The advanced sensors and cameras that power self-driving cars struggle to adapt to changing lighting. A team of researchers, co-led by an engineer at Penn State, is taking inspiration from human biology to potentially solve this problem. Credit: Andrey Rykov/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.
Artificial eyes could bring human-like sight to self-driving cars, robots

By Ty Tkacik

Although self-driving cars and sophisticated robots use advanced cameras, computer algorithms and artificial…

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EEG electrodes are placed through hair during testing of a biogel designed by Penn State researchers to improve contact with the scalp for wearable brain-monitoring systems. The reusable material softens with gentle heat, reaches the skin and gels again as it cools.
Novel biogel may solve a hairy problem for wearable brain-monitoring systems

By Jamie Oberdick

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A vital tool for healthcare practitioners, electroencephalography (EEG) systems measure…

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Researchers from Penn State have created a 3D-printed speaker covering that can tightly focus sound waves into a tiny point in space, like a magnifying glass focusing a beam of light.
3D-printed speaker cover can focus audio into a private ‘sound spot’

Music lovers may one day be able to blast their favorite artists, headphone-free, without angering the neighborhood or colleagues,…

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image of a sensor on a finger
Stretchy implants could stick to arteries to treat high blood pressure

High blood pressure, formally known as hypertension, is a leading cause of heart disease in the United States, impacting nearly half of…

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Herbert A McKinstry, age 86
Remembering Herbert A. McKinstry, materials research pioneer

By Jamie Oberdick

Herbert A. McKinstry, a pioneering materials scientist, educator, community activist and founding faculty…

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An internal view of the reactor system that efficiently converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity into methane.
New reactor design produces renewable methane from carbon dioxide

An international team, led by Penn State’s Institute of Energy and the Environment Director Bruce Logan, has developed a new reactor…

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Evan Pugh bust with Chen, van Duin, and Thole's headshot portraits
Penn State names five new Evan Pugh University Professors

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Five Penn State professors have been named…

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Joshua Robinson standing in the gardens at the Millennium Science Complex
Materials science and engineering professor Joshua Robinson named MRI director

Robinson, director of the Penn State Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance and director of strategic research initiatives for the…

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