How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous
Mac Schwager says the safety of autonomous pilotless planes, trains, and automobiles depends on how well we teach multi-robot systems to work with each other and with us.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, aeronautics expert Ilan Kroo discusses the fuels, materials, and technology that will enable a new generation of flying vehicles and transform the way we think of transportation.
Shenoy was a pioneer of neuroprosthetics, a field that reimagines how the brain makes the body move. He is remembered for caring deeply about everyone around him and for his “infectious enthusiasm for science.”
In this episode of The Future of Everything, stem cell biologist Helen Blau explains why muscles weaken with age and the science of muscle regeneration.
Melissa Valentine on the rise of the flash organization
On this episode of The Future of Everything, Melissa Valentine discusses the workplace phenomenon known as the flash organization – an ad hoc group of experts assembled to solve a particular problem before disbanding.
Microscopy and simulation unite to improve new-age polymers
Stanford researchers explore a novel avenue of material design using advanced computer simulations to virtually modify the real-world inner structures of promising new polymers.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, Oussama Khatib talks about designing a humanoid robot with stereoscopic vision and opposable thumbs that can travel nearly a thousand meters below the surface.
Alexandria Boehm: Wastewater helps reveal COVID’s real reach
On The Future of Everything, civil and environmental engineer Alexandria Boehm discusses the new form of epidemiology that uses engineering tools for testing wastewater to track COVID-19’s true spread.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, pediatrics professor Anisha Patel tells how engaging a local community about their needs – such as clean drinking water in schools – can lead to impactful discoveries and interventions.
On The Future of Everything, Stanford radio glaciologist Dustin Schroeder explains how mapping the insides of ice sheets can help us understand the implications of climate change.
How un-syncing the brain can help Parkinson’s patients
In this episode of The Future of Everything, Stanford neurosurgery Professor Peter Tass discusses how vibrational therapies can help patients with neurological conditions by helping the neurons break and unlearn synchronicity.
Turgut M. Gür elected president of the Electrochemical Society
Turgut M. Gür, adjunct professor of materials science and engineering, is recently elected the president of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), effective June 3, 2022.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, computer science Professor Omer Reingold explains how to build notions of fairness into algorithms behind decisions on mortgages, healthcare, and more.
Robert McKim, a force in Stanford’s product design program, has died
A believer in the power of design to change the world, McKim’s philosophy of “visual thinking” and his unique creative methods echo in Stanford’s design program today.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, radiology professor Bruce Daniel explains how augmented and virtual reality, body tracking, and other technologies from the gaming industry could improve medicine.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, Jonathan Dotan of Stanford’s Starling Lab for Data Integrity explains how cryptography and blockchain technologies can be used to detect manipulated images and videos.
Deliberative polling could move us past polarization
Communication professor James Fishkin explains how the deliberative polling model can get people to listen to one another and even compromise on some of society’s most complex policy issues in this episode of The Future of Everything.
Data is transforming our understanding of natural disasters
In this episode of The Future of Everything, geophysicist Eric Dunham explains how new types of data collection and faster computers are furthering our understanding of earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes.
This flatworm’s “alien-like” ability to regenerate nerves, muscle, and other tissue can teach bioengineers something about the fundamental building blocks of life.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, Stanford’s Chris Field says the world has made more progress than we might have expected a decade ago and that we can still pave a way to a sustainable future.
On The Future of Everything, chemical engineer Roseanna Zia explains how a greater understanding of colloids can improve our understanding of cells, biological processes, and human health and disease.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, computational and social scientist Johannes Eichstaedt discusses the technology behind using social media to measure well-being.
On The Future of Everything, Jeff Hancock explores the positive and negative implications of computers learning to communicate as effectively as humans.
Stanford pediatrician Lisa Chamberlain says COVID-19 put a spotlight on how income disparities affect kids’ health – and how telehealth innovations could help.
