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Harness the power of multicore processors with automatic multithreading, statechart programming, and integrated math-oriented textual .m file script programming with LabVIEW 8.5 software.
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Teaching Tools
Teach Control Theory Using LabVIEW
Covering the most common classical control design techniques (PID, root locus, and frequency response), this self-paced tutorial series is a comprehensive resource for you and your students.
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Tutorial: Introduction to the NI Electronics Education Platform Interactive
With the integration of LabVIEW, Multisim, and the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), professors and students now have access to a single toolchain to teach and learn circuit design concepts in a hands-on environment with real-world signals.
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Project Lead The Way Selects LabVIEW for Biomedical Science Curricula
Project Lead The Way, Inc., one of the nation’s leading providers of pre-engineering and science curricula, is developing new, hands-on biomedical science curricula for high school students using LabVIEW graphical system design software. 
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Research Lab

Students Develop Mind-Computer Interface with LabVIEW
Engineering students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) used LabVIEW to develop a computer-assisted communications device that helps individuals who are paralyzed or cannot speak. The device translates thoughts into speech and converts unspoken commands into computer controls for wheelchairs and other devices.
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Webcast: Multicore Programming with LabVIEW 8.5
Learn how you can use multicore systems through the natural parallel capabilities of LabVIEW graphical programming for classroom and laboratory settings.
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Harvard Research Group Uses NI LabVIEW and PXI to study Nanowire Growth
Learn how researchers at Harvard use NI LabVIEW and a multichassis PXI solution to develop a virtual, high-channel-count, lock-in amplifier for nanotechnology research.
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Student Corner

Engineering, Go For It!
NI is proud to collaborate with the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to announce the third edition of the exciting Engineering Go For It! guidebook. Designed to attract high school students, parents and teachers to the wide world of engineering and technology, Engineering, Go For It! opens up new possibilities for teenagers as they make decisions that will determine their future. 
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See the LabVIEW Community in Action
Take a handheld camera and innovative LabVIEW applications and what do you get? The VI Roadshow. Check out the online video blog to see some of the most interesting uses of LabVIEW from around the world.     
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Around Campus

Attend an NI Technical Symposium Near You!
Get your hands on LabVIEW 8.5 and attend a variety of sessions that include technology overviews, advanced tips and techniques, hands-on training, and the latest in graphical system design.
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Are you on a LabVIEW Campus
Request information online to find out if your department, college, or campus is covered under an NI Academic Site License.
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