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National Geographic Kids book features UIC / EVL SpiderSense
Participants: Victor Mateevitsi, Brad Haggadone (UIC Communications), Brian Kunzer (UIC Bioengineering), Jason Leigh & Robert Kenyon (UIC Computer Science, Electronic Visualization Laboratory)
National Geographic publishes a series of reference books for Kids entitled “Weird but True!”. In Summer, 2014, National Geographic came out with an edition called “Weird but True!: Ripped from the Headlines,” which the book’s describes as “the most bizarre and surprising news stories you’ve ever read… and they’re all true.” Chapter 3, on Incredible Inventions, includes “SpiderSense” - prototype wearable technology that enables users to sense (without seeing) obstacles around them - developed by Victor Mateevitsi (UIC Computer Science, Electronic Visualization Laboratory), Brad Haggadone (UIC Communications), Brian Kunzer (UIC Bioengineering), and Jason Leigh and Robert Kenyon (UIC Computer Science, Electronic Visualization Laboratory). A copy of the article “Wearable Tech: Set your ‘Spidey Sense Tingling’” can be downloaded under ‘documents’. Information on the National Geographic Kids book. See information on SpiderSense: www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=4&indi=852 www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=4&indi=874 www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=1&indi=448 Read the UIC NEWS article. Email: maxine@uic.edu Date: January 1, 2014 Document: Wearable Tech: Set your Spidey Sense Tingling (Article) |
