John Toon

Georgia Tech University

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Control system helps drones team up to deliver heavy packages

March 30, 2021

When a swarm of smarticles is made to interact in a confined space, they form stunningly symmetric dances whose choreography emerges spontaneously from the physics of low rattling. Courtesy: Thomas A. Berrueta, Northwestern University

Predicting robot movement, collective behavior

Discrete Manufacturing

Atomic-scale 3D sculpting could enable improved quantum nanodevices

Courtesy: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech

Redesigned mask offers greater protection, comfort for user

Researcher Emmeline Blanchard from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University places items into an ozone disinfection chamber for testing. Courtesy: Georgia Tech University

Ozone disinfection could make PPE reusable for workers

Small batteries were used to study the spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures in the laboratory of Matthew McDowell at Georgia Tech. Courtesy: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech

Nanoscale hollow structure formation could boost battery storage

June 15, 2020

Courtesy: Georgia Institute of Technology

Universities developing DIY medical devices, PPE to combat coronavirus spread

March 23, 2020

A red laser creates nonlinear effects with tiny triangles of gold. The blue beam shows the frequency-doubled light and the green beam controls the hot-electron migration. Courtesy: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech

Laser pulse creates frequency doubling in amorphous dielectric material

January 18, 2020

Georgia Tech has announced an agreement to join the IBM Q Hub at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to advance the fundamental research and use of quantum computing. Courtesy: IBM/Georgia Tech

University to collaborate on developing software stacks for quantum computers

January 14, 2020

A 3D-printed cell trap developed in the laboratory of Georgia Tech Assistant Professor A. Fatih Sarioglu captures blood cells to isolate tumor cells from a blood sample. Courtesy: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech

AI and Machine Learning

Using 3-D printers to trap cancer cells for early detection

December 20, 2019

Image shows a printed micropillar forest submerged in the photopolymer resist prior to development. The forest contains 900 micropillars over a 7 mm × 7 mm area and was printed in less than 90 minutes as compared to more than a day of printing with serial techniques. Courtesy: Vu Nguyen and Sourabh Saha, Georgia Tech University

Discrete Manufacturing

3-D printing technique accelerates nanoscale fabrication

November 2, 2019

Shape-shifting robots show new locomotion strategy

October 15, 2019

Figure 2: The images compare the evolution of antineutrino spectrum and antineutrino detector response as a function of reactor operational time in a pressurized water reactor and an ultra-long cycle fast reactor. Courtesy: Georgia Institute of Technology

Sensors, Actuators

Antineutrino detection could remotely monitor nuclear reactors

August 31, 2019

A portion of the four-phase process used by SkyWalker to vet backend systems that support mobile apps. Courtesy: Georgia Tech, Ohio State University

Virtualization, Cloud Analytics

Smartphone apps may connect to vulnerable cloud servers

August 29, 2019

Colorized scanning electron microscope image shows the position of a resistive thermal device RTD (nanoscale thermometer) as the deposition substrate moves relative to the micro-size nozzle capillary for gas jet injection for mapping local temperature. The RTD thermal response was used for validation of the model prediction of the adatom non-equilibrium thermal state. Courtesy: Matthew R. Henry, Georgia Tech University

Discrete Manufacturing

Supersonic jet injector accelerates nanoscale additive manufacturing

July 19, 2019

A robotic car controlled by an ultra-low power hybrid chip is placed into an arena to demonstrate its ability to learn and collaborate with another robot. Courtesy: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech

Low-power hybrid chip makes small robots more capable

March 8, 2019