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FIU Helps Storm Surge Preparation, Not Restoration

FIU Helps Storm Surge Preparation, Not Restoration

Using Google Maps students and faculty at FIU have made it possible for residents in Miami-Dade county to prepare before a storm surge occurs. Helping people feel safe, secured and prepared for anything that comes their way.   Read more...

Storm Surge Simulator for the common John Doe

Storm Surge Simulator for the common John Doe

Miami-Dade County and FIU join to bring valuable and simple information for residents. Helping civilians understand the severity of storms and easily imagine the potential dangers. "I think it's lost on a lot of people when we talk about an incoming storm and the...

Naphtali Rishe Impacts Miami Real Estate

Naphtali Rishe Impacts Miami Real Estate

Director of FIU's High Performance Database Research, says this is bread and butter for researchers like me. Rishe distinguishes himself by attacking the way people search for sales trends. He is thrilled that much of his lab’s data is used by real estate...

State Farm’s Lending Hand

State Farm’s Lending Hand

Discovery Lab received $50,000 from State Farm to expand their business and technology education programs. Helping the university impact the community with their innovations. “We work long hours, but we are working on exciting projects and collaborating with other...

One Step Closer to the Perfect Military Officer.

One Step Closer to the Perfect Military Officer.

Thanks to Jeremy Robins’, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves, IHMC (a major grant-funded robotics institute) has agreed to loan FIU two robots built for its Urban Warrior Robot program, a $2 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)...

Discovery Lab Impacting the Work Force

Discovery Lab Impacting the Work Force

Students at FIU engineering department help bring military and police officer vets to the labor force once more. Helping them continue to do what they love without any barriers.   Read more here: https://mashable.com/2012/09/29/fiu-robocops-robots/

Cloud VPS Support FIU on VISA

Cloud VPS Support FIU on VISA

Dr. Ming Zhao heads the Laboratory for Virtualized Infrastructure, Systems and Applications(VISA). With the help of Cloud VPS the group and him will expand the project for cloud deployments.   Read more...

Big No No to RoboCop

Big No No to RoboCop

SourceFedÌÄå¢Ì¢‰Û_åÂÌ¢‰Û_å¢s Joe Bereta and Lee Newton attempt to describe Discovery LabÌÄå¢Ì¢‰Û_åÂÌ¢‰Û_å¢s Man-Machine cob without using the reference RoboCop. How good are they they? TrulyÌÄå¢Ì¢‰Û_åÂÌâå_   Read more...