Scientific American: Simulating Evolution to Determine the Fastest Wing
Geoffrey Spedding was quoted on how humans draw inspiration from nature — bird wings and fish fins — to build faster wings for flight.
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New Atlas: Bee+ micro-scale robot flyer gets four wings flapping
The Bee+ project from the Autonomous Microrobotic Systems Laboratory was featured.
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MIT Technology Review: A tiny four-winged robotic insect flies more like the real thing
Flying robots are more agile with four wings than two. Engineers halved the weight of a crucial component to make that possible.
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USC Viterbi ECE Blog: My Path from South Central to the University of Southern California
Am I crazy? Nah. Am I smart? Nah. What I am is a hard worker who learned these values from my immigrant parents and from growing up in the streets of LA.
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USC Viterbi News: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”
From engineering rockets that break records to solving global crisis and launching start-ups, the Class of 2019 is going places
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USC Viterbi News: The World of Games Just Got Bigger
More than 80 games from console, PC, VR, AR and mobile video games to board games and outdoor-games
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USC Viterbi News: “A Ph.D. Is Our Call to Action”
USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s 2019 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards ceremony
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The Cut: I Tried a $500 Sound-Therapy Machine
Christopher Kyriakakis was interviewed about a new sound therapy device.
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OZY: How To Solve Homelessness With Artificial Intelligence
Work by CAIS using artificial intelligence to aid homeless youth in Los Angeles was featured.
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International Business Times: Mars Rover Curiosity Is Now Ready To Find Alien Life After Successful Drilling
Research by Essam Heggy and Abotalib Z. Abotalib was mentioned about the presence of water on Mars.
Harvard Business Review: AI’s Potential to Diagnose and Treat Mental Illness
Research by the Institute for Creative Technologies was mentioned on an artificial intelligence tools for mental health.
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IEEE Spectrum: Ford Signs Up to Use NASA’s Quantum Computers
Daniel Lidar was quoted on quantum technology.
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The Atlantic: Why Your Vacuum Clogs but a Manta Ray Doesn’t
Eva Kanso was quoted on feeding habits of the manta ray.
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Business Insider: Astronauts explain why nobody has visited the moon in more than 45 years
Madhu Thangavelu commented on how the lunar surface can negatively affect equipment
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Entrepreneur: 5 Simple Job Hunting Techniques to Land Your Dream Job
Research by Kristina Lerman (and colleagues) regarding people’s email response habits was highlighted
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AI in Healthcare: AI screens for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder with 85% accuracy
Research by Chen Zhang and Laurent Itti about new technology they developed to screen children for fetal alcohol syndrome was featured.
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USC Viterbi Ranked in the Top Ten Engineering Programs According to the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools
It is the only engineering school in the US on three USNWR top 10 engineering lists; Best Graduate Schools, Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs, and Best Online Information Technology Programs
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BBC: The new weapon in the fight against crime
Research by Pedro Szekely and colleagues to develop an algorithm that searches the internet for indicators of human trafficking was mentioned.
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LA Times: SpaceX successfully launches astronaut capsule without crew
Garrett Reisman was quoted about SpaceX’s launch of an unmanned astronaut capsule.
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USA Today: Amazon Prime Air plane crash: Pilots admit cargo planes face ‘higher levels of risk’
Thomas Anthony was quoted on the factors that put cargo pilots at greater risk for accidents.
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MIT Technology Review: Ten recent low-tech inventions that have changed the world
Research by the Armani Lab to developed a low-cost way to test for malaria was mentioned.
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ABC7: Metro considers new tax plan that may boost Uber, Lyft prices
James Moore was interviewed on how a new tax proposal by Metro may boost Uber and Lyft prices.
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NJ.com: First they were Jersey kids, then they were astronauts.
Garrett Reisman was profiled on his path from growing up in NJ, to NASA astronaut to USC professor.
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Science News : Brain-zapping implants that fight depression are inching closer to reality
Maryam Shanechi and colleagues are decoding mood and finding ways of stimulating the brain to treat depression.
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