Launched in 1999, Georgia's Yamacraw initiative positioned the state as a tech leader in broadband and semiconductors, ultimately leading to the creation of Tech Square as an innovation hub. Nearly 25 years later, experts like Georgia Tech's Professor Farrokh Ayazi believe a new Yamacraw-like effort is needed to revitalize Atlanta's hardware tech scene and restore its former momentum.

Richmond Wong, an Assistant Professor in Georgia Tech's Digital Media program, is leading a new project that explores the intersection of technology, ethics, and social values. Funded by a seed grant from the Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), Wong’s project — Fostering the Landscape of “Critical Computing” — aims to create a transdisciplinary research community focused on the ethical dimensions of computing.

A recent paper by TSRB and Georgia Tech School of ECE researchers presents a new design method to improve photonic devices used in multi-layer and multi-etch manufacturing processes.

Researchers from TSRB and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have collaborated on a recent paper detailing the development and design of micro-robots capable of searching for signs of life on moons within our solar system.