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SpeckSensor App Compares Air Quality Locally and Across the Nation
A new smartphone app called SpeckSensor allows users to get up-to-date Air Quality Index (AQI) numbers for their current location and for other locales of their choosing, enabling them to quickly see if the air they are breathing is healthy and how it compares to other sites.
IBM Research, Carnegie Mellon Create Open Platform To Help the Blind Navigate Surroundings
Scientists from IBM Research and Carnegie Mellon University have announced the first open source platform designed to support the creation of smartphone apps that enable the blind to better navigate their surroundings. The IBM and CMU researchers used the platform to create a pilot app,[...]
Embedded Optical Sensors Could Make Robotic Hands More Dexterous
Optical sensors may be uniquely suited for use in robotic hands, according to Carnegie Mellon University researchers who have developed a three-fingered soft robotic hand with multiple embedded fiber optic sensors. They also have created a new type of stretchable optical sensor. By using fiber[...]
Software Helps Create Sign Language Dictionaries, Voice-activated Games for Hearing Impaired
Carnegie Mellon University’s TechBridgeWorld research group today announced the release of open source software that can help educators of children with hearing disabilities create video dictionaries of sign languages and use games that encourage vocalization by children learning to speak. The software, produced in collaboration[...]
Robotics Institute Welcomes New Faculty Members
Four new faculty members have joined the Robotics Institute over the past year – Stelian Coros, Keenan Crane, Stephen Nuske and Deva Ramanan. Faculty, staff and students are invited to welcome them at the first Post Seminar Reception (PSR) of the semester at 4:45 p.m.[...]
Faculty Will Share Visions Of Robots, A.I., and Big Data at “Summer Davos”
Carnegie Mellon University is sending the largest delegation of any university to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, next week, along with robots and Big Data visualization demonstrations that will run throughout the three-day event.