Focus Area: Safety
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Cycle Paths: Taking the bike lane wherever your adventures may lead you
In this project update from the Jacobs Institute’s Global Product Development course, team Cycle Paths shares their work to develop a product that increases cyclists’ visibility.
Student Project
Smart Air Bears
Aiming to empower individuals to monitor and act on local air quality information, Smart Air Bears is a low-cost ambient air quality sensor, with an accompanying mobile app.
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Countering extremism with technology
Berkeley Engineering — Every Thursday afternoon, students gather in a light-filled teaching studio of Jacobs Hall to develop technology-based solutions to a very tangible problem: ideologically motivated violence.
Student Project
PESES
This proof-of-concept sensor network is focused on facilitating post-earthquake recovery processes by estimating structural damage.
Student Project
Pum
Modeled after mono-wing maple seeds, Pum is a bioinspired relief package airdrop device designed to keep food and medical supplies from being damaged or blown into inaccessible areas.
Student Project
Helios
Helios is a real-time body-cam and sensor package designed to improve firefighters’ safety.