An article on GreatLakesBoating.com reports that Monica Lynn Miles has been named associate director of the Great Lakes Program at UB, and that she will maintain a New York Sea Grant office at UB.
An article on LabManager.com reports on a low-cost passive cooling technology that could be used to cool buildings in metropolitan areas and notes that the technology was developed through a collaboration led by Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering, and graduate student Lyu Zhou.
Homeland Preparedness News mentioned that UB was among the research centers for recently awarded Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract applications of AI.
5G cellular service, the next generation of smartphone technology, could also become an alternative to cable television bundles, according to Filippo Malandra, research assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
ZDNet.com, a business technology website published by CBS, reported on the two-finger gripper invented by UB engineers who have been developing ways of making robotic hands more like human hands. The critical factor in this new technology is the ability for the mechanism to alter the firmness of its grip.
Z6 Mag reported on EarEcho, a device that uses biometric authorization via the ear canal to unlock electronic devices. It is being developed by Zhanpeng Jin, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
