Talk to the hand? New device can recognize gestures
12/21/20 — The armband, which combines wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence, could be used to control prosthetics or interact with electronic devices
Devices & inventions
Anti-COVID mask breaks the mold
12/10/20 LBL — Scientists from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit
CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses smartphone cameras
12/04/20 — New diagnostic test, with accurate results in under 30 minutes, developed by scientists at Berkeley (including bioengineer Daniel Fletcher) and Gladstone Institutes
Home coronavirus test springs from Berkeley Engineering roots
11/18/20 — First FDA-approved, rapid test for home use was developed by Lucira Health, founded by bioengineering Ph.D. graduates Debkishore Mitra and John Waldeisen
Researchers break magnetic memory speed record
10/29/20 — Advance could lead to new generation of ultrafast computer chips that retain data even when there is no power
Berkeley team creates respiratory devices from sleep apnea machines
07/07/20 — Resourceful and affordable, about 600 apparatuses from Grace O'Connell's lab head to Ecuador this month
Robot see, robot do, AI-style
06/17/20 Engadget — Berkeley Engineering researchers, in collaboration with an Intel team, have taught a surgical robot to suture by showing it surgical videos of actual doctors.
Using neural dust to eavesdrop on our organs
06/11/20 — In this TEDMED talk, EECS professor Michel Maharbiz describes using extremely miniaturized implants to get a closer look at organs in real time
Materials sciences professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh named to Royal Society
04/29/20 — Ramesh has created nanosized materials that can power small electrical devices with minimal amounts of energy
Students’ shoebox-sized satellite gets green light for launch
04/29/20 — Team from campus aerospace club, led by EECS sophomore, gets NASA support for QubeSat launch next year
Researchers discover ferroelectricity at the atomic scale
04/22/20 — A team of researchers have managed to grow ultra-thin material on silicon that can power small electronic devices
Low-cost, readily deployable respirators could help frontline healthcare workers
04/15/20 — Engineers develop powered air-purifying respirators that can be rapidly manufactured using widely available components
Learning to learn
04/14/20 — Researchers are using deep reinforcement learning techniques to equip robots with cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities.
In touch with reality
04/14/20 — A new flexible, wearable device that can sense motion and give haptic feedback has applications for AR/VR technologies.
Turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators
04/02/20 — Converting CPAP and BiPAP machines safely could add tens of thousands to COVID-19 ventilator supply
Controlling ventilators from a distance
04/02/20 — Professor Michel Maharbiz is working with medical device makers to allow hospital staff to remotely monitor and adjust patients' ventilators
Can tiny, invisible particles help stop the spread of nuclear weapons?
03/12/20 — Researchers are closer than ever to deploying technology that can help detect the illicit production of plutonium, a key fuel for nuclear bombs
Artificial intelligence gives stethoscopes a much-needed upgrade
03/03/20 — Alumni develop algorithms that will help predict possible heart failure
Researchers develop novel way to shrink light to detect ultra-tiny substances
02/20/20 — The research could lead to the development of ultra-sensitive devices that can quickly detect pathogens in human blood.
AI-powered Berkeley robot among Popular Science’s ‘Best of What’s New’
12/03/19 — Pieter Abbeel, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, led a team of researchers to develop Blue, the Berkeley robot for Learning in Unstructured Environments.