National Geographic Kids book features UIC / EVL SpiderSense

January 1st, 2014

Categories: Devices, User Groups

Alex Simes and Khairi Reda, UIC Computer Science graduate students and EVL research assistants, test out the “SpiderSense” suit
Alex Simes and Khairi Reda, UIC Computer Science graduate students and EVL research assistants, test out the “SpiderSense” suit

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National Geographic publishes a series of reference books for Kids entitled “Weird but True!”. In Summer, 2014, National Geographic came out with an edition called “Weird but True!: Ripped from the Headlines,” which the book’s describes as “the most bizarre and surprising news stories you’ve ever read… and they’re all true.”

Chapter 3, on Incredible Inventions, includes “SpiderSense” - prototype wearable technology that enables users to sense (without seeing) obstacles around them - developed by Victor Mateevitsi (UIC Computer Science, Electronic Visualization Laboratory), Brad Haggadone (UIC Communications), Brian Kunzer (UIC Bioengineering), and Jason Leigh and Robert Kenyon (UIC Computer Science, Electronic Visualization Laboratory).

A copy of the article “Wearable Tech: Set your ‘Spidey Sense Tingling’” can be downloaded under ‘documents’.

Information on the National Geographic Kids book.

See information on SpiderSense:
www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=4&indi=852
www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=4&indi=874
www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=1&indi=448

Read the UIC NEWS article.