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Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

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Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks

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Open Ocean

Open Ocean

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RFIQ: Food quality and safety detection using wireless stickers

​We have developed a wireless system that leverages the inexpensive RFID tags already on hundreds of billions of products to sense potentia…

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Unsoo Ha +2 more
#artificial intelligence #food #health +8 more
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RFind: Extreme localization for billions of items

Presenting RFind, a new technology that allows us to locate almost any object with extreme accuracy by transforming low-cost, battery-free …

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Yunfei Ma +1 more
#artificial intelligence #augmented reality #human-machine interaction +6 more
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RFly: Drones that find missing objects using battery-free RFIDs

Can drones find missing items? Every year, companies lose billions of dollars due to misplaced items and faulty inventory records in their …

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Yunfei Ma +1 more
#systems #networking #autonomous vehicles
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Signal Kinetics: Year One

Fadel Adib reflects on the whirlwind first year of his group, Signal Kinetics.

Nov. 20, 2017
in Signal Kinetics
#systems #networking
How to create better online environments and interfaces for human communication.
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Center for Future Banking
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