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With NSF Grant, NJIT Engineers Gaze in Robotic Eyes, Envision Microchips There

Friday, September 6, 2024
Machine vision sensors could work faster and more efficiently if they were designed like biological eyes, according to Associate Professor Dong-Kyun Ko, at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department.

Researchers Customizing Power Grid Fault Detection for Solar and Wind

Wednesday, August 28, 2024
If predictions come true that renewable energy sources like solar panels and wind generators are the primary suppliers of tomorrow’s power grids, then the engineers maintaining those grids will need new innovations in fault detection, made...

NJIT Biologist Awarded $680,000 Federal Grant to Save North-Atlantic Right Whale

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Brooke Flammang, a biologist at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been awarded nearly $680,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a growing nationwide effort to save the critically endangered...

NJIT Celebrates Largest Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
An independent, flexible, small sensor for breast tumor detection was the winner of the top Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award at the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium at NJIT.

NJIT Researchers Close in on New Technology for Objectively Measuring Pain

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
On a scale of one to ten, how much pain do you feel?

Researchers Leveraging AI to Train (Robotic) Dogs to Respond to Their Masters

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
An international collaboration seeks to innovate the future of how a mechanical man’s best friend interacts with its owner, using a combination of AI and edge computing called edge intelligence.

Novel Pre-Treatment Process Enhances PFAS Removal from Drinking Water

Tuesday, July 9, 2024
In a groundbreaking effort to tackle the pervasive issue of PFAS contamination in drinking water, a research team at New Jersey Institute of Technology has received funding from the Bureau of Reclamation's Desalination and Water Purification...
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AI, Relying on Hardware Support, Could Improve by Thinking for Itself

Tuesday, July 2, 2024
People keep finding novel uses for generative artificial intelligence, the latest being that it can learn to design specialized hardware to make itself work faster.

Sunblock for Solar Panels: NJIT Startup Merges Data, Material Science

Thursday, June 20, 2024
Materium Technologies, a startup company with deep NJIT roots, is bringing data science innovations into the slowly evolving field of solar energy panels.

Researchers Shed Light on Cause of 'Happy Hypoxia' in COVID-19 Patients

Monday, June 17, 2024
While many serious cases of COVID-19 are marked by respiratory distress and dangerously low blood oxygen levels — a condition referred to as hypoxia — the occurrence of “silent or happy hypoxia” affecting a subset of...