Akhil Padmanabha, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, has spearheaded the creation of a wearable device designed to measure scratching intensity. This innovative ...

Akhil Padmanabha knows about itching. His chronic itching caused by severe eczema was so debilitating that he was hospitalized twice and had to be home-schooled during most of his high school years.

Defect detection requirements on the order of 10 defective parts per million (DPPM) are driving improvements in inspection tools’ resolution and throughput at foundries and OSATs. However, defects ...