Jumping Spiders Inspire Wildly Efficient 3D Camera

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Apple Taps Northwestern Eye-Tracking Tech for Vision Pro Wheelchair Controls

Crain’s Chicago Business wrote about how years-long research at Northwestern and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab done by a team with Professor Brenna Argall is being put to use by Apple in tech that lets eye movements create the signals that power wheelchair control systems.

Crain's Chicago Business

Northwestern Tech Helps Power Apple Vision Pro 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.

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‘Light in a Bottle’ Liquid Can Harvest and Store Energy from Multiple Sources

Science wrote about the substance developed by Professor Samuel Stupp that has “remarkable” behavior and could lead to devices powered by energy-rich gels.

Science

New Exoskeleton Therapy Could Redefine How Stroke Survivors Relearn to Walk

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

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Jumping Spiders Inspire Wildly Efficient 3D Camera

Popular Science wrote about the work by a team with Professor Emma Alexander that led to SpiderCam, which perceives depth the same way that jumping spiders gauge distances before jumping.

Popular Science

Jumping Spiders Inspire Wildly Efficient 3D Camera

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