Bandwidth and Data Conversion

This interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center describes the factors that affect the speed of data transfer in computer networking systems and some of the techniques used to increase the data capacity of these systems.

Computer Game and Simulation Technology

Find out more about the cutting-edge field of simulation and computer game development in this video adapted from ATETV.

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Eduardo Torres-Jara

In this video from Science City, meet Eduardo Torres-Jara, a postdoctoral associate in electrical engineering and computer science at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. He describes his work on innovative robots that use tactile feedback to locate and grasp objects.

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Geospatial Revolution

Learn how satellite imagery, social networking sites, mapping technologies, and volunteers worked together to address human needs following an earthquake in Haiti, in this video segment from Geospatial Revolution, produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting.

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Shaundra Bryant Daily

In this video from Science City, Shaundra Bryant Daily, an electrical engineer, describes a software program she developed to help girls reflect on their emotions, and how her two passions—science and dance—are connected.

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Kismet

In this video segment adapted from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory working to engineer smarter robots are now building a machine that interacts socially with people.

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Robot Race

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, cars drive themselves. Teams of designers using different technologies compete for a two-million-dollar prize to see which unmanned vehicle will make it to the finish line first.

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