Download PDF Spring Issue of The Bridge on Frontiers of Engineering March 15, 2012 Volume 42 Issue 1 Articles In This Issue Retinal Prosthetic Systems for the Treatment of Blindness Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorJames D. Weiland and Mark S. Humayu Researchers are working on implantable neurostimulators to treat debilitating neurological conditions, including blindness. Most functions of the human body are controlled by small electrical signals delivered via nerves. Thus, it is no surprise that electrical signals applied to the body ... The Evolution of Brain-Computer Interfaces Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorEric C. Leuthardt Brain-computer interfaces create alternate communication channels for people with severe motor impairment. The ability to enable the brain to control an external device with thoughts alone is emerging as a real option for patients with motor disabilities. The goal of this area of study, known ... Using Information Technology to Transform the Green Building Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorChristopher Pyke The green building community is using information technology to drive fundamental changes in the real estate market. The built environment shapes our lives both as individuals and as a society. It is not only a tangible library of our history, a reflection of our technology, and a window ... Challenges and Opportunities for Low-Carbon Buildings Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorJohn Ochsendorf Improving the construction and performance of buildings could lead to huge reductions in carbon emissions. Buildings account for a higher proportion of greenhouse gas emissions than any other economic sector, and emissions attributable to building construction and operation have been increasing in ... Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace: Examples and Research Outlook Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorBrett Lyons Additive manufacturing has the potential to revolutionize the production of aerospace and defense components. The advantages of additive manufacturing are now widely recognized, even in the general media, and are predicted to revolutionize manufacturing processes for many industries (Economist, ... Large-Scale Visual Semantic Extraction Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorSamy Bengio Machine-learning algorithms for image annotation can enable the classification of huge amounts of different types of data.1 The emergence of the web as a tool for sharing information has led to a massive increase in the size of potential datasets. Millions of images on web pages have tens of ... Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorHod Lipson The Shape of Things to Come Additive manufacturing technologies—machines that can automatically fabricate arbitrarily shaped parts, pixel by pixel, layer by layer, from almost any material—have evolved over the last three decades from a limited number of expensive prototypes to ... The Expanding Frontiers of Engineering Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorAndrew Weiner Editor’s Note Every year the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium brings together approximately 100 outstanding young engineers, ages 30 to 45, to share ideas and learn about cutting-edge research on a wide range of engineering topics. A unique characteristic of the symposium ...
Retinal Prosthetic Systems for the Treatment of Blindness Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorJames D. Weiland and Mark S. Humayu Researchers are working on implantable neurostimulators to treat debilitating neurological conditions, including blindness. Most functions of the human body are controlled by small electrical signals delivered via nerves. Thus, it is no surprise that electrical signals applied to the body ...
The Evolution of Brain-Computer Interfaces Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorEric C. Leuthardt Brain-computer interfaces create alternate communication channels for people with severe motor impairment. The ability to enable the brain to control an external device with thoughts alone is emerging as a real option for patients with motor disabilities. The goal of this area of study, known ...
Using Information Technology to Transform the Green Building Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorChristopher Pyke The green building community is using information technology to drive fundamental changes in the real estate market. The built environment shapes our lives both as individuals and as a society. It is not only a tangible library of our history, a reflection of our technology, and a window ...
Challenges and Opportunities for Low-Carbon Buildings Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorJohn Ochsendorf Improving the construction and performance of buildings could lead to huge reductions in carbon emissions. Buildings account for a higher proportion of greenhouse gas emissions than any other economic sector, and emissions attributable to building construction and operation have been increasing in ...
Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace: Examples and Research Outlook Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorBrett Lyons Additive manufacturing has the potential to revolutionize the production of aerospace and defense components. The advantages of additive manufacturing are now widely recognized, even in the general media, and are predicted to revolutionize manufacturing processes for many industries (Economist, ...
Large-Scale Visual Semantic Extraction Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorSamy Bengio Machine-learning algorithms for image annotation can enable the classification of huge amounts of different types of data.1 The emergence of the web as a tool for sharing information has led to a massive increase in the size of potential datasets. Millions of images on web pages have tens of ...
Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorHod Lipson The Shape of Things to Come Additive manufacturing technologies—machines that can automatically fabricate arbitrarily shaped parts, pixel by pixel, layer by layer, from almost any material—have evolved over the last three decades from a limited number of expensive prototypes to ...
The Expanding Frontiers of Engineering Thursday, March 15, 2012 AuthorAndrew Weiner Editor’s Note Every year the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium brings together approximately 100 outstanding young engineers, ages 30 to 45, to share ideas and learn about cutting-edge research on a wide range of engineering topics. A unique characteristic of the symposium ...