Devices & inventions

UC Berkeley scientists trick the eye into seeing new color ‘olo’

04/22/25 — Innovative technique provides new insight into the nature of color vision and vision loss

04/15/25 — Wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status during physical and mental activities

03/31/25 — Using AI and an iPhone, Berkeley M.E.T. student seeks to improve stroke health care

03/31/25 — Wired: David Patterson, CS professor emeritus and inventor of RISC, explains how words from the 1995 movie Hackers may hold true today

03/28/25 — The bumblebee-inspired robot, less than a centimeter in diameter, can hover, change directions and even hit small targets.

02/10/25 — Dorsal Grasper provides an intuitive, collaborative grasping approach

11/20/24 — Berkeley researchers sent their 3D printing technology to space as part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission.

11/20/24 — Engineers have designed earbuds that can detect signs of drowsiness in the brain.

08/22/24 — UCSF: Researchers win up to $15 million from ARPA-H to develop next-gen miniature scanner to detect individual cancer cells during surgery

08/05/24 — Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness

07/02/24 — SpaceCAL tests the limits of additive manufacturing on Virgin Galactic 07 mission

05/31/24 — Augmental, a company co-founded by alum Corten Singer, has developed a unique tongue-controlled touchpad.

04/26/24 — Special to debut in May on PBS stations and streaming apps

04/19/24 — IEEE Spectrum: Novel device could potentially provide a better alternative to biopsies

01/30/24 — Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS) seeks to create a new paradigm in assistive technologies

01/10/24 — Researchers aim to create a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft propelled by light particles

11/06/23 — A new technique for fog harvesting could provide millions of people with access to safe drinking water.

11/06/23 — Technology developed by Berkeley engineers has been used to cryopreserve and revive entire coral fragments.

11/06/23 — An implantable, AI-powered device can translate brain signals into synthesized speech and facial expressions.

10/24/23 — Distinguished CEE professor's technological innovations have profoundly benefited low-resource communities worldwide