 26, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A new technique could one day help prevent hackers from sabotaging electric power substations and other critical infrastructure.

Researchers Use Machine Learning To More Quickly Analyze Key Capacitor Materials

Rampi Ramprasad, a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, holds an aluminum-based capacitor. (Credit: Allison Carter)
Mar 04, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are using machine learning to ultimately find ways to build more capable capacitors.

Ultra-Low Power Chips Help Make Small Robots More Capable

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)
Mar 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.

2019 InVenture Finalist: Unfoldit

Mar 12, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
The idea for a gaming app came from an unlikely place – the American Dental Association’s national admissions test.

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

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)
Mar 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.

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

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
Apr 02, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Immunotherapy can eradicate cancer or fall down trying, and this sensor monitors that success or failure.

Isolation to Integration

Apr 17, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Finding multidisciplinary collaboration for humanities in an increasingly technology-driven world

Isolation to Integration

Apr 17, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Finding multidisciplinary collaboration for humanities in an increasingly technology-driven world

Reinvented Toilets Could Provide Safe Sanitation for 2.5 Billion People

A $13.5 million award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will improve sanitation to 2.5 billion people worldwide by reinventing the toilet, technology that hasn’t changed much in more than a century. (Photo: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Jul 29, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech researchers are leading a $13.5 million effort, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to reinvent the toilet.
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