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A laser pointer could hack your voice-controlled virtual assistant
  1. A laser pointer could hack your voice-controlled virtual assistant

    Researchers identified a vulnerability that allows a microphone to ‘unwittingly listen to light as if it were sound’

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  2. What humans want, in an automated car

    U-M researchers examined how a person’s perception of safety in an autonomous vehicle was influenced by its “personality” traits.

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  3. How Russia’s online censorship could jeopardize internet freedom worldwide

    The nation is using inexpensive commodity equipment to block 170K domains on more than 1K privately-owned ISPs.

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  4. Iran’s centrifuges and nuclear nonproliferation: A Q&A with Sara Pozzi

    Understanding nuclear enrichment and what it means for the “Iran nuclear deal.”

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  5. ‘Sensors in a Shoebox’ empower citizens to gather data about communities

    Civil engineering and education researchers are working together with Detroit teens.

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  6. Kirigami sensor patch for shoulders could improve injury recovery, athletic training

    Low-cost sensors could one day enable patients to log exercise and track progress in a smartphone app

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  7. Roofing drone nails down shingles

    Automated drone does work at the same speed as a novice roofer, researcher says.

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  8. Most powerful laser in the US to be built at Michigan

    Using extreme light to explore quantum dynamics, advance medicine and more.

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  9. The “Magic Ratio” that could power tomorrow’s solar cells

    A Q&A with Rachel Goldman

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  10. U-M team to build synthetic neurons – first challenge in making synthetic cells

    Seven U.S. research institutions look to build synthetic cells.

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