During games we will also have two guest speakers, Dr. Robert Sobot  and Dr. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, and a FIRST  robotics team presentation, Longhorn Robotics, about FIRST Tech Challenge!

Followings are the title and abstract of their talk:

Dr. Robert Sobot: Brain to brain communication – are we there yet?
Abstract:
At the beginning of the 21st century, we are heading into a new technological revolution. This time, convergence of nanotechnologies and neuroscience is set to lead the next wave of technology, which is
expected to influence our lives more than any of the previous ones. As it already has happened several times throughout the history, the new technology is enabling a quantum leap in our scientific advance.
A full century was needed for all important bits and pieces required for the information technology to come together. In this talk some of the most important technological milestones in the microchip development are shown. Looking ahead, we see that the neuroscience and electronics are on the colliding course. It is expected that technologies such as a biochip and brain to machine interface are going to be part of our daily lives. Direct brain to brain communication seems to be out of the science fiction domain, the only question remaining is: do we have the technology already?

Dr. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker: Please Touch! Haptic Technology for Games, Surgery, and More
Abstract:
When interacting with the real world, you typically have five senses at your disposal: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. You combine information from all of these channels to accomplish simple tasks like brushing your teeth, and with enough training, you can learn to do very challenging things like flying the space shuttle or performing brain surgery. Technology now exists to let you interact with environments that are out of your immediate reach (space, the deep sea, inside a patient) or completely virtual (computer game, 3D laser scan data, medical simulation), but these systems often don’t provide the same rich set of sensory stimuli that are available in the real world. Haptic (touch-based) feedback is a particularly exciting and under-utilized channel of communication that is poised to have a big impact on everything from immersive gaming to robot-assisted surgery and more.

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