Pepping up the Pooch

Dogs play a central role in many people’s lives – not only as family pet, companion or exercise facilitator, but often as child substitute. Others have professional roles – be they sniffing out drugs or explosives, police dog or emotional support...

Pet Project

Professor Lu Peng of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is an expert in drones and ground robots. But after having children, he began to wonder how he could apply his skills to improve the life of his children. Why not a robopet?Robots face similar control...

A Super Way to Build

When new buildings are under construction, there are often ongoing revisions to plans. Maybe a different material is needed than originally envisioned, or measurements or workflows need adjusting. This leads to multiple versions of plans being shared via email or...

Reining in Tech Platforms

In 2022, US courts ordered American talk show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than US$1 billion in damages to the parents of several of the 20 children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School by a gunman in 2012. Jones had been claiming online...

Advancing Intelligence

Professor Can Li, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was awarded the Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award last year, for his work on advanced computer systems and emerging nano-electronic devices. His research involves...