Professor Deming Chen and his team of researchers are developing technology which allows security cameras to detect sounds of distress (such as gun shots, screaming, cry for help)and immediately notify law enforcement.

If you are all familiar with the Egyptian Pyramids, then you are no doubt aware of what an engineering marvel they are. Consider that they were built around 2500 BC, the largest stands 449 feet tall, weighs 6.5 million tons and covers 13 acres. But exactly how were they built? University of Illinois alumnus Stephen Blakely has studied its construction extensively and has formed a theory, the use of an Egyptian pulley

If you are all familiar with the Egyptian Pyramids, then you are no doubt aware of what an engineering marvel they are. Consider that they were built around 2500 BC, the largest stands 449 feet tall, weighs 6.5 million tons and covers 13 acres. But exactly how were they built? University of Illinois alumnus Stephen Blakely has studied its construction extensively and has formed a theory, the use of an Egyptian pulley

David Forsyth couldn’t image 30 years ago that his career in academia would involve standing in front of a moving driverless vehicle with a traffic cone on his head. However, this spring that’s what the South African born professor of computer science did as part his University of Illinois class on artificial intelligence. He talks about how the future of programming autonomous vehicles.

David Forsyth couldn’t image 30 years ago that his career in academia would involve standing in front of a moving driverless vehicle with a traffic cone on his head. However, this spring that’s what the South African born professor of computer science did as part his University of Illinois class on artificial intelligence. He talks about how the future of programming autonomous vehicles.

Cast 21 is revolutionizing the future of bone mobilizations. Instead of a traditional cast of cloth and plaster for a fracture in an arm or leg, the company has introduced a brace with a netted structure. It is breathable and washable and allows for easy access to the area for cleaning. Ashley Moy, Cast 21 CEO and recent Illinois graduate in bioengineering, joins the program to discuss the progress of the start-up.

Cast 21 is revolutionizing the future of bone mobilizations. Instead of a traditional cast of cloth and plaster for a fracture in an arm or leg, the company has introduced a brace with a netted structure. It is breathable and washable and allows for easy access to the area for cleaning. Ashley Moy, Cast 21 CEO and recent Illinois graduate in bioengineering, joins the program to discuss the progress of the start-up.

It has been predicted that all the world's data, if stored on DNA, could fit into a trunk of a car. Olgica Milenkovic, and her team received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate how to encode data in a manner suitable for portable and robust DNA-based data storage systems. Joining Olgica on the podcast are Ryan Gabrys and Houssein Yazdi.

It has been predicted that all the world's data, if stored on DNA, could fit into a trunk of a car. Olgica Milenkovic, and her team received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate how to encode data in a manner suitable for portable and robust DNA-based data storage systems. Joining Olgica on the podcast are Ryan Gabrys and Houssein Yazdi.

Fullstack is an immersive software engineering school or "coding bootcamp" in lower Manhattan and Chicago. Seeing that coding is a skill with increasing career applications, David Yang and Nimit Maru founded Fullstack in 2012 through a collaboration at Y Combinator.

David and Nimit met on the first day of freshman orientation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduating in 2004 with degrees in computer science and electrical engineering, they have joined forces on at least five startups and worked together at Yahoo.