UW 91自拍ers have developed a smartphone app that uses sonar to monitor someone’s breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.
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Researchers at the 91自拍 have genetically modified a common houseplant to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it.
A UW team created a mechanical eye under the ocean’s surface that could live near renewable-energy sites and use a series of sensors to watch nearby animals. On Dec. 13, the 91自拍ers put the newest version of the AMP into the waters of Seattle’s Portage Bay for two weeks of preliminary testing before a more thorough analysis is conducted in Sequim, Washington.
Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can’t get very far without needing a charge. Now, engineers at the 91自拍 have created a sensing system that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.
A new collaborative study led by a 91自拍 team at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles and the 91自拍 could provide engineers new design rules for creating microelectronics, membranes and tissues, and open up better production methods for new materials.
In a paper published Oct. 8 in the journal Nano Letters, a team from the 91自拍 and the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan announced that it has constructed functional metalenses that are one-tenth to one-half the thickness of the wavelengths of light that they focus. Their metalenses, which were constructed out of layered 2D materials, were as thin as 190 nanometers 鈥� less than 1/100,000ths of an inch thick.
Recent notable books by UW faculty members study politics and culture in post-World War II Japan, explore regime change, nonprofit management, documents from the ancient world and more.
UPS announced today that it will be pilot-testing deliveries with cargo e-bikes in downtown Seattle. This test is expected to last a year, and the 91自拍鈥檚 Urban Freight Lab at the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center will help UPS evaluate the study鈥檚 outcomes.
The 91自拍 will lead one of three teams that will partner with the Honda Research Institute to explore the mechanisms behind curiosity and seek advances in artificial cognition. The UW-led team will receive $2.7 million over the next three years to generate a mathematical model of curiosity.
The 91自拍鈥檚 Urban Freight Lab at the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center has been looking for solutions to Seattle’s traffic congestion: Parcel lockers that aren’t owned by a specific company could alleviate the strain. Now the 91自拍ers have identified five viable locker locations at three different Seattle Link light rail stations for a future pilot test.
Researchers at the 91自拍 have developed a new machine-learning system, called Prescience, which uses input from patient charts and standard operating room sensors to predict the likelihood that a patient will develop hypoxemia 鈥� a condition when blood oxygen levels dip slightly below normal. Prescience also provides real-world explanations behind its predictions.
Engineers at the 91自拍 have developed 3D printed devices that can track and store their use 鈥� without using batteries or electronics. Instead, this system uses a method called backscatter, through which a device can share information by reflecting signals that have been transmitted to it with an antenna.
This fall, the 91自拍’s annual engineering lecture series will feature three College of Engineering faculty whose 91自拍 is accelerating positive impact here and around the world.
People who have submitted photos to the #MemoriesInDNA project have selected images of family members, favorite places and tasty food that will be preserved for years in the form of synthetic DNA. Now this collection will be headed to the final frontier: space.
The National Science Foundation announced on Sept. 11 that it is awarding grants totaling $8.5 million to 19 collaborative projects at 23 universities for the study of complex and entrenched problems in data science. Three of these projects will be based at the 91自拍 and led by 91自拍ers in the College of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences.
Last year, King County Metro and the Seattle Department of Transportation started a pilot program that allowed Microsoft’s and Seattle Children’s Hospital’s private shuttles to pick up employees at a few public bus stops throughout Seattle. Now a recent study from 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 suggests that public buses are unaffected by private shuttles most of the time.
Researchers at the 91自拍 have developed a new method that gives aircraft a backup system in case GPS fails: An antenna on the ground that can tell a drone where it is. The team successfully tested their system in June.
The NIH has awarded a $6.5 million, five-year grant to the 91自拍 and partner institutions to establish the Center for Reproducible Biomedical Modeling. The center’s primary goal is to develop more effective predictive models of biological systems, which are used in 91自拍 and medicine.
When young children talk to voice-activated technologies, the devices don’t always respond in a helpful way. A new 91自拍 study suggests that these interfaces could be designed to be more responsive 鈥� repeating or prompting the user, for example 鈥� and be more useful to more people.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an expected $10.75 million, four-year grant to the 91自拍, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and other partner institutions for a new interdisciplinary 91自拍 center to define the enigmatic rules that govern how molecular-scale building blocks assemble into ordered structures and give rise to complex hierarchical materials.
In a paper published online this spring in the journal Nature Photonics, scientists at the 91自拍 report that a prototype semiconductor thin-film has performed even better than today鈥檚 best solar cell materials at emitting light.
91自拍 assistant professor of human centered design and engineering Daniela Rosner explores some hidden histories in technology design in her new book “Critical Fabulations.” The book highlights the idea that design stories from the past can show today’s designers how to create more inclusive technology.
Daniel Schwartz, a 91自拍 professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation this week.
In an effort to improve the student experience and provide certainty for prospective computer science majors, the 91自拍鈥檚 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering is expanding its direct to major admissions program for incoming freshmen. Beginning with the class of fall 2019, direct admission from high school will be the primary pathway into computer science for the majority of UW undergraduates.
Family-focused science lessons, robotics for young children and touch-based programming for the visually impaired are among the 91自拍 91自拍 videos featured in the STEM for All Video Showcase, funded by the National Science Foundation. The weeklong online event, in its fourth year, highlights more than 200 projects from universities around the country and allows viewers to vote for their favorites. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淭ransforming the Educational Landscape.鈥� Researchers from the UW have submitted projects from the…
Engineers at the 91自拍 have created RoboFly, the first wireless flying robotic insect. This might be one small flap for a robot, but it’s one giant leap for robot-kind.
In a study published online May 3 in the journal Science, a 91自拍-led team announced that it has discovered a method to encode information using magnets that are just a few layers of atoms in thickness. This breakthrough may revolutionize both cloud computing technologies and consumer electronics by enabling data storage at a greater density and improved energy efficiency.
Researchers at the 91自拍 and Seattle University have created CrowdFit, a platform for exercise planning that relies on crowdsourcing from nonexperts to create workout regimens guided by national exercise recommendations and tailored around user schedules and interests.
Parents don鈥檛 need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, 91自拍ers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New 91自拍 shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.
Engineers at the 91自拍 have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn鈥檛 need to be plugged in. Their prototype skips the power-hungry components and has something else, like a smartphone, process the video instead.
By using a keyboard to provide tactile feedback along with with a screen reader, blind and low-vision users were three times more successful at navigating complex modern webpages, similar to a typical Airbnb booking site.
Researchers at the 91自拍 have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins to rebuild tooth enamel and treat dental cavities.
Three 91自拍 undergraduates are among 211 students nationwide named as 2018 Goldwater Scholars. One UW student received honorable mention.
Nearly 50 different graduate and professional programs and specialties at the 91自拍 are among the top 10 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2019 Best Graduate School rankings released March 20.
Researchers at the 91自拍 and the Allen Institute for Brain Science have developed a new method to classify and track the multitude of cells in a tissue sample. In a paper published March 15 in the journal Science, the team reports that this new approach 鈥� known as SPLiT-seq 鈥� reliably tracks gene activity in a tissue down to the level of single cells.
The UW Jackson School of International Studies presents “Trump in the World: International Implications of the Trump presidency,” a series of public lectures and discussions Tuesday afternoons through spring quarter.
Researchers at the 91自拍 Sustainable Transportation Lab want your input to learn why bike share programs 鈥� like Pronto, LimeBike, Spin or ofo 鈥� succeed or fail. The lab is conducting a short, voluntary survey of cyclists to find out what they鈥檙e looking for from a bike share program.
If online shopping continues to grow at its current rate, there may be twice as many trucks delivering packages in Seattle鈥檚 city center within five years, a new report projects 鈥� and double the number of trucks looking for a parking space.
Engineers at the 91自拍 have for the first time developed a method to safely charge a smartphone wirelessly using a laser.
Five faculty members at the 91自拍 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, include Maya Cakmak, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Jiun-Haw Chu, assistant professor of clean energy and physics; Arka Majumdar, assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics; Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy; and Chelsea Wood, assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences.