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A context-aware pervasive-computing environment that minimizes distractions and facilitates design collaborations is discussed. The environment was developed with help from an interdisciplinary class of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) students.

The Low-Cost Autonomous Attack System wide area search munitions are being developed to be able to coordinate each other in search of targets. Researchers from Lockheed Martin, the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Pittsburgh are developing prototype interfaces and coordination algorithms for them.

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University are using brain imaging and machine learning technologies to investigate human information processing. The researchers are studying brain activity in response to words, line drawings, and abstract concepts.

Luis von Ahn, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, focuses on improving human computation and combining the computational power of humans and computers. Researches in this area include the development of 'games with a purpose' and automated tests called CAPTCHAs.