Science and Technology

  1. Power to the pixel

    In 1988, while most of the digital technology we take for granted was unknown, a revolutionary software named Photoshop began to develop at U-M.

  2. A visionary collaboration

    U-M students are partnering with a tech-savvy blind teen to help other blind and visually impaired people navigate the world.

  3. Into the woods

    From bobcats to badgers and fawns to foxes, U-M camera-trap project captures hundreds of thousands of Michigan wildlife selfies.

  4. It's all in your head

    Forget the fiction, this is pure science fact! U-M startup Neurable has developed a system that can detect brain wave activity and turn it into action.

  5. MARLO vs. U-M's Wave Field

    HBO’s “Westworld” about a theme park populated by lifelike robots may be pure fiction, the science part is making great strides.

  6. Dig this

    Thumb-area teachers help U-M paleontologists excavate prehistoric mastodon bones, which could be 13,000 years old.

  7. U-M to build $75-million robotics hub

    Lab will feature fly zone for autonomous aerial vehicles, outdoor course for walking robots, and more.

  8. Biomechanics and … bionics?

    A revolution in motorized prosthetics has potential to improve quality and motion for people living with limb loss.

  9. In the driver's seat

    The recent fatality involving a semi-autonomous Tesla reveals just how far transportation technology has outpaced solutions in another realm: The legal world.