Optical invention mirrors the image processing power of a human eye
By Maria R. Lucas
On a cold, sunny day, you’re driving on a rural road, surrounded by snow-covered fields. In an instant, your eyes process the scene, picking out individual objects to focus on — a stop sign, a barn — while the rest of the scene blurs in the periphery. Your brain stores the focused and blurred images as a memory that can be pictured in your mind later, while sitting at your desk.
Stuckeman architecture professor awarded United States Artists Fellowship
A Penn State architecture and engineering design professor whose work explores the reuse and recycling of materials to create low-carbon structures has been selected as a recipient of the national 2024 United States Artists (USA) Fellowship.
DK Osseo-Asare, associate professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School and of engineering design in the College of Engineering at Penn State, earned one of five USA Fellowships in the Architecture and Design category.
Health data, faster: Wearable stretchy sensor can process, predict health data
By Mariah R. Lucas
Wearable medical sensors have opened doors for remote health monitoring and treatment evaluation. But making diagnoses and treatment plans based on many datapoints — such as muscle movements, heart rate, breathing or speaking and swallowing — can be difficult for health care providers to do quickly.