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NI News Academic Edition  November 2011  
Your Resource for Research, Teaching, and Learning With NI LabVIEW ni.com/academic
In This Issue
Top 5 Sweet Apps by NI Customers Using NI Product Solutions

1. Engineers Monitor and Help Restore 13th Century Cathedral Damaged by Earthquake

2. A Doctor’s Best Friend: The Telemedicine Toolkit

3. LabVIEW Analyzes Your Swagger

4. Go 4 It: Connect Four Robot-Style

5. Wonderwall: A Writing Waterfall Powered by LabVIEW

>> What's your favorite sweet app?

 
How MIT Is Expanding 14 Mechanical Engineering Labs Using NI LabVIEW   10 Free Instruments for Courses Integrating NI ELVIS and NI myDAQ
 How MIT Is Expanding 14 Mechanical Engineering Labs Using NI LabVIEW   10 Free Instruments for Courses Integrating NI ELVIS and NI myDAQ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is readily adopting the LabVIEW graphical system design approach for teaching and advanced research. Read this story and watch the videos to understand why educators are using NI solutions in their mechatronics, robotics, manufacturing, control, and design courses.





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Download new software instruments and applications for the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite II (NI ELVIS II) and NI myDAQ. Take full advantage of NI ELVIS II and NI myDAQ hardware platforms to reinforce engineering concepts in your courses. Expand from the 12 software instruments shipped with the devices to add more than 25 new ready-to-run instruments. Browse the top 10 software instruments for your course.


Explore the instruments »

Teaching Tools

Improve How You Teach Tough Concepts Like Frequency Domain in Measurements
Explaining the use of the frequency domain to students can be challenging. Read this tutorial and download the example program to recreate this engaging lab which addresses acquiring a measurement, identifying the noise of the signal in the frequency domain, and filtering the unwanted signal.

Teach tough concepts »


Reinforcing Engineering Concepts Using NI ELVIS, NI Multisim, and LabVIEW

Access courseware that illustrates how you can use NI ELVIS with Multisim and LabVIEW to cover a range of topics from introductory-level exercises to student design challenges.

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Must-Know Data Acquisition and Instrument Fundamentals
This set of tutorials ranging from high-precision measurements to RF and switches provides essential information on the instruments you can use to effectively measure and automate the world around you.

Learn the fundamentals »


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Research Lab

University of Florida Students Use LabVIEW and NI CompactRIO to Design and Implement Dynamic Radiographic Imaging Control Software on a Mitsubishi Robotic Manipulator
Researchers and students at the University of Florida are joining forces to create an easy-to-use, high-performance control system for a robotic manipulator.

Read the case study »

How to Navigate the LabVIEW Learning Curve
Are you satisfied with your level of LabVIEW programming expertise? Read this article to move beyond taking simple measurements to implementing sophisticated systems. Find the learning LabVIEW option that's right for you.

Get started today »

Oxford University Uses LabVIEW to Prototype and Validate LED Glasses That Assist the Visually Impaired
Learn about the team of scientists from the University of Oxford's Department of Clinical Neurosciences who are developing innovative visual prosthetics to serve as electronic aids to help the visually impaired see.

Learn more about this
application »

Student Corner

Formula Collegiate Design Series Bundles Exclusively for Student Racing Teams
Did you know that NI offers bundles exclusively for student teams participating in Formula races? Learn more about the bundles and follow-up with NI to get your hands-on these professional-grade tools before the competition starts.

Shop Formula Student bundles »

Build Your Own Karaoke Machine
Learn how to build your own karaoke machine. Simply download the code, subtract the left and right channels, and you are ready to host the next karaoke party.

Build your own »

Students From the University of Leeds Share Details From Their Biomedical Project
A team of undergraduate students developed a haptic system that delivers force feedback to a user as they virtually prod and manipulate (palpate) a simulated liver with an integrated tumor. Learn more about their project and why they recommend that all engineering students using LabVIEW participate in the global NI LabVIEW Student Design Competition.

Hear their story »
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