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In search of a robot more like usDesigning a robot to mimic the basic capabilities of motion and perception would be revolutionary, researchers say. Yet the challenges remain immense, far higher than artificial intelligence hurdles like speaking and hearing. The limits of today's most sophisticated robots can be seen in a robotic towel-folding demonstration pioneered by a group of students at the University of California, Berkeley, last year. "Our end goal right now is to do an entire laundry cycle," said Pieter Abbeel, a Berkeley computer scientist who leads the group. Read more… 
An intelligent approach to mobile newsDo you read news on your cell phone? According to a 2010 Pew Research Center study, 33 percent of cell phone owners now check news, weather and sports headlines on their mobile phones. Yet searching for and reading news on a 3.5-inch screen isn't easy. Earlier this year, Berkeley Engineering EECS Ph.D. students Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick and Mohit Bansal teamed up on a project that may alleviate the problem. Read more … Featured Events
View from the Top with William F. BanholzerFeb 16, 2012 The Future of Alternative Feedstocks and Biofuels The College of Engineering will host William F. Banholzer, Executive Vice President and CTO of Dow Chemical Compnay, as the next speaker in our View from the Top lecture series. Dr. Banholzer will speak on the topic, "The Future of Alternative Feedstocks and Biofuels: Recognizing Hype and Realizing Practical Limitations." Please join us for a free lunch after the talk.… Read more… Class NotesVINCENT RUBINO (B.S. BioE 2001 )worked at Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals in Berkeley for seven years in equipment validation, facility engineering and quality assurance. His last project was QA support for construction and qualification of a $50M biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Since 2007 he has lived in South Korea, where he is the first and only foreigner to work at his Korean research institute, specializing in nanotoxicity studies. He is also a South Korean delegate to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 229: Nanotechnologies and is ISO project leader for developing a regulatory guide for nanomaterials. Read more … ELIZABETH A. VARGIS (B.S. BioE 2004 )
is in a biomedical engineering Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is studying the use of optical spectroscopy to identify tissue changes due to brain and cervical cancers. |
