Repository: UIHistories Project: Engineering Open House Guide - 2009 [PAGE 9]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

10

EOH 2009

Online Ouija Board

you under completely new lighting. This exhibit will be of special interest to students who are taking linear algebra, or who have an interest in digital cameras and projectors. Warning: exhibit may not be safe for photosensitive individuals. This exhibit is suitable for: All

to create robots that walk in a The Online Ouija Board will not more lifelike way. We are also investigating telemanipulation allow you to speak with ghosts and coordination in multi-robot (sorry!). But it does borrow its networks, which would allow concept from the Ouija game, which uses a board printed with robots to complete such tasks as remote construction, search and the alphabet to help communirescue, salvage operations, and cate with ghosts. The project’s aim is to explore how people and telesurgery. machines, with access to partial This exhibit is suitable for: All Lemelson-Illinois Student information and limited control, communicate and coordinate to Digital Computer Prize Finalist Displays achieve a common goal. The $30,000 Lemelson-Illinois Laboratory Student Prize is awarded on an This exhibit is suitable for: All AgTracker Robot annual basis to an undergraduAgricultural and Biological Engiate or graduate student who has Trustworthy Cyber Infraneering Department created or improved a product or structure for the Power Robotics in crop production process, applied a technology in Grid shows great potential in acquira new way, redesigned a sysInformation Trust Institute ing data from the field and for tem, or demonstrated remarkTCIP’s research is focused on low energy operations. This roable inventiveness in other ways. securing the low-level devices, bot can be used for mechanical Several finalists and the winner communications, and data sys- weed control. This will become of the 2009 prize will demontems that make up the power more important in the future, strate and display their innovagrid, to ensure trustworthy opsince an increasing number of tions. eration during normal conditions, weeds are becoming resistant to Location: Lower level lobby cyber-attacks, or power emerglyphosate. This exhibit is suitable for: All gencies. Visitors can play with Location: West Atrium interactive applets which show This exhibit is suitable for: All how power distribution works in Next-Generation Air the U.S. The basics of computer American Society of Ag. Transportation System security will be explained. TCIP and Bio. Engineering StuNobody likes to be stuck in an researchers will make appeardent Branch airport waiting for their plane to ances at the exhibit to answer ASABE arrive. Unfortunately, flight dequestions. lays are a growing problem in Location: 448 (TCIP Laboratory) The American Society of Agriculthe U.S. air transportation sysThis exhibit is suitable for: Mid- tural and Biological Engineers is an educational and scientific tem. However, our researchers dle School, High School, Colorganization dedicated to the are working to ensure safe and lege, General Public advancement of engineering reliable travel for fliers through applicable to agricultural, food, new computer technology and Walking Robots and Multi- and biological systems. ASABE flight models. Learn more about robot Networks comprises 9,000 members in air transportation in this exhibit, Come see the latest in robotmore than 100 countries. which features model airplanes. ics research at the Coordinated Location: West Atrium This exhibit is suitable for: All Science Laboratory! Using adThis exhibit is suitable for: High vancements in information tech- School, College, General Public nology, researchers are working