What’s campus life like in Engineering? Illinois has one of the top engineering programs in the world. You will pull all-nighters, put in endless amounts of time and hard work, and you will be challenged. But with all of that, you will still have time to have a life outside of engineering coursework, take part […]
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Illinois PhD Candidate Brett Jones Helps Unveil Microsoft’s IllumiRoom
The look home entertainment continues to evolve, but few innovations in the field have been more talked about in the last few months than Microsoft’s IllumiRoom project, where University of Illinois graduate and current PhD candidate Brett Jones is one of the principle researchers. IllumiRoom is “a proof-of-concept system that augments the area surrounding a […]
Plant Link team near their goal
The Plant Link team, which includes ECE and MechSE alums, has only been in the Kickstarter game for two weeks. But they’re already within $10,000 of their funding goal. Once they hit $75,000, they’ll begin manufacturing their new product. Plant Link is a system that monitors the water needs of your lawn, garden, or house plants. […]