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Hacking into homes
Cybersecurity researchers find alarming “smart home” flaws in popular systems that boast automated and remote features.
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Time to get serious?
As the Earth’s climate changes, experts explore provocative interventions and ask: Can we geoengineer our way out of a looming crisis?
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A matter of time
Learn how the Internet of Things infiltrated one home, and what it could signal about the future of privacy and security.
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Autonomous cars in the snow
U-M and Ford collaborate on the auto industry’s first tests of autonomous vehicles in wintry conditions.
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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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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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Life, engineered
Lynn Conway has been called the hidden hand in the movement that enabled the fabric of Silicon Valley. She’s also one of the nation’s first modern transgender women.
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Mischief on the line
New study shows how hackers can execute sneak attacks through a smart phone’s shared memory.