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Tech's Push to Teach Coding Isn't About Kids' Success – It's About Cutting Wages
The campaign for code education isn't about giving the next generation a shot at earning the salary of a Facebook engineer. It's…
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Researchers Create Tensegrity Objects Capable of Dramatic Shape Change
A team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology have created structures designed with struts that expand sequentially, which could prove useful for space...
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Network Traffic Provides Early Indication of Malware Infection
By analyzing network traffic going to suspicious domains, security administrators could detect malware infections weeks or even months before they're able to capture...
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Triboelectric Nanogenerators Boost Mass Spectrometry Performance
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have shown that replacing conventional power supplies with triboelectric nanogenerators can boost the sensitivity...
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Simulated Ransomware Attack Shows Vulnerability of Industrial Controls
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a form of ransomware that was able to take control of a simulated water treatment plant. The simulated...
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Musical Table Teaches Basics of Computer Programming
TuneTable, an interactive tabletop tangible programming application designed to teach basic computer coding through music, will be installed in various museums...
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Robotic Cleaning Technique Could Automate Neuroscience Research
A robotic technique for cleaning the tiny patch-clamp pipettes that record signals from brain neurons could facilitate a new level of automation in neuroscience...
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Engineered 'Sand' May Help Cool Electronic Devices
A new class of high thermal conductivity materials could allow heat dissipation from power electronics, LEDs, and other applications with high heat fluxes.
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Robot Helps Study How First Land Animals Moved 360 Million Years Ago
A study on how early terrestrial animals began moving on mud and sand 360 million years ago could help designers create amphibious robots able to move across granular...
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Significant Portion of Postdoc Researchers Eye Non-Academic Careers, Study Shows
A new study from a Georgia Tech-Cornell University team shows that the research faculty path isn't the only reason students pursue a postdoc.
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Artificial Intelligence Course Creates AI Teaching Assistant
Computer science students at Georgia Tech didn't know their TA was a computer.
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In Emergencies, Should You Trust a Robot?
In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests.
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Reconfigurable Origami Tubes Could Find Antenna, Microfluidic Uses
Origami, or paper folding, may soon provide a foundation for antennas that can be reconfigured to operate at different frequencies, microfluidic devices whose properties...
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Scientists Demonstrate Basics of Nucleic Acid Computing Inside Cells
Using strands of nucleic acid, scientists have demonstrated basic computing operations inside a living mammalian cell.
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Liquid Cooling Moves onto the Chip for Denser Electronics
Using microfluidic passages cut directly into the backsides of production integrated circuits, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are putting liquid...
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Disappearing Carbon Circuits on Graphene Could Have Security, Biomedical Uses
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a technique for creating dynamic patterns on graphene surfaces.
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Optical Rectenna — Combined Rectifier-Antenna — Converts Light to DC Current
Researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert light directly into...
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Naval Research Funding to Bolster Cyber Defense
Nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering will fund...
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Advancing Security and Trust in Reconfigurable Devices
A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute is studying a range of security challenges involving field programmable gate arrays.
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Self-Powered Intelligent Keyboard Could Provide a New Layer of Security
By analyzing such parameters as the force applied by key presses and the time interval between them, a new self-powered non-mechanical intelligent keyboard could...
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