Issue #16 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #16

A tiny brain implant is being tested as a way to give three movement-impaired people a way to control prosthetic devices. | iStock/agsandrew

Feb 22, 2017

Listening in on the brain: a 15-year odyssey

"There are reasons to be frightened." | Image credit: Ilya Pavlov

Feb 16, 2017

Jennifer Granick: Our digital fingerprints are everywhere. How do we protect ourselves?

Security, Technology & Society

Joining a social network boosted the physical activity of people who had already shown a commitment to exercise. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Jan 31, 2017

Can joining a social network prompt us to do more exercise?

Health, Technology & Society

Graduate student Fariah Hayee (left), Professor Jen Dionne and senior research scientist Ai Leen Koh. | Photo by L.A. Cicero

Jan 27, 2017

A team of researchers record reactions at near-atomic-scale resolution

Energy, Materials

A new computer model will allow the FAA to reroute commercial aircraft on the fly to prevent them from colliding with rockets. | Flickr/SpaceX

Jan 9, 2017

How to reroute planes, on the fly, to prevent collisions with rockets

Transportation & Robotics