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December 12, 2008 – Irvine, Calif., Nov. 12, 2008 — To some, a mile is simply a measurement. To Joanne Tawfilis, it represents an attempt to bring people in the world closer to one another. Tawfilis, a former U.N. executive, founded and directs the Art Miles Mural Project,

November 24, 2008 – If you can’t make it on “Dancing with the Stars,” try dancing with technology. Visitors to the UC Irvine division of CALIT2 had the opportunity to move to the beat with performers projected on video screens – or create their own choreography – during Dance-IT

November 20, 2008 – Irvine, Calif., Nov. 20, 2008 — Most of the 125 people who attended H2Ology, the Igniting Technology event held this week at the UC Irvine division of CALIT2, might have been aware that a serious global water crisis is afoot. After watching the 15-minut

November 13, 2008 – On a visit sponsored by the British Consulate, materials scientist Valerie Randle spent three days at CALIT2 working with graduate students to enhance their understanding of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). She concluded the visit by giving a public s

October 17, 2008 – Researchers at the UC Irvine division of CALIT2 have developed a new way to transform enormous medical datasets into rotating, three-dimensional images, vastly increasing the potential of HIPerWall, the institute’s 200-megapixel display wall. The breakthrough

October 05, 2008 – When Alexander Graham Bell uttered the famous directive “Mr. Watson, come here,” into his new invention in 1876, he couldn’t have fathomed the technology explosion he was unleashing. Telecommunications would evolve from wall phones to portables, from cellular

October 04, 2008 – Data collected through scientific inquiry and published in scholarly journals have always been available to others – if one knew where to look and had lots of time to search. Today, more and more information is readily available to a diverse audience in online

October 03, 2008 – Enhancing understanding of water treatment and quality is the goal of a partnership between the Irvine Ranch Water District and CALIT2. Funded by a $10,000 seed grant from the Urban Water Research Center, scientist Jian-Guo Zheng uses an environmental scanning

October 02, 2008 – When the Hyperspectral Airborne Tactical Instrumenttook a test flight recently over the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve near San Diego, researchers from several organizations, including the CALIT2-affiliated Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, w

October 01, 2008 – Like a pebble that forms concentric rings when dropped into a pond, water itself generates a profound ripple effect. A product of nature, it cascades into often-contentious issues of supply and demand, contamination and regulation. From the California Delta to

September 29, 2008 – A recent emergency drill on the UCI campus emptied the CALIT2 Building and neighboring Bren Hall. In reality it was a technology-integration exercise that allowed CALIT2-affiliated researchers to assess developing firefighter-safety systems. Researchers are

September 24, 2008 – Everyone knows money talks. Keith Hart ranks it right up there with language as a conduit for human communication. The professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of London’s Goldsmith’s College delivered the keynote address at “Everyday Digital Mon