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Aug. 24, 2010 | Forbes.com
Why
crowdsourcing works
An
experiment in protein folding shows that non-scientists came out ahead. A
few years back a team at the University of Washington took cues from
both the phenomenon of massively multiplayer online role playing games
and the concept of crowdsourcing scientific problems and developed
Foldit, a protein folding game.
SOURCE MATERIAL
Gaming for a cure: Computer gamers tackle protein
folding | Aug. 4, 2010
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Aug. 5, 2010 | The
Economist
Game
not over
As
computer science graduate student Seth Cooper from the University of
Washington and his team report in Nature, non-scientists can be cajoled
into doing useful scientific work if it is packaged as an online
computer game. And many of them are actually rather good at it, or at
least better than the smartest available algorithms.
SOURCE MATERIAL
Gaming for a cure: Computer gamers tackle protein
folding | Aug. 4, 2010
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Aug. 10, 2010 | USA
Today
EPA
clamps down on cement plant pollution
After
12 years and four lawsuits, the Environmental Protection Agency on
Monday for the first time set rules governing how much mercury and other
pollutants existing cement plants can release. Civil engineer Donald
Janssen, a cement expert, is quoted.
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July 30, 2010 | Ashland
Daily Tidings
Study:
Ashland's water supply at risk from climate change
The
climate change study by UW civil engineer Alan Hamlet has important
implications as city officials and the appointed Ashland Water Advisory
Committee examine options for boosting the town's already limited water
supplies.
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Aug. 11, 2010 | The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Fragrance
chemicals and the scent of suspicion
Just
one word, listed on the label of numerous consumer products has sparked
intense debate among environmental groups, scientists, legislators and
industry. Research by civil engineer Anne Steinemann is noted.
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Aug. 9, 2010 | Gizmag
Scaffolding
to help mend a broken heart
Although
medical advances over recent years have seen the majority of people
surviving heart attacks, the damage done to the heart muscle is
irreversible. Now bioengineer Buddy Ratner has built a scaffold that
supports the growth and integration of stem cell-derived cardiac muscles
cells. The scaffold supports the growth of cardiac cells in the lab and
encourages blood vessel growth in living animals.
SOURCE MATERIAL
A strategy to fix a broken heart | Aug. 9, 2010
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Aug. 11, 2010 | The
Chemical Engineer
Repairing
broken hearts
A
new, biocompatible polymer scaffold which supports the growth of heart
cells, developed by bioengineer Buddy Ratner and doctoral student Lauran
Madden, could offer hope to patients who have suffered heart attacks.
SOURCE MATERIAL
A strategy to fix a broken heart | Aug. 9, 2010
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Aug. 2, 2010 | KING
5
Boeing
producing battery-powered hybrid plane
Boeing
has developed a concept hybrid airplane called the Sugar Volt that
features long, thin, graceful wings like an unpowered sail plane.
Aeronautical engineer Bob Breidenthal is quoted (at 1:00).
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Aug. 3, 2010 | KING
5 News
No
official sign of the Northern Lights in Northwest
Several
large eruptions occurred on the surface of the sun Sunday, which led to
an increased chance of Northwest residents seeing Aurora displays.
Electrical engineer John Sahr is quoted.
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Aug. 3, 2010 | SeattlePI.com
Northern
Lights visible in Seattle's night sky?
If
cloud coverage cooperates, the Puget Sound region might get to see an
Aurora Borealis on Tuesday night, according to astronomers. Electrical
engineer John Sahr advises readers on where to get the best view.
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Sept. 1, 2010 | Technology
Review
Taking over a
car
Cars
are becoming more computerized, an evolution that could have an
unintended side effect: vulnerability to attacks. Computer scientist
Yoshi Kohno and colleagues recently showed that by taking over a car's
computers, they could disable the brakes, stop the engine, and control
the door locks.
RELATED
MATERIAL
Media alert: Presentation on the security of modern
automobiles
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Aug. 13, 2010 | CNN
Tech
guilt: 5 'persuasive' technologies to help you be good
Information
is power, but does information -- by itself -- actually make people
change their behavior? Computer science doctoral student Jon Froehlich
shares his top five technologies that nudge people to do something
simple that they wish they were doing anyway.
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Aug. 16, 2010 | The
New York Times
Step 1:
Post Elusive Proof. Step 2: Watch Fireworks.
Complexity
theorists used blogs and wikis to pounce on a claimed proof for P vs
NP, one of the most profound and difficult problems facing
mathematicians and computer scientists. A blog post by computer
scientist Dave Bacon is mentioned.
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Aug. 10, 2010 | The
Sacramento Bee
Physics
student's prefix idea is hella' good
A
California physics undergraduate has reaped international attention with
his campaign to establish a new, scientifically accepted prefix,
"hella," to designate 10 to the 27th power. Chances of approval by the
international committee that decides such matters are considered to be
hella slim. But fellow northern Californian and computer scientist Dave
Bacon, who has blogged in support of the idea, says the United States
could adopt it irrespective of the international measurement
authorities.
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Aug. 6, 2010 | The
New York Times (via ReadWriteWeb)
Amazing
innovation: Mobile apps for the disabled
ThinkContacts
is a new mobile application being developed by Nokia which would allow a
disabled person to select a contact from a list and place a phone call
to that person using only their mind. In computer scientist Richard
Ladner's "Accessibility Capstone" class at UW, students worked in teams
to create new applications that would permit disabled persons to
accomplish tasks they wouldn't otherwise be able to do.
SOURCE MATERIAL
Media Advisory: UW students present phone apps for
people with disabilities | March 12, 2010
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Aug. 10, 2010 | CNET
EnerG2
ultracapacitor plant eyes auto, grid storage
Start-up
EnerG2 on Tuesday dedicated a plant to manufacture material for
ultracapacitors that can be used to store energy in vehicles and on the
electricity grid. The Seattle-based company, which was spun out of
materials scientist Guozhong Cao's lab, received a $21.3 million
Department of Energy grant last year to build the facility in Albany,
Ore.
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Aug. 11, 2010 | The
Seattle Times
Seattle
energy startup builds Oregon factory
EnerG2,
a Seattle-based advanced materials startup from materials scientist
Guozhong Cao, broke ground Tuesday on a plant in Albany, Ore., where it
will manufacture components to make electric-car batteries last longer
and work more efficiently.
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Aug. 17, 2010 | Tri-City
Herald
Largest
smart grid in U.S. gets funding
The
check has arrived to pay for the main work phase on the largest and most
comprehensive project in the nation to demonstrate how the electric
grid can be used more efficiently and be made more reliable. The UW is
one of the participants in the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid
Demonstration Project.
RELATED
MATERIAL
UW to be pilot site for smart grid technology | Nov. 24, 2009
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Aug. 5, 2010 | Puget
Sound Business Journal: TechFlash blog
High-school
computer science, and the future of the tech industry
Dozens
of K-12 math and science teachers gathered this week at the University
of Washington campus for a three-day summer workshop called Computer
Science for High School, or "CS4HS," an annual program started by the
UW, Carnegie Mellon University and UCLA several years ago to promote
computer science education in high schools. Sponsored by Google, the
workshops are now held around the country. TechFlash interviews computer
science alum Helen Martin about CS4HS and education.
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July 23, 2010 | KING
5
Testing
wig adhesives in the Kirsten Wind Tunnel
As
part of the "Let Jesse Buy It" feature, KING 5's Jesse Jones buys the
"Geo Bond Adhesive" wig fixative. Kirsten Wind Tunnel operations manager
Hans Boenish helps conduct the UW wind tunnel's first-ever test of a
wig adhesive. It is, in their words, "frotastic."
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