Computers and artificial intelligence continue to usher in major changes in the way people shop. It is relatively easy to train a robot’s brain to create a shopping list, but what about ensuring that the robotic shopper can easily tell the difference between the thousands of products in the store? […]

A video on social media shows a high-ranking U.S. legislator declaring his support for an overwhelming tax increase. You react accordingly because the video looks like him and sounds like him, so certainly it has be him. […]

Some of the key mottos for Purdue Polytechnic High School Indianapolis are “learn through STEM and design thinking immersion,” “personalized learning,” and “learn by doing.&rdquo […]

What if the brain could detect its own disease? Researchers have been trying to create a material that “thinks” like the brain does, which would be more sensitive to early signs of neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s. Thinking is a long way off, but Purdue University and Argonne National Laboratory researchers have engineered a new material that can at least “listen.&rdquo […]

The world’s elderly population is booming. The number of older people — those age 60 years or older — is expected to more than double by 2050 and is growing faster than all younger age groups across the globe. […]

Adranos Inc., a Purdue University-affiliated company developing a high-performance, solid propellant for long-range missile and space launch systems, has won the Army’s inaugural xTechSearch competition, besting more than 350 companies in the months long competition. […]

The worlds of STEM and policy can be very different in areas including environmental instability, global health, digital infrastructures and security. So, what will it take to bring a stronger voice of STEM expertise into global policy discussions and implementations? […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently warned that various medical devices made by the company Medtronic, such as implanted cardiac defibrillators, are vulnerable to cyberattack. This is because a hacker could easily gain wireless access to the equipment’s settings and change them. […]

Government, industry, schools, banks, health care organizations, powerplants … who doesn’t have to worry about cybersecurity threats? […]

Many internal components used in today’s computers reach temperatures that are hot enough to cook a Thanksgiving meal. The heat produced by the computations can easily burn human skin and tissue – and much of the heat is simply wasted energy, a byproduct of the computer’s internal functions. […]

Artificial intelligence systems based on deep learning are changing the electronic devices that surround us. […]

Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the largest management and technology consulting companies in the U.S., has established space in Purdue@WestGate and is collaborating with Purdue University to develop solutions to address some of the country’s key national security challenges. […]

Have you ever thought about what it’d be like to engage in a normal conversation about the weather or politics … with a robot? Science is on its way to transforming this thought into a reality, but does this novel concept fall into the category of exciting, terrifying or both? […]

A fascination with movie technology that showed robots perform self-repair through a liquid formula inspired a Purdue University professor to make his own discoveries – which are now helping to lead the way for advancements in self-powering devices such as consumer electronics and defense innovations. […]

Cybercriminals can run, but they cannot hide from their digital fingerprints. […]

Ask any smart virtual assistant to tell you a joke and the response is, well, lackluster. A flat, robotic voice drones out some simplistic humor. No laughter, no tone and no concern if you are even listening. […]

Purdue University’s College of Agriculture is partnering with Gerrish Farms to host the agBOT Challenge 2019, a three-day event May 16-18. The event includes the NextGen Expo, an interactive STEM event, and the agBot competition, an international showcase and competition of agtech unmanned machine innovations. […]

You might have a music video – and a Purdue University professor – to thank for making a future trip to see the doctor much easier. […]

Businesses of the past operated like a rookie playing darts, throwing something and hoping it sticks. […]

A new design in firefighting robots, already successfully tested in the field, could make firefighters’ jobs less dangerous and address one of the biggest challenges with firefighting robots – the ability to maneuver in a burning structure. […]

A Purdue University-based cybersecurity startup may soon help the U.S. Air Force monitor and track high-value and sensitive assets. […]

It’s no secret that human trafficking is a global problem that claims thousands of victims, but many people don’t know how prevalent this crisis is in their own backyard. Despite efforts to combat it, cases of human trafficking are actually on the rise in Indiana, with 31 percent of the trafficked victims being minors. […]

The mind is beautiful and complicated, and humanity continues to seek understanding, especially when it comes to aspects of mental health. […]

Are you wondering what happens to your favorite NFL players’ mind when they take a hit to the head during this weekend’s Super Bowl? Does that same concern extend to your kids on the field? […]

'God' was protecting part of the Purdue computer system from hackers in the early 1990s. […]

The National Quantum Initiative Act was signed into law by Congress last year to advance coordinated research efforts in quantum information science – the study of the smallest particles and how they can be manipulated - to secure the nation’s preeminence in the tech economy and national security. Why? Quantum computing has the potential to be a game-changer in everyday life. […]

Idling in a long highway line of slowed or stopped traffic on a busy highway can be more than an inconvenience for drivers and highway safety officers. […]

In an increasingly automated world, what if AI tools are harmful to poor people? They just might be. […]

Purdue University researchers in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing integrative language and vision software that may enable an autonomous robot to interact with people in different environments and accomplish navigational goals. […]

New 'classification models' sense how well humans trust intelligent machines they collaborate with, a step toward improving the quality of interactions and teamwork. […]

Personal data collection, machine learning and artificial intelligence are encroaching in our lives at a pace that many of us find unsettling, if not downright scary. Not to mention that many of us can't tell the difference in what these terms mean. […]

A Purdue University doctoral candidate is developing an advertisement and audience analysis system that will enable advertisers to track specific commercials’ outreach and audience ratings by analyzing short video clips and demographic surveys sent directly from viewers’ smartphones. […]

Suresh V. Garimella, who has led four straight record years for Purdue University research funding, will be appointed to the National Science Board. […]

Indiana University is the winner of the Purdue vs. IU debate 'What IF you could disappear from the Internet' that took place Wednesday (Nov. 7). […]

Purdue University is partnering with United Kingdom-based Cranfield University to jointly offer a suite of graduate-level education programs that will support the U.S. Department of Defense and its allies. […]

A Purdue University student has a solution for those who say that backpacks cause back pain: a massaging backpack. […]

'I’m feeling sick.' 'This video game is SICK!' To a computer, the word 'sick' may have the same meaning in these two sentences. […]

The DESY accelerator facility in Hamburg, Germany, goes on for miles to host a particle making kilometer-long laps at almost the speed of light. Now researchers have shrunk such a facility to the size of a computer chip. […]

Treating others as you would like to be treated may be a societal standard, but it shouldn’t be applied to artificial intelligence and robots, says Jaron Lanier. […]

Two Purdue-licensed technologies assisting speech and language development in children with nonverbal autism have won awards from the German Academic International Network (GAIN) and the Anna Kennedy Online Charity. […]

Imagine an art exhibition featuring robo-kinetic sculptures that monitor and react to your movements as you explore the gallery. […]

Here’s a scary yet realistic scenario: Attackers sponsored by a rogue organization or radical state gain access to the control system of a nuclear reactor, a chemical reactor or a similar critical system. […]

When Endocyte inked a $2.1 billion acquisition deal Thursday (Oct. 18) to be purchased by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG, it became the ninth Purdue University startup to be bought by a major national or international company. Many other Purdue startups have had license and sublicense agreements with established corporations. […]

As an international student from Bangladesh, Mohammad Rahman graduated with a degree in computer science shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. […]

Quantum computing has been identified as a key technology for the United States by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), and in late September, the NSTC released a report, 'National Strategic Overview for Quantum Information Science.' […]

Every two seconds, sensors measuring the United States’ electrical grid collect 3 petabytes of data – the equivalent of 3 million gigabytes. Data analysis on that scale is a challenge when crucial information is stored in an inaccessible database. […]

Today's manufacturers struggle to keep pace with rapid changes in technology because of the inability to adapt and the new skills required of their workforce. […]

To send a text message, there's not only 'an app for that,' there are dozens of apps for that. […]

What if self-driving cars were the norm? What if self-driving cars impact jobs? These are intriguing questions, and their answers could have serious implications for society. Discovery Park’s Purdue Policy Research Institute will host a workshop series beginning Oct. 12 that will address these questions as a part of Purdue’s Ideas Festival. […]

Adranos Inc., a Purdue University-affiliated company developing a novel high-performance, solid propellant for long-range missile and space launch systems, has raised $800,000 to further advance the technology. […]