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Sept. 27, 2010 | The
Seattle Times
New
voters guide will heal rifts through voter education and dialogue
The
new Living Voters Guide, a collaboration between Seattle's CityClub and
UW, attempts to better inform voters about November's state ballot
issues and help them explore them through respectful dialogue. Computer
scientist Alan Borning, computer science PhD student Travis Kriplean and
human-centered design and engineering PhD student Jonathan Morgan
created the tool.
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Sept. 1, 2010 | Civil
Engineering
Greener
roads ahead
A new
measurement system seeks to do for roadways what the leading "green"
rating system has done for structures: improve their sustainability and
lessen their environmental impact. The Greenroads system was developed
by civil engineer Steve Muench and civil and environmental engineering
PhD student Jeralee Anderson.
RELATED
MATERIAL
'Greenroads' rates sustainable road projects | Jan. 13, 2010
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Sept. 21, 2010 | Technology
Review
Sensors
use building's electrical wiring as antenna
Wireless
sensors scattered throughout a building can monitor everything from
humidity and temperature to air quality and light levels. This seems
like a good idea--until you consider the hassle and cost of replacing
the sensors' batteries every couple of years. Computer scientist and
electrical engineer Shwetak Patel cut the power consumption by using
electrical wiring in a building's walls as an antenna that propagates
the signal.
SOURCE MATERIAL
Home's electrical wiring acts as antenna to receive
low-power sensor data
| Sept. 15, 2010
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Aug. 31, 2010 | TechNewsDaily
The
end of cell phone chargers is near
A
wave of common sense and innovation promises to eliminate the
aggravating paradigm of one-size-fits-one cell phone charging. With
universal chargers, wireless charging pads and, eventually, the reaping
of energy straight from the air via ambient radio waves, chargers could
go the way of the rotary phone. Josh Smith, associate professor of
computer science and electrical engineering, is quoted.
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Sept. 13, 2010 | The
Seattle Times
Believer
in potential of robotics
Trandy
Tower spent 28 years at Microsoft, and his grand finale was the
Microsoft Robotics platform that he started and launched in 2006. Now
he's started a company, Hoaloha Robotics. Tower is working with
human-centered design and engineering's Sarah Kriz to develop "socially
assistive" robots that will help older people get by with less help from
families and professional caregivers.
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Sept. 1, 2010 | Technology
Review
TR35
2010 Young Innovator: T. Scott Saponas, 29
Scott
Saponas built an armband interface that can detect complex gestures,
like playing air guitar. Saponas, now at Microsoft Research, created the
software while a UW graduate student working with computer scientist
James Landay and affiliate faculty member Desney Tan.
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Sept. 1, 2010 | Chemistry
World
Are
nanotubes the future for radiotherapy?
Sealed
carbon nanotubes containing radioactive salts could provide the
ultimate in targeted radiotherapy or medical imaging, say European
scientists. Their technology could replace the "gamma knives" now used
to deliver radiation to cancerous tissue. Bioengineer Daniel Ratner is
quoted.
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Sept. 1, 2010 | Physics
Today
The
freedom of confinement in complex fluids
When
it comes to self-assembly of photonic, drug-delivery, and biomimetic
materials, big opportunities can be found in small spaces, write
mechanical engineer Amy Shen and postdoc Perry Cheung in this invited
article.
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Sept. 10, 2010 | The
Everett Herald
Snohomish
PUD tidal grant project gets $10 million federal grant
The
Snohomish County Public Utility District is receiving $10 million from
the U.S. Department of Energy for its pilot tidal energy project in
Admiralty Inlet. The PUD will match the grant with $10.1 million of its
own. Turbines on floor of Admiralty Inlet -- now being investigated by
UW mechanical engineers Brian Polagye and Phil Malte and civil and
environmental engineer Jim Thomson -- could generate electricity by
2012.
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Sept. 15, 2010 | NPR:
All Things Considered
Computer
game could help cure diseases
If
you've ever played "Pac-Man" back in the day or you're hooked on "Madden
Football," you know videogames can be fun, addictive, guilt-inducing.
But in a new, guilt-free game called Foldit, players move computerized
versions of proteins to give researchers new combinations to try as they
seek to cure diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
SOURCE MATERIAL
Gaming for a cure: Computer gamers tackle protein
folding | Aug. 4, 2010
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Aug. 31, 2010 | CNET
Cars: The
next hacking frontier?
That
nice, new computerized car you just bought could be
hackable.Researchers at the University of South Carolina and Rutgers
found security flaws in tire pressure monitoring systems. Another report
in May, by computer scientist Yoshi Kohno and graduate student Karl
Koscher, highlighted other risks with the increased use of computers
coordinated via internal car networks.
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Media alert: Presentation on the security of modern
automobiles
| May 18, 2010
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Aug. 26, 2010 | The
Spokesman-Review
DO-IT
helps kids with disabilities develop to their full potential
Seventeen-year-old
Benjy Migliuri, a student at Spokane's Mead High School, recently
returned from a summer stay at the UW made possible by the DO-IT
(Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Scholars
Summer Study program. Migliuri hopes to attend the University of
Oklahoma to become an air traffic controller.
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Aug. 29, 2010 | Chronicle
of Higher Education
Cuts
intensify identity crisis for Washington's flagship campus
In a
frustrating paradox, Washington and other top public universities are
victims of their own success. Every research-support milestone or big
donation takes a whack at the urgency of their budget appeals. The UW's
strength in engineering is mentioned, and the molecular engineering
construction site is pictured.
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Sept. 24, 2010 | Crosscut
Why
the I-1098 income tax measure is good for the state
The
proposed state income tax is not perfect, but it's a good start toward
rectifying some of the state's terrible tax structure and improving our
colleges and schools, writes computer scientist Ed Lazowska in an
opinion piece.
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Sept. 2, 2010 | The
Seattle Times
Editorial:
Museum of Flight deserves to showcase a space shuttle
The
Seattle Times editorial board argues that Seattle's Museum of Flight is
one of the best places in the U.S. to show off one of the space
shuttles, in part because of UW researchers' role in developing the
heat-shielding tiles. Aeronautical engineer John Bollard (emeritus) and
materials scientist James Mueller (deceased) collaborated in the early
1980s to solve a problem with attachment of Columbia's heat-shielding
tiles, for which they received special commendations from NASA and the
state governor.
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