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Social Services

December 19, 2012 – Sandwiched between the room-sized computers of the 1940s and the smart phones currently in millions of pockets worldwide is an era of unprecedented technological advancement. Equally significant is the accompanying social revolution. A new multidisciplinary c
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Moving On

December 14, 2012 – In a high-definition example of successful startup strategy and implementation, Hiperwall Inc. is leaving the nest. The spinoff company, which grew out of NSF-funded visualization research conducted in the CALIT2 Building, is moving into its own Irvine facili
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Chip, Chip Hurray!

December 11, 2012 – Multidisciplinary research and Dr. Steven George fit together like a hand and glove. The UCI engineering professor also is a medical doctor by training – so he has a firm grasp of both worlds. Last July, George received a prestigious $1 million NIH grant, one
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Integrating Values into Design

December 10, 2012 – What if you could turn a knob and dial down a friend’s Twitter feed, fading those tweets into the background rather than rudely “unfollowing” him? Called AmpDamp, this conceptual product is an analog interface that allows users to filter their digital informa
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