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Health-related devices figured prominently in this year’s exhibit of prototypes by students in the School of Information course “Tangible User Interfaces.” The annual showcase, held May 2 and 4, also featured assistive devices for everyday life in the modern world, as well as experiences more aesthetic than utilitarian.
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I School’s Drone Lab looks at positive uses of unpiloted aircraft
April 16, 2013:
Don’t be surprised to spot small, unpiloted machines buzzing in the air around South Hall and environs. They’re part of the Drone Lab, a small team of School of Information students who are exploring drones’ positive uses — and reinventing them in the public eye as something other than high-tech killing machines. With video.
Yale Braunstein, professor of information, dies at 67
August 1, 2012:
Yale M. Braunstein, professor in the UC Berkeley School of Information and a scholar of the economics of information and communications industries and systems, passed away at age 67.
To ease the paper chase, build an online archival hub
May 21, 2012:
Imagine a central clearinghouse where researchers could go to track down letters, manuscripts and other archival materials. Ray Larson, a professor in the School of Information, is a key collaborator in the Social Networks and Archival Context Project (SNAC), a multi-institution effort to create an online hub for researchers.
Mapping journalists at risk in Afghanistan
August 2, 2011:
School of Information student Paul Goodman helped create a data-rich interactive website detailing violence against journalists in Afghanistan over the past 10 years.
