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Could the emergence of a small labor union at Google help transform the tech industry? Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Here’s why the new union at Google could be good for Silicon Valley

The unionization by a relatively small number of workers may launch a labor movement throughout the tech industry that could help companies struggling to regulate themselves, predicts Usama Fayyad, executive director for Northeastern’s Institute of Experiential Artificial Intelligence.

by Ian Thomsen January 25, 2021

Hanumant Singh,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, works on a drone in the ISEC building on Sept. 28, 2020. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

He's building the next generation of autonomous robots

After going into lockdown, Hanumant Singh, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, is finally back with the robots in his lab. It may not be the same, he says, but he and his team are ready to pick up where they left off and continue building the drones of the future.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa October 12, 2020

With a small ocean robot, Northeastern researchers produced high-resolution models of icebergs in Sermilik Fjord, Greenland. Photo courtesy Hanumant Singh

How to stop an iceberg in its tracks

In Greenland, icebergs are melting fast. With an ocean robot made by Northeastern professor Hanumant Singh, scientists are beginning to understand just how fast.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa February 27, 2020

The numbers of chinstrap penguins on Elephant Island, Antarctica, are dwindling. Studying them can be difficult, as they prefer living on rocky and elevated areas that can be hard to reach by researchers. Photo courtesy of Yang Liu

Penguins are starving as Antarctica gets warmer. Drones are counting the losses.

Scientists suspect that the population of the chinstrap penguins that inhabit Elephant Island is dwindling. A team that includes two Northeastern doctoral students is seeking to measure the decline using drones and machine learning algorithms.

by Vikrant Shah - contributor February 11, 2020

Kritika Singh, founder and director of Northeastern University Global Health Initiative, speaks during the Global Health in a Changing World conference. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Global population, climate, and technology are changing human health. Here’s what we can do about it.

“We see how much the world is changing,” Northeastern student and 2020 Rhodes Scholar Kritika Singh told an audience of students, researchers, clinicians, and industry experts on Friday. “People, planet, and technology need to change along with it in order to have a healthier and safer world.”

by Laura Castañón February 9, 2020

Town employees of Emerald Isle work to clear the road after a tornado hit the beach town in North Carolina as Hurricane Dorian moved up the East coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. AP Photo/Tom Copeland

How to prepare for the next Hurricane Dorian

Scientists, engineers, and city planners need to work together in order to prepare communities to withstand and recover from natural disasters of this magnitude, says Stephen Flynn, who directs the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa September 17, 2019

Kaushik Chowdhury, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is working with former graduate student Yousof Naderi to develop technology that transforms any surface into a smart wireless charger to power several devices simultaneously. This system can also be used to power more complex gadgets, such as airborne drones. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Here’s how your desk could be turned into a wireless charger

Kaushik Chowdhury, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is developing technology that transforms any surface into a smart wireless charger to power several devices simultaneously. This system can also be used to power more complex gadgets, such as airborne drones.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa September 2, 2019

Engineering graduate student Mithun Diddi flies a drone in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems facility at the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security in Burlington, Massachusetts on March 8, 2019 Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

A Shark Tank-style showcase for new drone technologies

The U.S. Air Force is looking for companies with ideas for detecting and defeating drones that pose a security threat, and doing it through a competition in which developers will make their pitches at Northeastern’s state-of-the-art drone-testing facility on Wednesday.

by Khalida Sarwari July 22, 2019

Northeastern plans to construct an eight-story, 350,000-square-foot research center on Columbus Avenue. This preliminary rendering shows a facility that will include state-of-the-art labs, dedicated space to support the university’s innovative work in autonomous vehicles, drones, and humanoid robots, and a makerspace to promote collaboration between students across disciplines.

‘This is how we want the world to see us’

A new state-of-the-art research building, to be named EXP, will be built along Columbus Avenue. In the context of the neighboring Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, it will deepen Northeastern’s commitment to research and integration across disciplines, said Provost James C. Bean.

by Ian Thomsen and Khalida Sarwari June 11, 2019

Northeastern formally opens its radio-silent drone facility at the Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

State-of-the-art drone-testing facility opens on the Burlington campus

Northeastern formally opened a groundbreaking research facility at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday that was attended by military and business leaders who will partner in cyber-security testing on drones.

by Ian Thomsen April 8, 2019