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Oct. 5, 2010 | SeattlePI.com
(via Whidbey News Times)
The
green street of Oak Harbor
Oak
Harbor’s city engineer plans to make the Pioneer Way road project
sustainable. It was accepted was a pilot project for Greenroads, a
rating system developed by civil engineer Steve Muench. “Because it’s
one of the first green streets, I think it could be a tourist attraction
for the city,” the city engineer said.
SOURCE MATERIAL
'Greenroads' rates sustainable road projects | Jan. 13, 2010
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Oct. 18, 2010 | MSNBC
Reviving
streetcars
An
Oregon company is hoping to revive the American streetcar. Civil
engineer and transportation expert Mark Hallenbeck says streetcars are
well suited to burgeoning urban neighborhoods.
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Oct. 15, 2010 | Wall
Street Journal: The Numbers Guy blog
Why
construction project costs runneth over
The
decision to halt a major rail-tunnel project linking New Jersey to New
York was prompted by fear of cost overruns. Although much is at stake in
getting cost estimates right, most big projects run over projected
costs. Civil engineer Mark Hallenbeck, director of the UW's Washington
State Transportation Center, is quoted.
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Oct. 11, 2010 | New
Scientist
The
smartphone's shape-shifting future
The
smartphone of the future might lose its sleek, solid shell to become a
shape-shifter, able to alter its appearance to signal an alert in
situations where visual and audible cues won't do. Computer scientist
and electrical engineer Shwetak Patel has developed a squeezable
cellphone – SqueezeBlock – using tiny motors built into the casing to
mimic the behavior of a spring.
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Oct. 12, 2010 | PopSci.com
Squeezable
cell phone gives firmness-based feedback
There
are all kinds of ways to check your phone for updates like new email,
ranging from audible alarms to vibrations to little blinking lights. But
how about something more...tactile? Shwetak Patel and his team have
developed SqueezeBlock, a pressure-based casing that expands and
contracts to mimic the tactile feel of a spring.
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Oct. 4, 2010 | The
New York Times
Aiming
to learn as we do, a machine teaches itself
Few
challenges in computing loom larger than unraveling semantics,
understanding the meaning of language. Carnegie Mellon's Never-Ending
Language Learning system, or NELL, has made an impressive showing so
far. Computer scientist Oren Etzioni is quoted.
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Oct. 21, 2010 | Seattle
Magazine
Most
Influential: Zoran Popovic and David Baker
The
meeting of computer scientist Zoran Popovic and biochemist David Baker
reads a bit like a sci-fi adventure: Computer scientist meets
biochemist; computer scientist and biochemist collaborate on a video
game that enables tens of thousands of people to contribute to
scientific research by folding three-dimensional protein configurations
on their home computers.
RELATED
MATERIAL
Gaming for a cure: Computer gamers tackle protein
folding | Aug. 4, 2010
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Oct. 14, 2010 | Puget
Sound Business Journal: TechFlash blog
Video:
Why Microsoft? Ballmer's reply to underwhelmed college student
Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer drew a large crowd of students at the University of
Washington computer science department today, giving a broad overview of
the company and the direction of the tech industry. Which is why one
student's question about recruiting stood out as particularly
noteworthy, as a barometer of the general mood.
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Oct. 14, 2010 | SeattlePI.com
Ballmer:
Google's ability to monetize search 'surprised me'
Ballmer
spoke to a crowd of computer science and engineering students at the
University of Washington this afternoon. Responding to an audience
member's question regarding what technical developments surprised him,
he said one was Google's ability to monetize search.
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Oct. 15, 2010 | KING
5
UW
tech students are in high demand
The
job market may be tough for most, but not if you're a UW computer
science student. Seniors David Truong and Kim Nguyen tell KING 5 their
expertise is a hot commodity.
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Oct. 27, 2010 | Puget
Sound Business Journal: TechFlash blog
The
coffee cup of the future
MicroGreen,
a spinout from mechanical engineer Vipin Kumar's lab, has unveiled
technology that can convert the source material from one 20-ounce
plastic bottle into seven 12-ounce InCycle hot beverage cups. Its
product is stronger, lighter and uses less source material than
competitors.
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Oct. 28, 2010 | Xconomy
UW
building $20M fund to back university startups, following the “Utah
model”
The
UW is in the final stages of putting together a $20 million investment
fund, backed by wealthy individuals and foundations, that will rely
heavily on business students to spin more start-ups out of university
labs. The fund was announced at the computer science and engineering
Industrial Affiliates day.
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Oct. 29, 2010 | Puget
Sound Business Journal: TechFlash blog
University
of Washington looks to spark startups with $20M fund
The
University of Washington has raised $13 million of a $20 million
investment fund, a bold attempt by the state's largest public research
institution to turn cutting-edge technologies into new startup
companies. The news was disclosed this week by UW Vice Provost Linden
Rhoads at the Computer Science & Engineering's Industrial Affiliates
Meeting.
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Oct. 7, 2010 | The
Bellevue Reporter
Tyler
Allen reflects on Driver Search experience
Although
Tyler Allen didn't win Richard Petty's Driver Search II, a racing
competition held deep in NASCAR country, the mechanical engineering
graduate and promising race car driver says he came away with plenty.
Allen performed well on the driving and mechanical tests. "I know the
parts, I know how to build them, how they interact, I know what's going
on and why there is a vibration," he said. "My engineering background
definitely helped."
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Oct. 23, 2010 | The
Seattle Times
Humans
vs. Zombies Tag stalks the UW campus
Humans
vs. Zombies Tag is a complex game that sweeps through the UW campus
every quarter. This fall, more than 900 students and a few
administrators are playing. Electrical engineer John Sahr, the UW's
associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs and, as of Friday
afternoon, a zombie, is quoted.
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