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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Two Georgia Tech students have brought an icon of video gaming –– the all-important health bar –– into the real world to help keep firefighters safe.
With FireHUD, a real-time heads up display (HUD) system that monitors and displays biometric and environmental data to firefighters, engineering students Zachary Braun and Tyler Sisk have won the university’s 2016 InVenture Prize that comes with a $20,000 prize and a free patent filing through the university, which will help the process of taking their product from development and onto the heads of actual firefighters.
