Issue #73 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #73

Virtual assistants could one day have more centralized access to a user’s personal data than Facebook, Amazon and Google combined. | Unsplash/penmax

Jun 4, 2019

Monica Lam: Privacy in the age of virtual assistants

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

If field tests confirm lab results, chemical baths could one day cleanse thousands of toxic sites nationwide. | Reuters/Mica Rosenberg

Jun 4, 2019

A new approach to cleaning heavy metals out of soil

Researchers are using machine learning systems to help ensure that women get early, accurate breast cancer diagnoses. | iStock/Dániel Balogh

Jun 3, 2019

AI could help radiologists interpret mammograms more accurately

Three Steven Collins lab members in white shirts gathered around a table speaking with a study participant in a blue shirt and white shorts

May 31, 2019

A prosthetic foot that can handle tough ground

May 10, 2019

A device that mimics the way neurons communicate

Computation & Data, Materials