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Virtual Incubator Announces Awardees for Remote Care Innovations
In May 2020, two Research Triangle-based organizations—the ASSIST Center (Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies) based at North Carolina State University and DHIT...
Young Scholars Present Their Research at Virtual Research Symposium
One of the main goals of the ASSIST Center is to train the next generation of scientists and engineers to be innovative leaders in either...
NCSU launches virtual incubator to discover ‘game-changing’ COVID-19 solutions
COVID-19 is creating a new set of healthcare challenges to be solved. Enter a new "virtual incubator" launched by NC State’s ASSIST Center and DHIT Global. It’s a crowdsourcing platform aiming at advancing ideas supporting personal monitoring and protection at work.
Researchers incorporate computer vision, uncertainty into AI for robotic prosthetics
Researchers have developed new software that can be integrated with existing hardware to enable people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons to walk in a safer, more natural manner on different types of terrain. The new framework incorporates computer vision into prosthetic leg control, and includes robust artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that allow the software to better account for uncertainty.
ASSIST Undergraduate Students to receive Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Every year, ASSIST rewards selected undergraduate students with the opportunity to partake in the Summer REU program. This program enables students to experience various aspects of university...
A Smarter Collar
This article was originally published here. Lorraine Trapani’s husband, Michael, was a hard-charging, happy person. So, when he became partially blind, he worked to live...
Veety named Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award recipient
The article was originally published here. Dr. Elena Veety has been announced as the winner of this year’s George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award,...