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Sept. 19, 2008 | The
Portland Oregonian
Feds
donate money for wave energy center in Oregon
Article
on U.S. Department of Energy grant to UW Mechanical Engineering
Professor Phil Malte and to Oregon State University for harnessing
energy from tides and waves.
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Sept. 18, 2008 | ABC
News
Easy
Call: 'Sign' Over Cell
As a
hearing child of deaf parents, Richard Ladner saw firsthand the impact
of communications technology on his parents' lives. Now a professor of
computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, Ladner
sees another world opening with MobileASL, software he developed with
six other engineers at his school and Cornell University. MobileASL
allows deaf and hard-of-hearing people to "chat" over their cell phones
in American Sign Language via two-way, real-time video.
SOURCE
MATERIAL
Can you see me now?' Sign language over cell phones
comes to United States | Aug. 21, 2008
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Sept. 18, 2008 | Scents
and sensitivity
Scents
and sensitivity
Chemical
fragrances might be affecting more of us than we think. That's the
conclusion of a US researcher, who recently looked at six common
household cleaning and deodorising products. Dr Anne Steinemann, UW
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor, looked at three common
air fresheners and three laundry products that used chemical fragrances.
SOURCE
MATERIAL
Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry
products, air fresheners | July 23, 2008
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Sept. 15, 2008 | The
Republican (Boston)
Robot
designer looks to nature
After
demonstrating how his team of small, box-like robots could be
programmed to line themselves up in a certain order, James McLurkin,
postdoctoral fellow in Computer Science and Engineering at UW, told a
crowd of several hundred at Symphony Hall in Boston that nature provides
a model for such behavior.
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Sept. 4, 2008 | Scientific
American
Easy
Cell: Mobile Phones for the Hearing Impaired
The
convenience and relatively low cost of cell phones in the U.S. has made
them an indispensable part of life. Unless, of course, you are one of
the 37 million or so hearing-impaired adults living in this country. But
University of Washington researchers are hoping to change that by
developing software that lets callers communicate on their mobile phones
using sign language via real-time video instead of being limited to
text messaging.
SOURCE
MATERIAL
Can you see me now?' Sign language over cell phones
comes to United States | Aug. 21, 2008
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Sept. 1, 2008 | The
Walrus
Cellphone
Games
Canadian
magazine The Walrus looks at possible connections between long-term
cellphone use and brain cancer. Work by UW bioengineers Henry Lai and
Nadrendra Singh is mentioned.
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Aug. 15, 2008 | The
Seattle Times: Microsoft blog
Video:
UW-Microsoft Photosynth team back at it with new mind-blowing demo
Photosynth
is a distinctly Seattle invention. It emerged from a collaboration of
UW computer science graduate student Noah Snavely and computer-science
professor Steven Seitz, with Microsoft researcher Richard Szeliski, as
well as a Ballard startup Microsoft acquired. Now at least part of that
team is at it again.
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Aug. 9, 2008 | ABC
News
New
'pill cam' brings more comfort, better cancer detection
Today,
patients in need of a 'pill cam' used by doctors to discover what's
happening inside the body must be sedated because of its large size. But
UW mechanical engineer Eric Seibel shows us a smaller device that he
says feels more like a piece of cooked spaghetti in your throat.
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Aug. 8, 2008 | CBC
News
Scented
consumer products contain undisclosed toxic compounds: study
Scented
products contain undisclosed compounds that are defined as hazardous
chemicals under U.S. law, an environmental researcher says. "The public
may have inadequate information about potential exposure risks," civil
engineer Anne Steinemann writes in a recent study.
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Aug. 8, 2008 | ScienCentral
Pill
camera: Science videos
Mechanical
engineer Eric Seibel has developed a controllable camera that you
swallow like a pill. As this video explains, the key feature is a tether
that allows doctors to steer it.
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Aug. 5, 2008 | BusinessWeek
Why
cell-phone health concerns persist
Mobile
phones have been around for over 20 years, and they're now used by more
than 3 billion people. Yet questions linger over whether mobile phones
can contribute to health problems, including cancer. Bioengineer Henry
Lai is quoted.
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Aug. 5, 2008 | The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Cell
phones: Study for safety
The
Post-Intelligencer editorial board writes "the federal government should
step forward to promote U.S. research into" a possible connection
between cell phones and cancer. Research by UW bioengineers Henry Lai
and Narendra "N.P." Singh is noted.
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Aug. 1, 2008 | The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Cell
phone cancer risk debated: UW researcher sees vindication
More
than a decade ago, UW bioengineers Henry Lai and Narendra "N.P." Singh
reported that cell phones appear to emit enough electromagnetic
radiation to cause the kind of DNA damage to brain cells that can lead
to cancer.
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July 31, 2008 | Nature
Photonics:
Telescopic TV
The
same mirrors used in telescopes inform a new design for backlit screens.
In the 'telescopic pixels' described by UW electrical engineering PhD
student Anna Pyayt and her team, the shape of the primary mirrors is
under electronic control.
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July 30, 2008 | The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog
Asteroid
named for UW research scientist
The
Planetary Science Institute has named a recently discovered asteroid for
UW Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor Keith Holsapple. Holsapple is
being recognized for his long record of research on asteroids.
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