This RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 40 in the Technology category. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByCategoryName&categoryName=Technology&numToShow=40 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2008 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:38:06 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Researchers at the University of Washington and Intel have created two new cell phone applications, dubbed UbiFit and UbiGreen, to automatically track workouts and green transportation. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45276 Technology Health and Medicine Environment Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45276 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:04:00 GMT University of Washington researchers are grabbing hold of the fleeting Web and storing historical Web sites that users can easily search using an intuitive application called Zoetrope. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45255 Technology Science Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45255 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:40:00 GMT Energy experts from the University of Washington want to help local businesses cut their utility bills. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45244 Business Technology Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45244 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:29:46 GMT The Pacific Northwest Center for Neural Engineering will host a workshop this week, sponsored by the University of Washington, the National Science Foundation and Microsoft Research. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44151 Science Technology Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44151 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:30:59 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have created the first free laptop theft-protection tool. The open-source software not only provides a virtual watchdog on your precious machine - reporting the laptop's location when it connects to the Internet - but does so without letting anybody but you monitor your whereabouts. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43037 Science Technology Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43037 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:18:00 GMT A $1.3 million gift from the Washington Research Foundation will help the University of Washington to acquire an electron beam lithography machine used to build devices at the nanometer scale. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43466 Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43466 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:44:38 GMT A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard of hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43397 Science Technology Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43397 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:18:59 GMT New research shows that sharing music and video files locally would be five times as efficient, relieving the stress on the Internet's major arteries. A research project that promotes a more neighborly approach to file sharing is attracting interest from the computing industry. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43281 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) and Suzanne Muzzin (suzanne.taylormuzzin@yale.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43281 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:49:03 GMT A UW-led team has taken a sample of Lake Washington mud and successfully sequenced a complete genome for an unknown microorganism. The finding suggests a way to discover microscopic life in complex communities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43240 Science Technology Environment Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43240 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT Personalized computer interfaces that adapt to each user's vision and motor abilities significantly speeds up computer tasks, especially in disabled users. The UW prototype offers the first instantly customizable computer interface. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42817 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42817 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:48:00 GMT New software launched today lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Internet on the go. The UW computer science student who created the software, called WebAnywhere, says more accessibility tools must move from desktop machines to the Web. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42563 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42563 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:41:00 GMT Fluorescent nanoparticles, called quantum dots, are dramatically better than existing methods for delivering a gene-silencing tool into cells. The quantum-dot chaperones help impede the cell's production of a given protein. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42430 Science Health and Medicine Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) and Quinn Eastman (qeastma@emory.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42430 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:31:00 GMT Most ocean robots have to talk to scientists or satellites to share information. A school of robotic fish developed at the University of Washington communicate directly, allowing them to work cooperatively without ever coming to the surface. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42371 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42371 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:51:28 GMT Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness those finely honed skills to make medical discoveries, perhaps even finding a cure for HIV. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41558 Technology Science Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41558 Thu, 08 May 2008 08:30:00 GMT President Mark Emmert and UW Computer Science & Engineering host Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on April 25 for the final stop of his six-university tour, as Gates transitions from Microsoft to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41168 Campus Business Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41168 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:26:30 GMT A UW computer scientist will direct a major research project for the U.S. Department of Defense. The multi-institutional team will use machine learning to try to link vast amounts of data, including videos, satellite images and sensor measurements. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40807 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40807 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:01:00 GMT By using a popcorn-ball design - tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres - engineers can more than double the efficiency of a type of solar cell at converting the sun's rays to electricity. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40714 Science Technology Environment Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40714 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:31:00 GMT A surprisingly large fraction of Web traffic gets sucked into temporary black holes, in which information between two computers disappears en route. A new online observatory monitors Internet black holes so network administrators--and frustrated Web users--can diagnose problems in real time. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40871 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40871 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:29:23 GMT Digital security may become an issue for the medical profession. A team of researchers has shown that patients' private medical information could be extracted from implantable medical devices and their devices reprogrammed without the patients' authorization or knowledge. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40358 Technology Science Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) and Bonnie Prescott (bprescot@bidmc.harvard.edu) and Ed Blaguszewski (edblag@admin.umass.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40358 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:05:00 GMT A pilot project in the University of Washington's computer science building explores the next step in social networking, wirelessly monitoring people and things. The project is one of the largest experiments looking at wireless identification tags in a social setting. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39698 Technology Science Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39698 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:53:00 GMT