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Category Archives: Applied Sciences

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The Role of Computational Thinking Across Multiple Disciplines

  October 23, 2016 Applied Sciences, Fall 2016

Dr. Jeannette Wing, Corporate VP of Microsoft Research, gave a “Visionaries in Technology” Seminar at the Thayer School of Engineering on October 21. Her talk discussed the development of computational thinking in the 21st century and its role across multiple disciplines, as well as the future of computer science as … Continue reading

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The Moral Dilemmas of Autonomous Vehicles

  July 16, 2016 Applied Sciences
Autonomous Vehicles in Action. (Source: csctbsc http://csctbsc.com/automated-cars/).

By Chiemeka Njoku There are certain situations for which automated vehicles (AVs) must be programmed to either preserve the life of the passenger or to sacrifice the passenger for the life of a passerby. Experimenters conducted a survey to determine what the average driver thinks of these moral dilemmas (1). … Continue reading

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The BioPen and the Scientific Community

  May 16, 2016 Applied Sciences, Spring 2016

The advent of BioPens, “handheld surgical pens” that can bioprint artificial tissues for implantation, now provides surgeons with unprecedented control in correcting structural defects (1).  Rather than printing entire tissues and surgically implanting them into the recipient, these pens enable surgeons to add layers upon layers of tissue, each of … Continue reading

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Storing digital data in DNA

  April 21, 2016 Applied Sciences, Computer Science, News, Spring 2016

From 80 kilobyte floppy disks, developed in 1971, to 1 terabyte portable hard drives, introduced in 2007, data storage has increased exponentially over the past decades. Now, researchers at the University of Washington, in collaboration with Microsoft, have come up with a new technique for storing data that could further … Continue reading

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Implementing Gestures in Robots Assists with Communication

  April 19, 2016 Applied Sciences, News, Spring 2016

Researchers in London have discovered that they can improve humans’ communication with robots by including hand gestures in their programming. Paul Bremner and Ute Leonards, research associates who work at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of The West of England, published a study examining the humanization of the … Continue reading

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