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Listening Skills Bring Human-Like Touch to Robots
10/22 Pratt School of Engineering

Listening Skills Bring Human-Like Touch to Robots

Researchers give robots a sense of touch by “listening” to vibrations, allowing them to identify materials, understand shapes and recognize objects just like human hands

Faculty on Social Media: Friend or Foe?
10/15 Pratt School of Engineering

Faculty on Social Media: Friend or Foe?

Examining the advantages and drawbacks of pursuing social media accounts as a researcher.

The Increasingly Inescapable Need to Integrate Ethics
10/15 Pratt School of Engineering

The Increasingly Inescapable Need to Integrate Ethics

Engineers are facing more ethical dilemmas in their professional lives than ever before. Students need to be taught how to handle them

A Genomic Medicine Story (with only a little CRISPR)
10/15 Pratt School of Engineering

A Genomic Medicine Story (with only a little CRISPR)

While the Nobel-winning genome-editing technology CRISPR holds great promise, Duke’s Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies is putting some eggs in other baskets.

The Hard-Earned Lessons of Academic Entrepreneurs
10/15 Pratt School of Engineering

The Hard-Earned Lessons of Academic Entrepreneurs

Faculty entrepreneurs from Duke Engineering share their experiences of what it takes to spin a startup out of a university.