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Stanford mechanical engineers are building new flying robots to assist with search and rescue missions.

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ICME Art Exhibit featuring: Allison Holt "Strange Loops and Matrices" and Michael Scott "Seven Deadly Sins."

Snacks and beverages will be served. 

Last modified Thu, 9 May, 2013 at 14:19

Tickets will be available at 9 a.m. April 8 at the Stanford Ticket Office.

TEDxStanford returns to campus on Saturday, May 11. Tickets for the daylong intellectual feast of brief talks by fascinating speakers will go on sale at 9 a.m. April 8, online, in person or by phone, and are expected to sell out quickly.

A free, live webcast of  TEDxStanford 2013 will also be available.

Last modified Thu, 4 Apr, 2013 at 9:15

The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which calls for initial federal funding of $100 million, will make use of several innovative technologies invented by Stanford scientists.

President Barack Obama announced today a bold research initiative aimed at developing new technologies and methods for understanding the human brain. Several Stanford scientists will play critical roles in the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which calls for initial funding of $100 million.

Last modified Wed, 3 Apr, 2013 at 9:19

The construction of the photovoltaic power industry since 2000 has required an enormous amount of energy, mostly from fossil fuels. The good news is that the clean electricity from all the installed solar panels has likely just surpassed the energy going into the industry's continued growth, Stanford researchers find.

The rapid growth of the solar power industry over the past decade may have exacerbated the global warming situation it was meant to soothe, simply because most of the energy used to manufacture the millions of solar panels came from burning fossil fuels. That irony, according to Stanford University researchers, is coming to an end.

Last modified Tue, 2 Apr, 2013 at 10:03

In a competition that could help transform the homebuilding industry, Stanford students bring a new approach to creating solar houses that can be easily manufactured.

A team of Stanford engineering students is constructing a solar house they call Start.Home that could ultimately serve as a model for the sustainable home building industry. The dwelling, dubbed "Start.Home," is based on a revolutionary design that integrates most of the infrastructure required for a home in a centralized utility unit. It will be unveiled at a solar home competition held next fall in southern California. 

Last modified Fri, 22 Mar, 2013 at 9:07

In celebration of National Robotics Week, the Silicon Valley Robot Block Party returns to the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab @ Stanford on Wednesday, April 10 2013, from 1 to 6pm.

Last modified Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 at 13:42

Scientists working at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) have improved an innovative solar-energy device to be about 100 times more efficient than its previous design in converting the sun's light and heat into electricity.

In a report last week in Nature Communications, the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) described how they improved a solar-energy device's efficiency from a few hundredths of a percent to nearly 2 percent, and said they expect to achieve at least another 10-fold gain in the future.

Last modified Thu, 28 Mar, 2013 at 12:10

Some of the nation’s online education pioneers debated technology’s impact on higher education at a symposium held in conjunction with the National Academy of Engineering regional meeting at Stanford.

Stanford Computer Science Department Chair Jennifer Widom remembers the day less than two years ago when one of her colleagues announced plans to teach his popular artificial intelligence class online for free. Widom and another computer science professor joined the experiment and taught their own free online classes – launching the first Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and igniting a still-raging revolution in higher education.

Last modified Thu, 28 Mar, 2013 at 12:12

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) with the Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering (SCIEN) will host a two-day conference: “Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age” (ETIA).

Beginning June 18 at Stanford University the conference will explore the technology, creative, and business requirements for delivering a compelling, high-quality, monetizable entertainment experience over the Web.

Last modified Thu, 14 Mar, 2013 at 11:12