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3D Optical Idetification Tags

­ Passive 3D Optical Identification Tag Design VALUE PROPOSITION Spatial navigation is important for many human-related activities, including those underwater like scuba diving and underwater accident rescue. Efforts to improve underwater navigation based on acoustic and RF techniques incur significant drawbacks, including high power consumption,...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Communication, Computer Software, Informatics

Zero-Energy Wireless Channel Capacity Enhancement

Executive SummaryThis technology is a set of novel packet position modulation (PPM) standards based on the modulation of inter packet intervals for zero-energy data transmission in transmit only sensor networks and Internet-of-Things applications with restrictive energy budgets. Packet data transmissions in wireless sensor networks are often scheduled...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Subir Biswas, Dezhi Feng, Saptarshi Das
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Communication, Computer Hardware, Telecommunications and Internet

Linearization and Efficiency Enhancement Techniques for Digital Wireless Transmitters

Executive SummaryWireless digital transmitters offer numerous benefits versus conventional analog systems, including reduced footprint and power consumption. A recent innovation developed at MSU can help further these advantages, while also enhancing performance linearity. Description of TechnologyOur novel design improves system performance for Class-G...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Sangmin Yoo, Si-Wook Yoo
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Communication, Computer Hardware, Devices, Telecommunications and Internet

Language Learning App Game

Executive SummaryLearning a new language is a difficult journey to undergo; even more so with languages that rely heavily on tone inflection. The Mandarin language in particular alters words in their entirety based on the tone used. For instance the English sound “ma” can mean mother, flax, horse, or to yell depending on the tonal inflection...

The Living History Project: Stories Told by Michigan’s Oldest Old

Executive SummaryThe “oldest old” is a term used to describe people 85 years of age and older. This group is the fastest-growing age cohort in the world, and their lives span a century of history. In this documentary, award-winning director Geri Alumit Zeldes and her team at MSU have captured the individual histories of Michigan’s...
Published: 5/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Geraldine Zeldes, Linda Keilman, Eric Freedman
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Communication

Growing Up Hmong at the Crossroads (documentary)

Executive SummaryFour children of former Hmong refugees embark from their home in Minnesota on a milestone journey to trace their family history in Laos, Thailand and France. In their earnest search for their cultural roots, Justin, Joshua, Bella and Maipa open a door into the world of children born to former war refugees and what it means to grow up...
Published: 9/11/2023   |   Inventor(s): Safoi Babana-Hampton
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Communication, Education & Training

Hmong Memory at the Crossroads (documentary)

Executive Summary Liachoua Lee, a Hmong-American from Rochester Hills, Michigan, revisits his past as a former refugee and son of Hmong veterans of the French Indochina War (1946-1954), and of the American Secret War in Laos (1961-1975), by revisiting places that carry traces of his personal history and the emotional scars left by the war. Lee’s...
Published: 9/11/2023   |   Inventor(s): Safoi Babana-Hampton, Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, Marjorie Helms, Cedric Naolu Lee
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Communication, Education & Training

An Intelligent Home-Based Sensing System for Indoor Air Quality Analytics

Executive SummaryAirSense provides homeowners with a tool to monitor and mitigate indoor air pollutants. This intelligent indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring and analytics system works with air quality sensors to automatically detect pollution, identify its sources, determine its risk level and provide actionable suggestions to improve air quality.Description...
Published: 8/20/2022   |   Inventor(s): Mi Zhang, Biyi Fang, Taiwoo Park, Qiumin Xu
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Computer Software, Communication, Computer Hardware

DeepASL: A Wearable System for Unobtrusive End-to-End American Sign Language Translation

Executive SummaryThere is a large community of Americans (roughly one million persons in the US) with vocal communication disabilities, who would benefit from technology to improve non-verbal communication. MSU researchers have developed an unobtrusive hands-free device capable of tracking hand motion and provides sentence level translation in real...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Mi Zhang, Biyi Fang, Jillian Co
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Computer Software, Communication

A Smart Device-based Depression Behavior Monitoring Platform for Enhancing College Counseling Services

Executive SummaryDepression is the leading health issue on college campuses in the U.S. Today, college students are dealing with depression at some of the highest rates in decades. Unfortunately, university counseling centers (UCCs), which are the primary access points for students to receive mental health services, are facing significant challenges...
Published: 6/8/2021   |   Inventor(s): Mi Zhang, Jingbo Meng
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Computer Software, Communication, Analytical Instruments, Therapeutic
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