Innovation
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Battery capital of the nation?
U-M opens new lab so researchers and manufacturers can accelerate breakthrough battery technology on a production-level scale.
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The human touch
U-M surgeons and engineers are enabling amputees to control prosthetics using their own biological motor signals. Could regaining a sense of touch be next?
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$1 million in quick wins and discoveries
Autistic children, entrepreneurial artists, and aspiring educators set to benefit from grants for groundbreaking hypotheses.
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Solar Car Team goes for gold with ‘Aurum’
Sleek 2015 model, “Aurum,” is named for “gold” in Latin. In October, the team will race 1,800 miles across the Outback.
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Robot, you can drive my car
U-M opens Mcity, the world’s first controlled environment to test connected and automated vehicle technologies.
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Zell pledges $60 million to U-M
Gift will extend entrepreneurial programs at the Ross School, and create a new fund for student business ventures.
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U-M to test 3-D, automated 'SmartCarts'
U-M students, professors, and staff may one day be zipping around campus aboard autonomous, 3D-printed electric vehicles.
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Talking trash in Jakarta
Flooding in overpopulated megacities often is exacerbated by trash dumping. Frank Sedlar, MSE ’15, innovates in Indonesia.
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Study shows 3D printing saves lives
Groundbreaking technology first used at U-M is documented in a promising study destined to save babies from a deadly condition.