10.3.2015
"San Diego Union-Tribune"
High tech health gives hope to sick and injured
Calit2 Director Larry Smarr is quoted by reporter Gary Robbins in this discussion of San Diego's growing biomedical technology ("medtech") industry, dedicated to using technology for personalized and more effective healthcare.
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9.30.2015
"Imperial Valley News"
New Frontiers of Cognitive Networking
Ramin Skibba reports on Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao and postdoctoral researcher Giorgio Quer's research on cognitive networking, in which wireless networks "learn" the best way to distribute resources among devices and apply their knowledge to future conditions.
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9.30.2015
"ZDNet"
Solving the problem of server side flash
Qualcomm Institute affiliate Steve Swanson's work is cited by Robin Harris in an article on the efficacy and cost of flash memory. Swanson showed that current storage software lags behind the capabilities of new hardware developments and accounts for more than 80% of access time.
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9.28.2015
"The Age"
Complex car software becomes the weak spot under the hood
QI affiliate Stefan Savage is quoted in a story by David Gelles and colleagues about the possibility of hackers infiltrating automobile software.
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9.28.2015
"ABC 10 News Mornings at 5 a.m.—KXTV-SAC"
Study: Baby's Smile is Goal-Oriented
Correspondents from the ABC news affiliate in Sacramento, Calif. describe recent findings from Qualcomm Institute affiliate Javier Movellan, who used a baby-imitating robot to determine that babies time their smiles deliberately to maximize the smiles of those around them.

9.26.2015
"San Diego Union-Tribune"
SD science calendar: Nobels, stem cells and robots
A calendar of upcoming science-related events in San Diego, compiled by Gary Robbins, includes the Contextual Robotics Forum, a one-day robotics conference to be hosted by the Qualcomm Institute on Oct. 30, 2015.
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9.26.2015
"The New York Times"
Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot Under the Hood
Qualcomm Institute affiliate Stefan Savage speaks about automobiles' vulnerability to hacking in this article by David Gelles, Hiroko Tabuchi and Matthew Dolan.
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9.25.2015
"EnterpriseTech"
Larry Smarr: Building the Big Data Superhighway
EnterpriseTech reporter Alison Diana speaks with Calit2 Director Larry Smarr about the history and future of the Pacific Research Platform (PRP), a fiber-optic network that will allow participating universities and research organizations to share big data at high speeds.
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9.25.2015
"HPCwire"
Larry Smarr on Solving the Big Data Challenge in HPC
Reporter Alison Diana interviews Calit2 Director Larry Smarr about the Pacific Research Platform, a fiber-optic network for sharing big data. The interview originally appeared in HPCwire's sister publication, EnterpriseTech.
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9.25.2015
"WBEZ 91.5 (Chicago, Ill.)"
WBEZ 91.5 News—9/25/2015
Graduate student Kevin Kaufmann describes a new invention from Qualcomm Institute affiliate Joseph Wang's nanoengineering lab: a motor that can convert the carbon dioxide in water into calcium bicarbonate. Researchers hope to use it to combat climate change's effect on oceans.

9.25.2015
"CBS 2 News at 5 p.m.—KCBS-TV"
Understanding How Babies Use Smiles
Reporters from CBS 2 in Los Angeles discuss the research of Qualcomm Institute affiliate Javier Movellan, who used a robot programmed to imitate a baby in order to determine when and why babies smile.

9.25.2015
"Los Angeles Times"
Here's how members of the burgeoning digital workforce ...
Design Lab advisory board member Lilly Irani speaks with Travis Marshall about labor rights issues in digital workforces and describes her work on Turkopticon, a program that allows Amazon MTurk workers to warn one another of potentially exploitative employers.
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9.24.2015
"The Inquisitr"
Creepy Baby-Bot Used To Study Why Babies Smile
Shelley Hazen writes about Qualcomm Institute affiliate Javier Movellan's work with "Diego-San," a robot programmed to imitate a baby. By tracking undergraduates' interactions with Diego-San, Movellan found that babies time their smiles to maximize the smiles of others.
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9.24.2015
"TopNews.in"
Researchers find why babies smile
Piyush Diwan reports on Qualcomm Institute affiliate Javier Movellan's finding that babies smile strategically. Through his work with a baby-imitating robot called "Diego-San," Movellan discovered that babies attempt to maximize others' smiles while minimizing their own.
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9.23.2015
"WWJ Newsradio 950 (Detroit, Mich.)"
WWJ Newsradio 950—9/23/2015
Health correspondent Deanna Lites reports on Qualcomm Institute affiliate Javier Movellan's discovery that babies try to make others smile as much as possible, while smiling as infrequently as possible themselves.

9.22.2015
"NPR"
Wherever You Go, Your Personal Cloud Of Microbes Follows
In a story by NPR's Rob Stein, Qualcomm Institute affiliate and microbiologist Rob Knight discusses the potential of research into the human microbiome, the set of microorganisms unique to each individual that we continuously release into our surroundings.
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9.18.2015
"The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)"
Leading scientists gathering for symposium in ....
In this announcement of a symposium honoring the late microbiologist Carl Woese, Calit2 Director Larry Smarr describes Woese's impact on his own life and research, especially his work with QI affiliate Rob Knight on the intestinal microbiome of people with Crohn's disease.
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8.26.2015
"Scientific Computing"
Pacific Research Platform to provide High-capacity ....
Calit2 Director Larry Smarr and QI affiliates Tom DeFanti, Phil Papadopoulos and Frank Würthwein discuss the Pacific Research Platform (PRP), a trailblazing fiber-optic network that will allow universities and research organizations to share big data at very high speeds.
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8.25.2015
"LinkedIn"
10 things we’ll be doing differently within 10 years
Calit2 Director Larry Smarr makes 10 predictions about what life will be like in the next 10 years.
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8.19.2015
"Gizmodo"
A Private High-Speed Network Will Help Researchers...
Gizmodo reporter Chris Mills write about the new Pacific Research Platform, a private fiber-optic network that will link together a few West Coast supercomputers and labs (including Calit2).
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8.19.2015
"Gizmodo"
A Private High-Speed Network Will Help Researchers...
Gizmodo reporter Chris Mills write about the new Pacific Research Platform, a private fiber-optic network that will link together a few West Coast supercomputers and labs (including Calit2).
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8.19.2015
"PC Advisor"
Top scientists to access Pacific data sharing network
Australian researchers will gain access to the US Pacific Research Platform (PRP), a next-generation data sharing network linking research universities and supercomputing centres and led by Calit2.
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8.6.2015
"IT Wire"
AARNET links up with California network
Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNET) has struck a deal with the Pacific Research Platform (led by Calit2) to link Australian researchers with those in California.
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8.6.2015
"Communications Day (pdf)"
AARNet taps into new US research network
Australia’s Academic and Research Network has announced a new partnership with Calit2 that will link Australian researchers to a private, next-generation US data sharing network

8.5.2015
"Aarnet"
Australia forges US partnership to accelerate scientific....
Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) announce a partnership to connect Australian researchers to the US Pacific Research Platform.
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8.5.2015
"CIO"
Top scientists to access Pacific data sharing network
Australian researchers will gain access to the US Pacific Research Platform (PRP), a next-generation data sharing network linking research universities and supercomputing centres that is led by Calit2.
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8.5.2015
"TechWorld"
Top scientists to access Pacific data sharing network
A partnership between Australia's Academic Research Network (AARNet) and Calit2 will give Australian researchers access to a next-generation data sharing network linking research universities and supercomputing centers.
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8.3.2015
"Malay Mail Online"
A network that is faster than the Internet but only for ...
Calit2's Thomas DeFanti and Larry Smarr are quoted in an article about the Pacfic Research Platform, a new ultra-high-speed network that will connect five West Coast university laboratories and supercomputer centers.
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8.3.2015
"The Economic Times"
Scientists to share data on high-speed network
The Economic Times picks up a story by New York Times reporter John Markoff on the Pacific Research Platform, which will allow data to be moved at speeds of 10 gigabits to 100 gigabits per second and is spearheaded in part by Calit2.
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8.3.2015
"The Register"
Internet, schminternet: Boffins propose private 100Gbps...
The Register's Alexander Martin reports on the new "hypernet" being led by Calit2 and funded by the National Science Foundation. The Pacific Research Platform will connect five West Coast laboratories and supercomputers at rates as high as 100 gigabits per second.
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8.1.2015
"Field Notes (San Diego Natural History Museum)"
The Hidden World of the Maritime Maya
In this article published in theNAT's quarterly review, QI affiliate and CISA3 Special Projects Coordinator Dominique Rissolo describes the robust but oft-overlooked maritime activities of the Maya peoples—a thriving world of trade and internationalization.
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7.31.2015
"The New York Times"
Research Scientists to Use Network Much Faster Than Internet
The New York Times' John Markoff reports on the new Pacific Research Platform, a network that will connect five West Coast universities to allow data to be transferred at rates as high as 100 gigabits per second. Calit2 Director Larry Smarr is PI on the project.
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6.27.2015
"Gizmodo"
Engineers Just Broke the Capacity Limit For Fiber Optic T...
Electrical engineers at UCSD's Qualcomm Institute increased the power of optical signals and translated data that travelled a record-breaking distance.
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6.25.2015
"New York Times"
An Advance May Double the Capabilities of Fiber Optics
Technology reporter John Markoff featured research out of the Photonics Systems Group, quoting Calit2 research scientist Nikola Alic, published in the journal Science, on a method to do away with repeaters to guarantee data arrives intact over long distances via optical fiber.
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6.4.2015
"GCN"
The cyborg approach to spotting mines at sea
Reporter Mark Pomerleau reports on a brain-computer interface built by QI-affiliated researcher Ryan Kastner and designed to speed identification of mines in sonar images of the ocean floor.
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6.4.2015
"Washington Post"
The Revolution Will Be Digitized
In a cover story for the Washington Post, reporter Ariana Eunjung Cha profiles Calit2 Director Larry Smarr and his quest to digitally quantify his health.
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5.22.2015
"Tech.Co"
How Secure is Your Hardware, Actually?
Ryan Kastner, an affiliate with the Qualcomm Institute, along with three other colleagues, founded Tortuga Logic to ensure that modern security is built into modern hardware.
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5.18.2015
"KPBS"
Being Naked In UCSD Art Class Is Required But Not Remarkable
KPBS reporter Angela Carone reports on Associate professor Ricardo Dominguez's nudity requirement in his visual arts class.
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5.12.2015
"The Guardian "
UCSD visual arts students told to strip naked for end-of...
Reporter Adam Gabbatt reports on one mother's concerns after her daughter had to take a final exam in the nude for professor Ricardo Dominguez's visual arts class.
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5.11.2015
"New York Daily News"
UCSD art student forced to perform naked to pass....
UCSD professor Ricardo Dominguez, an affiliate of the Qualcomm Institute, defends the work he assigns in his optional course as an experiment in the "rich possibilities available to the contemporary artist in his or her own persona."
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5.11.2015
"Stuff (New Zealand)"
The problems with the explosion in fitness tracking
From the instant he wakes up each morning, through his workday and into the night, the essence of Larry Smarr is captured by a series of numbers: a resting heart rate of 40 beats per minute, a blood pressure of 130/70, a stress level of 2 percent, 86 kg, 8,000 steps taken.
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5.11.2015
"The Southland Times"
The problems with the explosion in fitness tracking
The Southland Times runs a story originally on the cover of the Washington Post about Calit2 Director Larry Smarr.
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5.10.2015
"The Sydney Morning Herald"
Larry Smarr is the poster boy for wearable devices...
The Sydney Morning Herald runs a story about Calit2 Director Larry Smarr that originally appeared on the front page of the Washington Post.
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5.10.2015
"WorldNetDaily"
Wearable Devices Portend Vast Privacy Consequences
The WorldNetDaily runs a profile of Calit2 Director Larry Smarr that originally appeared on the front page of the Washington Post.
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5.9.2015
"The Reading Eagle "
Extreme trackers: Lives monitored in data
The Reading Eagle reports on how Calit2 Director Larry Smarr was able to use technology to track his health and eventually detect his Crohn's disease before his doctors.
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5.9.2015
"The Reading Eagle "
Extreme trackers: Lives monitored in data
The Reading Eagle reports on how Calit2 Director Larry Smarr was able to use technology to track his health and eventually detect his Crohn's disease before his doctors.
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5.8.2015
"Xconomy"
UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute Opens Startup “Innovation
Xconomy's Bruce Bigelow reports on QI's new Innovation Space for startups.
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5.7.2015
"San Diego Union-Tribune"
UCSD opens incubator at Qualcomm Institute
Union-Tribune reporter Mike Freeman reports on QIIS, the Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space for startups.
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5.4.2015
"Science Daily"
Combining computer vision, brain computer interface...
QI-affiliated computer scientist Ryan Kastner and colleagues have combined sophisticated computer vision algorithms and a brain-computer interface to find mines in sonar images of the ocean floor.
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5.4.2015
"SD Metro"
Daily Business Report - May 4, 2015
SD Metro reports on the formal opening of the Innovation Space and its current seven tenants.
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5.3.2015
"El Pais"
The era of 'baby data'
Reporter Karelia Vazquez features Calit2 Director Larry Smarr in a story about a new trend in digitally monitoring babies.
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5.2.2015
"San Diego Union-Tribune"
Lei Liang makes paintings sing
UT reporter James Chute profiles Calit2 composer-in-residence Lei Liang and his performance of "Hearing Landscapes,” a cutting-edge, multimedia presentation that he premiered at the Qualcomm Institute in April.
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4.28.2015
"PhysOrg"
Florentine basilica gets high-tech physical
PhysOrg features a project by two QI Ph.D. students to digitally 'diagnose' the Baptistery of St. John for structural integrity using a variety of multispectral imaging tools.
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4.28.2015
"Archaeology"
High-Tech Tools Map Baptistery of St. John
Using Lidar technology, ultra-high-resolution photography, and thermal imaging techniques, Mike Hess and Mike Yeager of the University of California, San Diego, created a 3-D digital model of the interior, exterior, and façade of the Baptistery of St. John.
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4.27.2015
"Controlled Environments"
Graphene-based Technique Creates World’s Smallest Crack
A team of nanoengineers led by UCSD nanoengineering professor Darren Lipomi has discovered a new process of creating nanogaps through the use of graphene.
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4.23.2015
"SD Metro"
Daily Business Report April 23 2015
SD Metro reports on Qualcomm Institute's opening of Innovation Space for Industry and Startups
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4.16.2015
"CNET in Spanish"
Indiegogo campaign seeks to bring back Selena digitally
Campaña de Indiegogo busca resucitar a Selena digitalmente. ¿Lo logrará?
Claudia Cruz reports on a startup, Acrovirt LLC, which wants to use UCSD technology to bring back a digital version of the late singer Selena, if it can begin by raising $500,000 on Indiegogo.
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4.15.2015
"Times of San Diego"
Virtual Reality: How Close to Being Real
Reporters Leonard Novarro and Rosalynn Carmen interview QI research scientist about the future of virtual reality.
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4.6.2015
"SD Metro"
Qualcomm Institute Launches Innovation Space
The Qualcomm Institute has launched an Innovation Space where qualified faculty startups, industry partners or national laboratories can lease office or lab space inside the research institute’s headquarters building on the campus of UC San Diego.
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4.5.2015
"Imperial Valley News"
What Is It About Yoga?
Two QI studies looking at the effects of yoga on the body's physiology are featured.
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4.2.2015
"Fox 8 New Orleans"
The Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) Bible: 2015 - 2020 ....
Calit2 is mentioned in a story about the future of mobile health (mHealth).
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3.27.2015
"Dell Big Data"
Calit2 is Using HPC to Unlock the Secrets of Microorganisms
Over the past several years, Calit2 Director Larry Smarr has been exploring how advanced data analytics tools can find patterns in microbial distribution data. Inside HPC features one of Smarr's presentations.
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3.23.2015
"La Jolla Light"
LET'S REVIEW: Open Studios 2105, UCSD grad students ....
A review of Open Studios 2015 features the work of Heidi Kayser, who will be part of an upcoming IDEAS performance series at the Qualcomm Institute.
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3.15.2015
"San Diego Newscape"
High-Performance Big-Science Pacific Research Platform ....
Attendees at the CENIC 2015 Annual Conference, “Shaking Things Up,” will be introduced to the Pacific Research Platform, a cutting-edge research infrastructure that will link together the Science DMZs of dozens of top research institutions via three advanced networks: CENIC’s Cal
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3.6.2015
"Fast Company"
Take a Stroll Down Broadway Through Hundreds of Thousands...
QI-affiliated researcher Lev Manovich is quoted in a story on an art installaion that mashes social media and open data to provide a unique look of Broadway in New York City.
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3.4.2015
"MobiHealth News"
Calit2 awards $200,000 to five data sharing projects
Reporter Aditi Pai announces that Health Data Exploration (HDE) has awarded a total of $200,000 to five projects that aim to use aggregated personal health data to advance research. Some of the projects involve big digital health names like Fitbit, RunKeeper, and PatientsLikeMe.
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2.20.2015
"Becker's Health IT & CIO Review"
University of San Diego awards $200,000 to health database..
Reporter Elizabeth Earl announces that a data sharing initiative at the University of California San Diego has awarded $200,000 to five health data aggregation efforts.
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2.11.2015
"La Jolla Light"
LET'S REVIEW: A Loud Silence, Deaf artists explore sound
Will Bowen reviews "LOUD silence," the latest exhibition at the gallery@calit2.
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2.10.2015
"National Geographic"
There's No Plague on the NYC Subway. No Platypuses Either.
In a discussion of a study that found traces of the bubonic plague in New York City subway stations, Ed Yong cites the work of microbiologist and Qualcomm Institute affiliate Rob Knight, who showed the prevalence of false positives using the example of platypus DNA.
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2.2.2015
"Control Design for Machine Builders"
Student-Built Ruku Robot Encourages Others to Join STEM Fiel
Katherine Bonfante write about the student-designed Ruku Robot, which can solve a Rubiks Cube in a matter of seconds and was created in the QI Fabrication Lab.
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1.20.2015
"Real Estate Rama"
Architects, AIA Foundation and Association of Collegiate....
A partnership with Active Living Research, the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems at Calit2/Qi, and the School of Medicine at the University of California San Diego uses smart wearable wireless sensors to track how individuals react to changing conditions.
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1.12.2015
"Government Technology"
Could Better Health Be all in the Wrist?
QI's Kevin Patrick is mentioned in a story about wearable health technology and how the data that emerge from such devices is changing the way we think about healthcare.
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1.8.2015
"The Washington Post"
The frustrating hunt for Genghis Khan’s long-lost tomb ....
Reporter Terrence McCoy covers a paper published by Calit2 researcher Albert Yu-Min Lin and colleagues on their hunt to find the lost tomb of Genghis Khan.
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1.7.2015
"Daily Mail"
Has Genghis Khan's Tomb Been Spotted From Space?
Richard Gray reports on a paper published in the journal Public Library of Science One, in which Calit2 researcher Albert Lin and his team claim to have identified 55 potential archaeological sites that could be home to the remains of Genghis Khan.

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