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Michigan Researchers Design Better Braille Tablets

People who are blind or visually impaired can now read a wide variety of texts by using speech-to-text software. However, this technique is limited because it leaves out visual elements, such as images, music, ... Read More...

Tiny LEDs and Electrodes Help Scientists Understand Brain Signals

Researchers at the University of Michigan are using tiny probes with electrodes and the world’s smallest implantable LEDs to understand how the brain’s neurons communicate with each other. This work could lead ... Read More...

Engineers Improve Solar Cells with Japanese Kirigami Art

In many ways, engineers combine science with art to design something useful. Taking this concept quite literally, engineers at the University of Michigan recently teamed up with an artist to solve a challenge ... Read More...

University of Michigan Opens Test City for Autonomous Vehicles

The University of Michigan opened Mcity, a brand new facility for testing autonomous vehicles. This 32-acre area stimulates suburban and urban driving conditions with sidewalks, intersections, a railway crossin... Read More...

State-of-the-Art Research Facility Opens at University of Michigan

Last week the Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering opened on the North Campus at the University of Michigan. The 62,880-square-foot facility features three different laboratories ... Read More...

Researchers Hack Wirelessly Networked Traffic Lights

A team of University of Michigan researchers worked with a local road agency to investigate a security flaw in a wireless system of networked stoplights. These systems are used in over 40 states to improve traffic flow efficiency while reducing emissions and delays.

Innovative Method Could Change the Way RF Fields are Measured and Imaged

A new measurement method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and with support from researchers at the University of Michigan, could solve size limits on imaging and mapping of... Read More...

University of Michigan Researchers Demonstrate New Method to Create Light Beams More Efficiently than Traditional Methods

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a more efficient way to produce coherent laser-like beams that use 250 times less power than conventional lasers. The team believes they have created the first polariton laser to run on electrical current and work at room temperature.

New Device Converts Terahertz Light to Ultrasound Waves

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a unique transducer that is capable of converting terahertz light into ultrasound waves and can transmit the waves. Today’s detectors have... Read More...

University of Michigan to Build Test Center to Test Autonomous Cars

A new $6.5 million, 32-acre site will be built on the north campus of University of Michigan as a test center for self-driving vehicles. The testing center will be made into a fake downtown that will feature buildings, parked cars, traffic signals, a tunnel, bicycle lanes and more.

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