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At the Stanford School of Engineering, we seek solutions to important global problems and educate leaders who will make the world a better place.

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  1. A new algorithm outperforms radiologists in disease diagnosis. This tool could one day expedite care, empowering primary care doctors to make informed decisions about X-rays without having to wait for a radiologist.

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  2. Networks of sensors around the world are collecting massive streams of data on earthquakes and reshaping our knowledge about how we measure them, what causes them and how we can better prepare for them.

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  3. .: You can either have companies take on responsibility for the communication that happens on social platforms or you can preserve people's privacy. You can't have both.

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  4. .: A lot of people like to talk about regulating social media, but what they're really talking about is regulating free speech.

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  5. .: We are never going back to an era when a small number of people are controlling the flow of information.

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  6. .: A lot of companies are moving with a lot of caution when it comes to using AI in hiring. They know that bad data in means bad data out. At minimum they understand that supervision is necessary.

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  7. .: Social networks are pervasive in hiring. On the lower end, some estimate that 50% of jobs are found through social networks.

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  8. Tune in! We're streaming the live-taping of The Future of Everything with , and .

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  9. In 10 minutes, we'll live tweet from the live-taping of The Future of Everything with , and .

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  10. Tune In: At 7:00pmPT we’re streaming this evening’s live-taping of The Future of Everything with , and .

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  11. An electronic glove gives robots a sense of touch. The technology makes it possible for robots to touch a delicate berry or handle a pingpong ball without squashing them.

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  12. In addition to making energy, what if solar panels could save energy? ​A new rooftop device under development will be able to produce electricity from sunlight while also beaming heat directly into space to cool buildings.

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  13. Nov 26

    . professor Zhenan Bao and her team have developed an electronic glove that gives robotic hands a bit of the manual dexterity humans take for granted.

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  14. Nov 27

    Glove with sensors allows robots to handle delicate fruit by measuring the intensity and direction of pressure.

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  15. : For me, classifying different parts of campus to left-brain-versus-right-brain kind of thinking is just an unfortunate stereotype. I much rather go with “creativity is creativity is creativity.”

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  16. How can we design electronic devices that don’t overheat? ​A new thermal transistor could help conduct heat away from delicate electronic components and also insulate them against chip and circuit failure.

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  17. I’m a quantum engineer. My PhD research is in atomic physics. We use lasers and vacuum chambers to study atoms. —Jacob Hines, MS ’19, Electrical Engineering; PhD Candidate, Applied Physics

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  18. Deadly bacteria are no match for this new antibiotic treatment plan. The strategy — deploy a small molecular attachment that would help conventional antibiotics penetrate and destroy their targets.

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  19. Computer models could transform cardiovascular surgery. Deeper mathematical understanding of the heart and greater computing power have joined forces to reshape possibilities in pediatric heart surgery.

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  20. Your toaster may know more about you than you think. As internet-enabled devices carry more sensitive user information, a new system aims to protect privacy.

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