In the News
I Have Seen The Future of Transit and It Is In RaleighOctober 10, 2014 The solution is called EcoPRT, which stands for ecological personal rapid transit. It was developed by two guys here in Raleigh, and it will change the world. Assistant Teaching Professor Seth Hollar and founder of howstuffworks.com Marshall Brain, both of North Carolina State University, addressed the manifold problems of building transit in an age of no-tax madness and post-community me-first greed. |
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NC State researchers work with Disney on football tracking techSeptember 21, 2014 Two North Carolina State University researchers are working with Disney on technology that would change the way fans watch football games on television. Football fans know you have to keep your eye on the ball, but that can be easier said than done. That’s where David Ricketts and Dan Stancil come in. |
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Intel Shows Off Laptop With Second, E Ink Screen on LidSeptember 10, 2014 Taylor Courier, BS CPE and BS EE 2013, currently a Software Engineer for Intel Corporation in Portland, Oregon represented the newly released Intel SecondScreen technology at the annual Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco last week. |
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YotaPC? Intel slaps secondary e-ink screen on top of a laptopSeptember 10, 2014 Taylor Courier, BS CPE and BS EE 2013, currently a Software Engineer for Intel Corporation in Portland, Oregon represented the newly released Intel SecondScreen technology at the annual Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco last week. |
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7 Animals That Wore Backpacks for ScienceSeptember 3, 2014 When you see a cockroach crawling toward you, have you ever wished you could just steer it away like a remote-controlled car? A group of researchers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh made this possible, by implanting electrodes in the body of a Madagascar hissing cockroach. |
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A mission for Remote-Controlled BugsSeptember 2, 2014 Researchers from North Carolina State University are trying to turn a living moth into a remote-controlled robot, or biobot. |
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Cyborg Moths, Wired From Birth, Could Serve as Living DronesAugust 22, 2014 In a lab at North Carolina State University, researchers have created moths that are a blend of wires and tissue. The eventual plan: to control a cyborg moth army. The biobots could be used to map ecosystems, spot survivors in search and rescue missions, or to carry out spy missions. |
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Scientists create cyborg mothsAugust 22, 2014 In the big picture, we want to know whether we can control the movement of moths for use in applications such as search and rescue operations, says Alper Bozkurt, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State and co-author of a paper on the work. “The idea would be to attach sensors to moths in order to create a flexible, aerial sensor network that can identify survivors or public health hazards in the wake of a disaster.” |
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Researchers Lay Groundwork for Remote-Controlled Cyber-MothsAugust 21, 2014 The team carefully attached electrodes to moths that were still in their pupal form, and when the creatures emerged and began using their wings, the signals sent to the muscles were recorded. |
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Researchers can Transform Moths into Biobots or Living Robots; What’s Next?August 21, 2014 Alper Bozkurt from North Carolina State University explained the idea is to attach sensors to moths to create a flexible aerial sensor network. |
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Watch a Cyborg Moth Twirl on the Dance Floor (Video)August 20, 2014 While the insect was in its late pupal stage, still wrapped in a cocoon, the team from North Carolina State University implanted an electrode in the creature’s indirect flight muscles |
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Research paves way for development of cyborg moth ‘biobots’ (w/video)August 20, 2014 The moth is connected to a wireless platform that collects the electromyographic data as the moth moves its wings. To give the moth freedom to turn left and right, the entire platform levitates, suspended in mid-air by electromagnets. |
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‘Biobot’ Moths Become Cyborgs in CocoonAugust 20, 2014 The new research out of N.C. State, published in the online Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), proposes a new method for attaching electrodes to a moth during its pupal stage, in the cocoon. |
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Football Focus: Ball tracking device takes guessing out of the gameAugust 7, 2014 Using state-of-the-art technology, North Carolina State University, Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research have developed futuristic tracking technology that will allow officials to place the ball more accurately on the field. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Spectrum: Prioritize Digital Communications, LED Light TherapyAugust 6, 2014 Diesel, a Labrador Retriever, wears a vest that NC State researchers developed that may change how dogs are trained and used in important tasks, such as search and rescue missions. David Roberts, computer science-engineering, and Alper Bozkurt, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |