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Five faculty members named young innovators by Technology Review

404132862 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:24:12 -0400

Work on flying robots, surgical tape modeled on gecko feet, energy tips gleaned from plants, new ways to grow stem cells, and dramatically smaller medical imaging equipment has landed five Harvard faculty members on a list of the world’s top 35 young innovators.

The annual list is compiled by Technology Review magazine and features what the editors and a panel of judges see as the 35 top innovators in business and technology who are under the age of 35.

Robots move into operating room

70652986 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:16:09 -0400

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved robotic devices for use in minimally invasive gallbladder and gastroesophageal reflux disease surgery. But the high-tech helpers haven't made a surgeon's job that much easier -- or quicker. That's because they are not easy to maneuver. It's also hard for the surgeon to see more than a very small area at once. There are potentially great benefits from robotic surgery for a patient, however, including smaller incisions, and therefore, faster recovery times. So two Harvard researchers -- Robert D.

Students tackle Harvard Square parking problems

70652986 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:12:33 -0400

A group of students who studied parking problems in Harvard Square issued wide-ranging recommendations, including installing wireless access-control gates at the more than 50 lots across the University, increasing parking fees in Cambridge coupled with increased enforcement of permits, establishing satellite parking lots and shuttles to encourage people to park there, and installing robotic - instead of conventional - garages in new construction projects. The robotic garages were perhaps the students' most interesting proposal. The robotic garages, though little used in the United States, are everyday technology in many other countries, with thousands in use in Asia and Europe.