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Tapping Untapped Talent

Oct 13, 2018

Tapping Untapped Talent. Internship program taps into the talents of autistic youth
Internship program taps into the talents of autistic youth


Professor Harry Wieder

Jun 18, 2018

Passing of Professor Emeritus in Applied Physics, Herman "Harry" Wieder
Herman "Harry" Wieder, professor emeritus of Applied Physics at UC- San Diego, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2018 at his residence in La Jolla. A condensed-matter physicist, his interests…


thin

Feb 3, 2017

Thin, flexible, light-absorbent material for energy and stealth applications
Transparent window coatings that keep buildings and cars cool on sunny days. Devices that could more than triple solar cell efficiencies. Thin, lightweight shields that block thermal detection. These…


bicycle

Jan 31, 2017

The Self-Driving Car's Bicycle Problem
Nuno Vasconcelos, a visual computing expert at the University of California, San Diego, says bikes pose a complex detection problem because they are relatively small, fast and heterogenous. “A car is…


henrik

Jan 26, 2017

The Consumerization of Robots – Implications for You, Me, and Industry
Imagine a world without cars, airplanes, phones, TVs, and computers. Without many of the goods we enjoy every day. Goods we find so readily at our corner store, or at our fingertips. Poof, it’s all…


wearable

Jan 24, 2017

Skin patch can send blood alcohol levels to your phone
A tattoo of sorts could soon tell you if you're too intoxicated to drive. Nano-engineers and computer engineers from University of California at San Diego got together to come up with a small device…