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Digital Trends | March 1, 2021
Wearables Don’t Work the Same on Dark Skin. It’s Time to Change That
Featuring Jessilyn Dunn
BME Professor Jessilyn Dunn adds her expertise to an article discussing how well the wearable technology industry is addressing issues of accuracy of wrist-worn heart rate monitors with dark skin tones.
The New York Times | February 23, 2021
Engine Maker Under Scrutiny After Series of Aircraft Mishaps
Featuring Robert Kielb
MEMS Professor Robert Kielb comments on a recent string of failures in the fan blades of Pratt & Whitney airplane engines.
Discover Magazine | February 8, 2021
The Taj Mahal: Can India Save This Corroding Beauty?
Featuring Michael Bergin
CEE Professor Mike Bergin helps explain why India's Taj Mahol is browning over the years and what kinds of local efforts can be done to combat the issue.
Smithsonian Magazine | January 28, 2021
Can Smartwatches Be Adapted to Help Detect Covid-19 Infections?
Featuring Jessilyn Dunn
New Atlas | January 25, 2021
Exercise Drives Muscles to Fight Chronic Inflammation on Their Own
Featuring Nenad Bursac
BME Professor Nenad Bursac uses his lab-grown human muscle platform to show that muscle has an innate ability to ward off damaging effects of long-term inflammation when exercised
IEEE Spectrum | January 25, 2021
It’s Too Easy to Hide Bias in Deep-Learning Systems
Featuring Cynthia Rudin
ECE/CS Professor Cynthia Rudin argues that artificial intelligence makes it hard to tell when decision-making is biased
The Engineer | January 21, 2021
New Biomaterial Can Be ‘Fine-Tuned’ for Medical Applications
Featuring Matthew Becker
MEMS Professor Matthew Becker helps ‘fine tune’ a new thermoplastic biomaterial for suitable use in soft tissue repair or flexible bioelectronics.
Solve It! for Kids | January 21, 2021
Episode 36: How Can Cars Drive by Themselves?
Featuring Missy Cummings
ECE Professor Missy Cummings explains how robots work and how driverless cars can "see" the world around them.
MSN | January 14, 2021
8 Signs to Quickly Recognize If You Have the Gift of Leadership
Featuring Edward Marshall
MEMP Adjunct Professor Edward Marshall's new book provides a comprehensive guidebook to understanding a new theory of collaboration as well as how to implement it.
New Atlas | January 13, 2021
Painkiller-Dispensing Patch Could Be an Alternative to Opioids
Featuring Matthew Becker
MEMS Professor Matthew Becker develops a prototype polymer patch loaded with a non-opioid drug that blocks pain and inflammation enzymes and erodes slowly in wet environments, gradually releasing its pharmaceutical payload as it does so.