Engineering Innovation

Engineering Innovation

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Engineering Innovation episodes

  • Virtual Dream
    Last week we reported on a team of researchers developing software for a virtual brain. It can be used for science and medicine…but, it turns out, also for art.
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  • Virtual Brain
    An international team of scientists and engineers are developing new software aimed at mimicking an individual person’s brain.
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  • Ebola Spotter
    Quickly confirming cases of Ebola is critical to stopping outbreaks, but test equipment is bulky and expensive…and getting results takes hours at best.
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  • Ebola Spotter
    Quickly confirming cases of Ebola is critical to stopping outbreaks, but test equipment is bulky and expensive…and getting results takes hours at best.
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  • Traffic Light Hacking
    If you think traffic is bad now, consider this…in a new paper, researchers show that it’s pretty simple to hack into traffic light systems and cause major havoc.
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  • How to Grow a Kidney
    Kidney failure is on the rise in the U-S. More than a hundred-thousand people are waiting for transplants. For those who receive one, rejection is a problem. A solution might be…grow your own.
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  • Skin Cancer Wand
    If you’ve spent time outside in the Sun this summer, you might want have a doctor check your skin for abnormalities. Engineers are working on a device that could help.
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  • Litter to Lumber
    In a summer course focused on Grand Challenges for Engineering, students have created a device that turns litter into lumber.
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  • Fast Track Map
    While the Silver Line Metrorail has people re-thinking the way they get from place to place, so could a new online map of DC.
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  • Fast Track Map
    While the Silver Line Metrorail has people re-thinking the way they get from place to place, so could a new online map of DC.
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