Written by Marlana Yacci on Sat 05/02/2009 at 3:20 pm
A bright orange car, distinctly featuring a tiger face, came barreling through Simone Circle as onlookers watched in amazement. This afternoon, the RIT Baja SAE Race team held a demonstration of their award winning baja car outside of RIT Central on stage 3. The demonstration, which began at 3pm, showcased the club’s prizewinning car.
Written by Becky Kutner on Sat 05/02/2009 at 3:19 pm
The Artificial Intelligence Academic Advising system makes use of a programming language that can perform useful tasks by utilizing artificial intelligence. James R. Mallory, a graduate computer science student, developed the initial system at RIT.
We live in a world where technology is constantly changing. At the forefront of this industrial metamorphosis is the field of robotics. RIT, in association with Mechanical Engineering clubs, gives students the opportunity to work hands-on in this field to progress the development of machines.
Written by Jamie Langley on Sat 05/02/2009 at 1:43 pm
In the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Lab, isolated from the rest of the exhibits in the Golisano Building, students stand next to deceivingly ordinary, everyday objects; a banjo, turbine blades, and a bicycle frame and wheel. These are not ordinary objects, however. These are student-developed composite pieces.
"I finished it," says a little boy, proud of of the painting he created using only his voice at the Sound Painter exhibit in the Gordon Field House. Set up with a microphone, a mouse, a keyboard, and television screen, visitors can create a colorful landscape of shapes by simply moving a mouse and speaking into the microphone.
Written by Jamie Langley on Sat 05/02/2009 at 1:12 pm
The Atrium in the Golisano College is bursting with exhibitors and visitors to ImagineRIT. Behind a large tree in the atrium, there is a table with a lone exhibitor waiting for a visitor to ask about his exhibit. Zhenghui Hu, a Post Doctoral Research Scientist in GCCIS, is ready to talk about Functional Brain Imaging Analysis.
Written by Andrew James on Sat 05/02/2009 at 12:38 pm
A symphony of the senses is being composed in building 7A right now. The composers are chosen in groups of four from the anxious festival goers waiting in the hallway outside.
Fifty-two cards lay on a table, each with their own unique symbol. At plain sight, these cards are just black and white, but when held up to the camera at the exhibit, these cards show scenes from the movie, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly".
Written by Becky Higgins on Sat 05/02/2009 at 11:18 am
The area of semiconductor and communication technologies continues to grow rapidly and has enabled electronic devices to impact every aspect of our daily lives. From cell phones and PDAs to more important life saving medical equipment, it's important that the quality and reliability of these applications is ensured.
