Interactivity and Human Diversity

January 23, 2008 – Who are we? What comprises our community? How does identity impact our relationships with others? “in a thousand drops… refracted glances,” an interactive exhibit at UC Irvine’s CALIT2-affiliated Beall Center for Art + Technology, explores the construction of
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Center To Contribute to Armor Design

January 18, 2008 – A new UC Irvine research center directed by a CALIT2 academic affiliate could help save members of the U.S. military from harm. The Center for Advanced Monitoring and Damage Inspection, under the direction of Maria Feng, professor of civil and environmental en
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Buddying Beauty

Oct. 3, 2007 – It isn’t particularly fashionable or trendy, but it’s a model nevertheless. A computer model, that is. Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant in the mustard family, is the diva of a computer modeling experiment that will help scientists better understand how and why
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Catalyst for Change

Oct. 2, 2007 – Bill Tomlinson and his Social Code research group use information technology in a slightly different way to confront environmental challenges. The researchers are not creating cleaner fuels or more energy-efficient systems – instead, they are using IT as a catalys
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QuallTy of Life

Oct. 1, 2007 – Act one, Scene one: Cars idle bumper-to-bumper on a Southern California freeway, stretching as far as the eye can see. Tailpipes emit noxious fumes while drivers do their own slow burn. Act one, Scene two: Relaxed commuter disembarks from train at station, walks t
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From Focaccia to Fuel 1

Sept. 15, 2007 – For thousands of years, a common strain of yeast has been used to make bread, beer and wine. Now, unique research underway in the CALIT2 Building at UC Irvine aims to transform it into something more: an efficient producer of ethanol to help meet the nation’s in
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