In the News
Engineering Live: Edison vs. Tesla (On Demand)July 31, 2014 Engineering Live host and Editor-in-Chief David Mantey leads expert panel in a discussion centered around the old war between AC and DC to discuss the future and next generation solutions. Alex Q. Huang, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |
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A Fictional Compression Metric Moves to the Real WorldJuly 28, 2014 Researchers are poised to use the Weissman scores to show efficacy of compression algorithms. Dror Baron, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Error-free football matches could soon be a realityJuly 9, 2014 Researchers have collaborated with Disney Research to develop a new tracking system that can be used in balls. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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NCSU: State law causing school to lose money, businessJuly 3, 2014 NC State ranks among the top schools in the nation for research and innovation. Chancellor Randy Woodson, Terri Lomax, research, innovation & economic development, and Jayant Baliga, engineering, featured. |
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Futuristic transit system coming to Hillsborough StreetJuly 2, 2014 Two NC State engineers are collaborating to fill a gap in transit at the university by developing a privately funded transit system. Seth Hollar and Marshall Brain, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |
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Computer Scientists Are Building An Internet Of Dogs For Emergency RescuesJune 27, 2014 The Lassie of the future will not bark for the sheriff. Instead, a wireless sensor on her harness will detect gas in an earthquake-shattered building, then text the drones and first responders on the scene. Alper Bozkurt, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |
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Ball-Tracking Tech for (American) FootballJune 25, 2014 The World Cup has its own system. But new technology could help spot the pigskin through a 10-lineman pileup on the gridiron. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Cockroaches Rule! And here’s why…June 24, 2014 NC State scientists have developed software that allows them to map dangerous or unknown spaces based on the movement of a swarm of remotely controlled cockroaches, or insect cyborgs. Edgar Lobatan, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Was That A Goal? The World Cup Tech That Calls The Close OnesJune 20, 2014 NC State researcher is developing ball-tracking technology for American football: wireless-radio-based technologies, camera-based technologies, and magnetic-field-based technologies. David Ricketts, electrical engineering, featured. |
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Touchdown or First Down? New Technology Tracks Football’s Position in 3D SpaceJune 14, 2014 Researchers have developed a new system that can track a football in three-dimensional space using low-frequency magnetic fields. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Complex Image Theory: Magnetic Field Tracks Football In 3-D SpaceJune 14, 2014 All the referees can do is pull people off and look at where the ball is, though there is no idea if that’s where it was when his knee touched the ground. A Disney Research team, in collaboration from NC State and Carnegie-Mellon, developed a system that can track a football in three-dimensional space using low-frequency magnetic fields. |
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NFL may track footballs using magnetic fieldsJune 13, 2014 Researchers have developed a new system that can track a football in three-dimensional space using low-frequency magnetic fields. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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NCSU researchers develop system to better determine a touchdownJune 13, 2014 Researchers have developed a new system that can track a football in three-dimensional space using low-frequency magnetic fields. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Crossing the goal line: New tech tracks football in 3-D spaceJune 13, 2014 With the help of researchers, referees may soon have a new way of determining whether a football team has scored a touchdown or gotten a first down. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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Wireless Technology Tracks Football Even As Players Pile OnJune 13, 2014 Researchers have developed a new system that can track a football in three-dimensional space using low-frequency magnetic fields. David Ricketts, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |