Thad Starner is a founder and director of the Contextual Computing Group at Georgia Tech's College of Computing, where he is a full professor. He sat down with us in the Tech Square Research Building to discuss teaching at Georgia Tech, wearable computing's past and future, and how to make dogs talk.

ATHENA (or the Adaptive Techniques in Hybrid Electromagnetic Numerical Applications) Lab is one of the many research groups that call Tech Square home. The ATHENA team studies how to use the energy lost in air to power sensors and other small electronics. Take a peek inside their lab.