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University Tech Helps Power Apple Wheelchair-Control Feature

Apple unveiled a new Vision Pro accessibility feature that allows users to control powered wheelchairs using only their eyes, and technology developed by Professor Brenna Argall helps make it possible.Read more

AI brain

AI Gets a Cerebellum

Professor Mark Hersam led a team that developed a cerebellum-inspired electronic device that detects unexpected events while using about 10,000 times less computing power than conventional AI.Read more

New exoskeleton therapy

Exoskeleton May Change How Stroke Survivors Relearn Walking

Developed by a team with Northwestern Engineering researchers, a first-of-its-kind rehabilitation system virtually connects therapists and patients through robotic exoskeletons.Read more

Grain boundary

New Model Shows How Metallic Alloys Behave at the Nanoscale

Research from Professor Fadi Abdeljawad offers a way to understand and ultimately design advanced metallic materials.Read more

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