Researchers at the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) are taking an active role to ensure the future of your transportation through the most abundant element on earth: hydrogen.

There are two primary ways of powering a vehicle through hydrogen. The first of those ways is very similar to the internal combustion engine system used today. The second which researchers view as ideal, uses fuel cell technology.

Most students are satisfied with big speakers and good music in their room. Not Josh Dietrich. The only thing that made sense, to him, was adding a light show.

Living on the Computer Science House floor, Josh was required to complete a project that in some way benefitted his community. In response, he created the Digital and Analog Music Manipulation of Incandescent Technology (DAMMIT).

“I like music and I like colored lights,” Dietrich explained, “So, I decided to combine both.”

A little red fire truck slowly pulls away from its home on a small black square. It appears to be any other children’s toy as it paces back and forth across a large mat with a single circular block on the center. Finally, the truck comes to a stop with its basket hanging over the cylinder. With that, the fire truck picks up the circular block, turns on its warning lights and goes back home to the black box.

Think you could create a 3-Dimensional object using a printer? The Dimension BST 768 does just that with about the same effort it takes to send a text file to a home printer.

The model’s design is all done within a CAD program. Once the design is complete, the related information file is ready to be sent to the printer. The system then builds the 3-D model of highly durable ABS plastic, starting from the bottom of the model and moving up to the top with each model printing out one layer at a time.

Want a peek at a few fine examples of the innovation that goes on at RIT everyday?

The Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science is displaying examples of its research in the field of Medical Imaging. The exhibit, which can be found in the Xerox WOW! Center, features an interesting display which shows how Imaging Science can be used to advance medical technology.