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Deep in transportation

Past Visions of Transportation and Communication In this day and age, instant messaging really is instantaneous; it only takes minutes to send data from Mars to Earth (1)….

Trusting statistics in medicine

On Friday, January 15, Dr. Jessica Lasky-Su explained the mystery of medical statistics to a full auditorium for this week’s Charles C. Jones Seminar. Lasky-Su is currently serving…

New algorithms for recognizing and categorizing data

Humans have the incredible capacity to learn how to recognize and categorize stimuli, even if only given a small portion of the object or rotating it to a…

Remote-controlled sensor system inspects suitcase bombs

It is easy to abandon one’s baggage when one is caught in the chaos that is characteristic of airports and train stations. However, the consequence of such a…

Dextrous robotic hands: new fiber optic sensors and stretchable optical sensors

While a patch of skin on a human’s finger can contain thousands of sensory nerves, the most advanced robots today may only have 42 sensors in their entire…