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This AI-augmented microscope uses deep learning to take on cancer 7

UCLA researchers combined a new form of microscopy called photonic time-stretch imaging with deep learning. With this powerful new technique, they were able to capture 36 million video frames per second.read more >>

As cheating goes high tech, so does the Tour de France to catch the cheaters

The Tour de France started this weekend. And sadly, as with many elite sports, bicycle racing is under the microscope for cheating once again. There have been allegations of doping in the Tour de… read more >>

Autism study tracking eye movement uses MATLAB to find possible cause of sensory overload 3

Autism is a global concern. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states the current prevalence of autism is 1 in 68 children in the US. It is estimated that 1 percent of the world population has… read more >>

Coffee and the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon… Uh, I mean MATLAB. 1

When we launched this blog in February, we set out to show how MATLAB was tied to the top news stories and trends. We started with how the Cleveland Clinic is working to improve concussion diagnosis… read more >>

Your car doesn’t have to be “smart” to be a privacy concern

Your smart car can tattle on you. It not only knows where you you have been, but also how fast you were driving and how hard you brake. It can tell if you were the driver or if someone else was… read more >>

Using MATLAB to catch athletes who cheat

The difference between a gold and a silver medal in many Olympic races is only a fraction of a second. This pushes athletes, and the networks that support them, to look for ways to get even the… read more >>

What do drones and one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best-ever movies have in common?

What do quadcopter drones and one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best-ever movies have in common? Swarms!

While swarming drones sound like a high-tech version of The Birds, these are swarms of helpful drones. read more >>

100 years later, a faint chirp proves Einstein was right

The New Yorker wrote an article called Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them. The article describes how Professor Rainer Weiss’ idea to build a device… read more >>

Power your house for nine years with only 20 gallons of water and a laptop battery

Imagine being able to create almost unlimited energy from the Lithium in a single laptop battery and some water. Yes, the hydrogen in those sources could be used to create the same amount of energy… read more >>

How to fly a solar-powered plane when the sun doesn’t shine (and other Si2 design challenges)

Being first isn’t always easy, but it does give you flexibility in how you approach a task. For the engineers at Solar Impulse, that meant starting without a blue print and designing the plane from a clean slate with MATLAB and Model-Based Design.

Here is a list of 4 design considerations that the engineers at Solar Impulse faced that aren’t a major concern for typical aircraft designs:read more >>

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