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Coolest University Tech Lab Projects in the Works

Posted by timothy on from the tuition-begets-intuition dept.

NW writes "While universities like MIT, Berkeley and CMU don't tend to shout as loudly about their latest tech innovations as do Google, Cisco and other big vendors, their results are no less impressive in what they could mean for faster, more secure and more useful networks, computers, etc. Here's a good roundup of 25 of them, from studies on putting T-Rays to use in computers to advancing wireless to the next level to outsmarting terrorists on the Web."

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  1. Re:Skull by evanbd · · Score: 4, Informative

    Step 1: Take generic TV / Stereo remote, complete with low power infrared LED (not even a laser).

    Step 2: Put hand over LED.

    Step 3: Place remote and hand directly in front of detector.

    Step 4: Observe that enough IR gets through your hand for the remote to work.

    Of course, I have no idea how much IR is needed to have an effect on the brain, or how well it propagates through your skull. But if the answers are "not much" and "more than zero" then this is plausible.