June 2016
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Tracking the Atlanta Streetcar in Real Time
Starting this summer, the Atlanta Streetcar will begin using a new real-time dispatching method developed at Georgia Tech that eliminates the need for schedules and cuts down on passenger wait times. Currently, the schedule on the Streetcar is not publicly available to passengers; they only know that streetcars run approximately every 10-15 minutes. Drivers, however, use a schedule in order to make sure the two or three vehicles are evenly spaced along the route.
Schedules are made months in advance, though, without information about current operating conditions. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Kari Watkins and Ph.D student Simon Berrebi have developed an algorithm that ensures each vehicle is spaced evenly along the 2.7 mile route in downtown Atlanta, maximizing the frequency of service. Unlike the current method, the Georgia Tech algorithm uses real-time information.
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It’s a headline that’s been around for years: 90 percent of Medicaid dollars are spent on just 10 percent of the most medically needy patients. But new research from Georgia Tech shows that’s not exactly true, and the spending gap is much smaller than we think, particularly for children.
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The world’s leading computing society has honored IPaT Executive Director Beth Mynatt for her significant contribution to the development and application of computing. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) named Mynatt a new Fellow in December for her work in human-centered computing and the development of health information technologies, and formally recognized her at its annual awards banquet on June 11th in San Francisco.
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Wearable technology and head-mounted displays are in the press daily. Why now? While the basic technology has existed for decades, only recently have these devices become practical and desirable.
On You: Wearing Technology looks at the challenges along the road to making a consumer wearable computer: power and heat, networking, mobile input, and display through examples of consumer, professional, and “maker” devices. The exhibition also includes personal stories of individuals who use or create wearable technology. Are you wearing technology? Is technology ON YOU?
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