Portable device to detect disease in 30 minutes

Futurity: BEE Prof. Dan Luo has devised a method of “amplifying” very small samples of pathogen DNA, RNA, or proteins using synthetic DNA. ECE Prof Edwin Kan designed a computer chip that quickly responds to the amplified samples targeted by Luo’s method. Read more

"Cornell ECE Professor Stephen Wicker is quoted by the New Yorker magazine on the increasingly important subject of privacy in cellular telephones"

Professor Wicker teaches and conducts research into privacy-aware information networking technologies. His recent publications have attracted national attention, including print, television, and radio interviews. This attribution in the New Yorker is the latest evidence of a growing interest in protecting privacy in a digital world. Read more

Charles Walton, father of RFID technology, dies at 89

engadget: Charles Walton, the man who pioneered the rise of RFID technology, has died at the age of 89. The Cornell-educated entrepreneur garnered more than 50 patents over the course of his career, but it only took one to cement his legacy -- a 1973 patent for a "Portable radio frequency emitting identifier." Read more

Fellow to the Optical Society of America

Clifford Pollock, Ilda and Charles Lee Professor of Engineering in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has been recognized for "significant and seminal contributions to the development of novel tunable and ultrafast laser sources and for continuous dedication as an educator to outstanding teaching" by the Optical Society of America. Read more