As reported by Penn State, researchers from the
University of Houston will develop a stretchable skin peppered with sensors which will then gather flow and pressure data while the robot is moving within the water.
Researchers at the
University of Virginia, meanwhile, will study the physics of the fluid and its corresponding impact on the structure of the robot.
According to Cheng, data from both Houston and Virginia will be used to improve the robot they are building at Penn State, making it a truly collaborative project.
For instance, Penn State’s robot fish platform will use the sensors developed by Houston to detect nearby objects and adjust its path accordingly. At the same time, it will use the data from Virginia to optimize the control strategy of the robot’s movement in the fluid.
Todd Cope, CEO of the Huntington-based tech company CentralApp, is traveling across the country in his Tesla with the goal of bringing technology jobs that can be done remotely to skilled workers in Appalachia, instead of outsourcing them to workers in other countries.
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Expert Take
For the first time in Romania, the recent national parliamentary elections, which were held in November, used blockchain technology with the main purpose to guarantee the integrity of the electoral process and to strengthen its transparency. The government aimed to ensure tamper-proof and real-time data on voters’ presence.
There is still a way to go for the voters to be empowered to record, manage, count and check the votes themselves (without bypassing it to the electoral authorities) by allowing them to hold a copy of the voting record. However, the perspectives of fostering the development of a tech-enabled community consensus and of protecting the democratic values have been stated.