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Augmented reality reimagines local menus BY GEORGE VASSILATOS STAFF WRITER
Two University students are working with local restaurants to reimagine menus with an augmented reality app, Menu3, which allows users to view digital renditions of dishes on their table before placing
an order. Co-founders Vik tor Makarskyy, junior in Engineering, and Patryk Swietek, junior in Business, partnered with Armando Sandoval, the owner of Maize, to develop their augmented reality menu. “Once we met Armando,
we knew he was the right fit. He is super visionary and innovative,” Swietek said in an email. Makarskyy and Swietek developed special coasters for Maize that work in conjunction with their app. If diners open the app and point their phone’s cam-
era at the coaster, the menu comes up. From there, they can select menu items to view models in front of them. “You’re basically looking at the restaurant through your phone, but with the list of items in front of you. If you click on one of items,
it pops up,” Sandoval said. “You’re able to look at them and twirl them. It’s as if it popped up in front of you and at your table.” Sandoval said he was excited when Menu3 approached him with a design concept, and he provided them with dishes to
model. Makarskyy said in an email the pair reached out to multiple restaurant owners, but Sandoval responded first. “I thought it was amazing, so they started working with me and developing SEE APP | 3A
Third arrest made in largest drug bust CU man charged with two Class X felonies, cocaine possession in Campustown THE DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
A 29-year-old male was arrested on Tuesday following the largest Campustown cocaine dealership bust last October. Oscar Aguado-Cuevas was arrested in a car on campus while his home was being searched by the police, said University of Illinois Police Department Lt. Joe McCullough. Aguado-Cuevas was arraigned on Wednesday with two Class X felonies: unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and unlawful criminal drug conspiracy.
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Professor Martin Burke poses with his molecular making machine at the Roger Adams Laboratory. Burke was one of six faculty members to be named a 2017 University Scholar for his contributions to the academics of the University.
Faculty members Three professors receive award for among 126 to receive 2017 performance Sloan fellowship
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Six faculty members were named 2017 University Scholars for their excellent performances in teaching, scholarship and service. The recipients are Martin Burke, Cara Finnegan, Andrew Leakey, Amy Ando, Hedda MeadanKaplansky and Saurabh Sinha. “The University Scholars Award recognizes the very best of our tenured scholars and teachers who excel both in research and in the classroom,” said Barbara Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs, in an email. Wilson said it is the only
award that is given out at the system level, and it comes with a three-year funding of $15,000 per year to support the faculty members’ work. Each year, there are six faculty members awarded at Urbana-Champaign, seven awarded at Chicago and one awarded at Springfield. Burke, professor of chemistry and interim associate dean of research for the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, said it’s a greatly appreciated honor to be recognized. “ This unrestr icted funding is very helpful for a research lab,” Burke said. “We can do new projects SEE SCHOLARS | 3A
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Three University professors are among 126 recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, earning them a twoyear $65,000 opportunity to further their research. The awards honor early careers scholars whose achievements mark them as among the best scientific minds working today. This year’s recipients are materials science and engineering professors Qian Chen and Pinshane Huang and chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Ying Diao. All three professors joined University faculty in 2015.
Chen said in an email that the award makes her feel proud of herself and of her research team. Chen’s research focuses on active soft matter, an artificial analog of living systems that can replicate, regenerate and ultimately evolve in a changing environment. “It will allow us to see the dancing of macromolecules, molecules made through connections of the so-called repeating units, in the liquid environment, a secret for many artificial and living systems to function, yet not directly imaged before,” Chen said. Receiving the award also has special meaning for
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Artificial intelligence to aid in healthcare Researchers at the University are developing software to incorporate artificial intelligence technologies into the health field, using products such as Alexa or Echo. Pavithra Rajeswaran, research engineer for the Healthcare Engineering Systems Center, said they have found a way to use cloud-based systems and sensors that will measure various health vitals such as body mass index, body temperature and blood
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pressure. “A system will gather all of this information and look at algorithms to check if there is an immediate need for doctor consultation, or if there is an immediate need to notify the user’s emergency contacts,” Rajeswaran said. Rajeswaran said the user has the ability to explain symptoms to the AI system, and the system may also detect natural changes in the user’s health.
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Each charge carries mandatory prison sentences ranging from nine to 40 years upon conviction. The police found only a small amount of hallucinogenic mushrooms, psilocybin and a loaded shotgun during his arrest Tuesday night. Aguado-Cuevas is additionally charged for a large amount of cocaine connected to a drug bust at a Campustown apartment on the 300 block of East John Street on Oct. 1.
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