Calit2 : California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology Calit2 is taking ideas beyond theory into practice, accelerating innovation and shortening the time to product development and job creation. Where the university traditionally has focused on education and research, Calit2 extends that focus to include development and deployment of prototype infrastructure for testing new solutions in a real-world context. http://www.calit2.net Calit2: a CISI Patnership Exhibition at UC San Diego Envisages Future of Nanoparticles and Distributed Social Cinema New-media art installations that caution visitors about a future when books are relics of the past, and nanoparticles represent a pervasive threat to human health, will be on display starting August 4 at the gallery@calit2 at UC San Diego. http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1337 7.22.2008 Head of Corporate Research and Technology at Carl Zeiss Visits Calit2 at UCSD A senior representative from Carl Zeiss AG visited Calit2 at UC San Diego last week for a tour of Atkinson Hall and discussions about potential collaborations with the institute, possibly in the areas of 3-D data visualization, nanotechnology and mol http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1338 7.21.2008 UC San Diego Launches Institute of Engineering in Medicine to Accelerate Health Care Tech Top engineers, physicians and scientists at UC San Diego are joining forces in a new Institute of Engineering in Medicine to speed development of new tools and treatments for 21st century health care, some of which will be built in Calit2's Nano3 nan http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1336 7.18.2008 UC San Diego and UC Irvine Discuss Calit2 Collaboration on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change UCSD announced plans to produce 29 million kilowatt hours a year from "green" energy. The announcement came as UCSD and UC Irvine officials met to discuss two-campus sustainability activities under Calit2's banner. http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1335 7.16.2008 Calit2 Associate Director Bill Hodgkiss Delves Deep to Research RF and Acoustic Communications Before Bill Hodgkiss became associate director of Calit2 at UC San Diego, he had spent more than 30 years in the field pursuing his research in underwater acoustics. Now he's adding another specialty: software-defined radios for the military. http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1334 7.15.2008 UC San Diego Unveils World’s Highest-Resolution Scientific Display System To help scientists visualize and explore large data sets, Calit2 has unveiled the highest-resolution display system in the world. The 286-million-pixel HIPerSpace wall is located at UC San Diego. http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1332 7.9.2008