July 07, 2008 – The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $1 million Fire Prevention and Safety grant to University of California, Irvine researchers. The award is designed to support projects that enhance the safety of the pu

May 23, 2008 – More than 100 guests peeked into the future last week as CALIT2@UCI hosted the “The Bionic Human,” the most recent Igniting Technology event. The Igniting Technology series, sponsored by intellectual property law firm Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, offers at

May 01, 2008 – Most of us can remember a six-digit computer password or even a 10-digit phone number. But give us a string of 100 numbers and the ole memory blows a gasket. A similar – but hugely magnified – dilemma faced UC Irvine researchers Steven G. Potkin and James H. Fallo

April 14, 2008 – Teaching students how to use metaphors is an everyday occurrence in English composition or creative writing instruction. Now scientists believe the descriptive phrases can help students understand and conceptualize scientific material as well, and two CALIT2 res

April 07, 2008 – Grandpa’s radio has grown up. So has its production process. Electronic devices – and lots of other products as well – are becoming increasingly sophisticated. In today’s global economy, the manufacturing supply chains that produce them have become equally compl

April 06, 2008 – The human heart beats 60-80 times per minute. The sustained repetition of the pulse – slowing and speeding synchronously with movement – results in an unrehearsed rhythmic pattern. For electronic artist Byeong Sam Jeon, the heartbeat provides the ideal metaphor

April 05, 2008 – The second graders practicing a line dance or performing a skit certainly are having fun. What they probably don’t realize is that they’re improving their literacy skills at the same time. As they follow their teacher’s directions to reach high, leap sideways or

April 04, 2008 – It’s a far cry from the claw-like apparatus dangling from Capt. Hook’s arm. Today’s technology is making possible innovative aesthetic and functional improvements in prosthetic limbs. A sophisticated prosthetic hand is under development at UCI, part of a nationw

April 03, 2008 – “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” The oft-mimicked tagline to an old advertisement underlies a problem faced by many elderly and infirm: poor balance. More than 90 million Americans older than age 16 have experienced dizziness or balance problems. Balance-relate

April 02, 2008 – It was once science fiction. Without using sight or hearing or sophisticated equipment, soldiers on the battlefield sense an approaching enemy and know instinctively that danger is near. They have XSense, the ability to perceive objects that cannot be detected u