Why the Next Big Thing Won't Be Big
Someday, nanorobots may perform delicate surgeries a thousand times more precisely than scalpels, or be ingested to attack viruses. They may also alter appearance and slow or reverse the aging process. Tiny machines building food atom by atom might even wipe out world famine, scientists predict.
The Pittsburgh Voyager Project
Standing with his back against the rail of the boat, and squinting into the setting sun to survey the bustle of activity aboard the 80-foot-long craft, Buhl University Professor of ECE and CS Dan Siewiorek explained that his course in Rapid Prototyping of Computer Systems is not confined to building mock-ups of devices: "We build prototypes of experiences."
Hearing Voices
For a preview of what tomorrow's products may be, visit the Rapid Prototyping of Computer Systems course at Carnegie Mellon.
Carnegie Mellon Engineering Researchers To Create Speech Recognition in Silicon
Carnegie Mellon University's Jatras Professor of ECE and Professor of CS, Rob A. Rutenbar, is leading a national research team to move automatic speech recognition from software into hardware.
Carnegie Mellon Seals Context-Aware Mobile Phone Research Deal With French Telecom
"SenSay" is a state-of-the-art, context-aware mobile phone that can track a multitude of everyday details in a person's life - the email sent, the phone calls made and a user's location. The phone also adapts to dynamically changing environmental and psychological conditions, including monitoring heart rates and helping to determine a user's state.
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| 03/01 | ECE Seminar: Puneet Gupta, UCLA |
| 03/05 | ECE Seminar: Marilyn Wolf, Georgia Tech |
| 03/08 | ECE Seminar: Vincent Poor, Princeton |
| 03/22 | ECE Seminar: Subramanian Iyer, IBM |
| 03/29 | ECE Seminar: Jim Thorp, Virginia Tech |
| 04/05 | ECE Seminar: TBD |
| 04/12 | ECE Seminar: John Lygeros, ETH, Zurich |
| 04/26 | ECE Seminar: Anirudh Devgan, Magma Design Automation |
| 05/03 | ECE Seminar: Ali Sayed, UCLA |
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