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‘Body internet’ may eliminate the need for smartphones by changing how we use technology

One day, humans might be able to use their touch and thoughts instead of screens to interact with the digital world. Innovations being developed at Purdue University may not only help reverse the trend of putting every possible task on a smartphone or other single device, but also completely change how humans have interacted with devices so far. In a few years, this might look like making a payment by touching a machine with your finger instead of with a credit card or smartphone, accessing a GPS route with your feet or transferring a file to someone by shaking their hand.
Media contact: Kayla Albert, wiles5@purdue.edu

Purdue establishes an international footprint in chip technology and workforce innovation

Purdue University forges the future of the microelectronics industry, making new partners around the world and expanding its persistent pursuit of microchip advancement through the innovations, partnerships and programs highlighted in this roundup. Paving the way as a leader in semiconductors, Purdue is focusing on the workforce development necessary to meet the industry’s needs in the next decade.
Media contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

Researchers look to the human eye to boost computer vision efficiency

Conventional silicon architecture has taken computer vision a long way, but Purdue University researchers are developing an alternative path — taking a cue from nature — that they say is the foundation of an artificial retina. Like our own visual system, the device is geared to sense change, making it more efficient in principle than the computationally demanding digital camera systems used in applications like self-driving cars and autonomous robots.

Media contact: Mary Martialay, mmartial@purdue.edu 

AP Video — Protecting pets during the holidays

Lorraine Corriveau, a primary care clinician at the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital in the College of Veterinary Medicine, explains how to take care of pets throughout the holidays. With holiday decorations, Corriveau says to be careful with putting ornaments low to the ground and to make sure electrical cords are pet-proof. Decorative plants also can be toxic, especially holly and lilies, so Corriveau recommends being careful when placing plants around your house.

Media contact: Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu

Discovery points to new approach to treating liver cancer

A breakthrough in the understanding of the relationship between a naturally occurring enzyme and the liver cancer drug sorafenib could improve the effectiveness of the drug, which currently prolongs the life of liver cancer patients for only two to three months. A study of the relationship between the enzyme DDX5, liver cancer and sorafenib, published in the Nature journal Cell Death & Disease, points to the potential for a more effective therapy that combines existing anti-cancer drugs with treatments that spur production of this enzyme.

Media contact: Mary Martialay, mmartial@purdue.edu 

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