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Sensing the Future

June 11, 2026

UF Innovations Transform Health, Safety and AI Across the globe, smart sensors are driving a new era of health care, transportation, safety and intelligent automation. From autonomous vehicles navigating through smoke and darkness to wearable devices that monitor human movement and brain activity, sensors are rapidly transforming the way people interact with technology and the […]

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A genetic sequencer from Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Security flaws in portable genetic sequencers risk leaking private DNA data

November 12, 2025

Researchers from the University of Florida have, for the first time, exposed security risks in portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA.

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With the right timing, lasers shined at autonomous vehicles' lidar sensors can delete data about obstacles like pedestrians.

Laser Attack Blinds Autonomous Vehicles, Deleting Pedestrians and Confusing Cars

November 2, 2022

New research reveals that expertly timed lasers shined at an approaching lidar system can create a blind spot in front of the vehicle large enough to completely hide moving pedestrians and other obstacles. The deleted data causes the cars to think the road is safe to continue moving along, endangering whatever may be in the attack’s blind spot.

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