Lent 2009
A one-cent magnetoelectric sensor
Contacts: Dr. Neil Mathur, Materials Science & Professor Jim Scott, Earth Science Mentors: Andy Milton & Richard Bown, Innovia Technology Reference: Israel C, Mathur N D, and Scott J F, A one-cent room-temperature magnetoelectric sensor; NATURE MATERIALS 7, 93-94 (2008) The team of researchers from Materials Science and Earth Sciences have discovered a one-cent, room-temperature magnetoelectric sensor based on…
Simulating vision and motion impairment
Contacts: Dr. Sam Waller, Cambridge Engineering Design Centre Mentors: Tim Goldrein & Megan Morys, Innovia Technology Background Information: The inclusive design toolkit (www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com) and usability evaluation tools (www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com/betterdesign/knowledge/evaltools/index.html) Mentors: Pierre Far & Alan Cucknell, Innovia Technology The inclusive design group at the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre have developed gloves and glasses which reduce the functional ability of the eyes…
Mobile environmental sensing
Contact: Dr. Eiman Kanjo, Cambridge Computer Lab Mentors: Alan Cucknell & Pierre Far, Innovia Technology Website: http://www.escience.cam.ac.uk/mobiledata/ The Cambridge Mobile Sensing research team has developed software and sensors that allow mobile and remote monitoring of a range of pollution, including chemical pollutants (carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide) and noise. The aim is to change environmental monitoring…