Rachel Matthew, Applied Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure: A home security system which scans the homeowner’s fingerprint to verify their identity Source: Flickr In the modern day, fingerprint and facial recognition softwares have become relatively mundane, accessible from the mobile phones people carry everywhere they go. However, other security mechanisms, such … Continue reading
Dev Kapadia, Applied Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure: The image depicts a Hill-Rom hospital bed patient control panel. Using this panel, patients can alarm nurses for any needs or concerns. Nurses can respond to hundreds of these alarms each day with almost none of them relating to urgent medical concerns. Using … Continue reading
Bitopan Das, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Assam, India Applied Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure: Workers working on cars lined up in an assembly line in a vehicle manufacturing plant. Source: Wikimedia Commons Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the automotive world received a series of blows … Continue reading
Manya Kodali, Applied Sciences, Fall 2020 Image Description: The transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 has necessitated increased testing and innovative methods to keep workers safe. Above, a scientist is seen analyzing COVID-19 samples. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons The COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions as to how schooling will be conducted; the … Continue reading
Michael Del Sesto, Computer Science / Art Sciences / Mathematics, August 29, 2020 “Tekening”, Sketch by M.C. Escher Image retrieved from Nationaal Archief Mauritius Cornelis Escher, a Dutch optical illusionist known for his symmetrical tile-like images, rose to fame in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s after Martin … Continue reading