Toward hack-proof RFID chips
New technology could secure credit cards, key cards, and pallets of goods in warehouses.
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A virtual “guide dog” for navigation
Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to guide the visually impaired.
New chip fabrication approach
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
Nanodevices at one-hundredth the cost
New techniques for building microelectromechanical systems show promise.
Making the new silicon
Gallium nitride electronics could drastically cut energy usage in data centers, consumer devices.
Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors
New ultralow-power circuit improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent.
Unlocking nanofibers’ potential
Prototype boosts production of versatile fibers fourfold, while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent.
Building community for EECS postdocs
Postdoctoral scholars in electrical engineering and computer science gain new perspectives as Postdoc6 comes full cycle.
Radio chip for the “Internet of things”
Circuit that reduces power leakage when transmitters are idle could greatly extend battery life.
New fibers can deliver many simultaneous stimuli
Implanted into the brain or spinal column, they can transmit drugs, light, and electrical signals.
Vivienne Sze receives DARPA 2014 Young Faculty Award
Award honors work on real-time energy-efficient visual data processing for portable media, which will impact elderly-assistance and advanced driver-assistance systems.
New law for superconductors
Mathematical description of relationship between thickness, temperature, and resistivity could spur advances.
Superconducting circuits, simplified
New circuit design could unlock the power of experimental superconducting computer chips.
