Geomagnetic field models differ based on whether data was collected on the Earth’s surface or from low Earth orbiting satellites. Past researchers attributed differences to space weather, but a new analysis found modeling errors contribute. Full article🔽 bit.ly/3V7ZscO

The best way to help smartphone users manage their screen time may be to make phones progressively more annoying to use, according to new research:
futurity.org/phones-cut-scr…
#ScreenTime #Research University of Michigan University of MichiganiganNews Michigan Engineering

Revolutionizing construction: New study by UCLA Samueli Engineering Global CO2 Initiative outlines new materials and processes that can turn the construction from a carbon source to a carbon sink.

Link article: bit.ly/4bENcro

NEW: “Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings.” New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices. Click image for story 🔽 bit.ly/3Vl60WS

At Michigan Engineering’s Michigan Engineering Zone, students from Detroit’s Henderson Academy used electrolyzers to build and race model hydrogen cars. Full story: myumi.ch/ZDbWd

A new Heidelberg Instruments Würzburg DWL66+ Maskless Laser Lithography System is Michigan bound!
#SiliconCrossroads #microelectronics #nanofabrication #MicroelectronicsCommons #grayscale #masklesslithography

Ankle exoskeleton in @doctorbobg's lab.

If you are in the Ann Arbor area, check out the lab's paid research studies seeking participants here: umhealthresearch.org/study-results?…

Thanks to Rob Packard for creating this video series.

NEW ARTICLE: “Renewable grid: Recovering electricity from heat storage hits 44% efficiency.” Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries. Click image for story 🔽 bit.ly/3yz5ko4

We hosted a great Community Day last week at #LNF with engaging poster sessions, insightful tech talks on #lithography , and a dynamic panel discussion.
#cleanroom #nanofab #semiconductor

Powered prosthetics in @doctorbobg's lab.

If you are in the Ann Arbor area, check out the lab's paid research studies seeking participants here: umhealthresearch.org/study-results?…

Thanks to Rob Packard for creating this video series.

NEW ARTICLE: “AI chips could get a sense of time.” Timekeeping in the brain is done with neurons that relax at different rates after receiving a signal; now memristors—hardware analogues of neurons—can do that too. Click image for story 🔽 bit.ly/3KfUGVQ

NEW ARTICLE: “Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO2 from air and industrial plants.” New study offers a pathway for fossil fuel-burning operations to capture emissions. Click image for story 🔽 bit.ly/4bBo6tK

A new tool by Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan and Michigan Medicine uses image segmentation AI to improve video-based learning for surgical trainees. Surgeons created interactive questions that they reported had high educational value and saved time in prep.

Link: bit.ly/44NrS0o

A new tool capable of comparing the performance and cost of SLMs and proprietary LLMs found that SLMs can provide similar quality responses at a much lower cost.

#LLMs #SLMs #LanguageModels #GenerativeAI

Full Article: bit.ly/3QTsBXZ

A new method uses a digital twin to speed up manufacturing while following quality constraints. The flexible algorithm developed by University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering and Mareta almipica reduced cycle time by 38% for a 3-axis desktop CNC machine tool during testing. Full article: bit.ly/3K5EqGU

Surgeons can now create more interactive educational videos for trainees using Surgment, a new web-based tool presented today at #CHI2024 . #AI 👏Xu Wang of CSE, Vitaliy Popov of Michigan Medicine
⬇️Full article below:
cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/levera…

Researchers have developed a new tool for evaluating the performance of small language models (SLMs) against LLMs. They find smaller models can reduce costs up to 29 times with little difference in performance.
Michigan Engineering Jason Mars, Lingjia Tang
⬇️cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/chatgp…

Can making your phone more annoying to use reduce overuse? New research from Michigan Engineering tackled this very subject. myumi.ch/kZdg5

NEW ARTICLE: “Racing hydrogen cars in Detroit.” Henderson Academy students used electrolyzers to produce hydrogen gas from water and power miniature fuel cell cars. Click image for story 🔽 bit.ly/3WGioC5

Great LNF Community Day yesterday! More details to come about the event, but first, congratulations to our poster award winners!