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)2009 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 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:05:55 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ University of Washington engineers used a novel underwater manufacturing technique to build biomimetic cilia. The hairlike appendages mix tiny volumes of liquid to speed up biomedical reactions. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50683 Technology Science Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50683 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:13:44 GMT Robotics experts to meet Sunday through Wednesday for an international conference. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50652 Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50652 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:04:42 GMT A team of graduate students and faculty advisors in the UW's aeronautics and astronautics department are available today to show off the rocket they built from scratch. The team leaves tomorrow for Utah, where the rocket will compete to carry a 10-pound payload to 10,000 feet. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50499 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50499 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT Weaving chitosan, found in the shells of crabs and shrimp, with an industrial polyester creates a promising new material for biomedical applications, including the tiny tubes that support repair of a severed nerve. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50407 Technology Science Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50407 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:50:00 GMT UW experts who can comment on the newest communications software, technologies and trends. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50313 Technology Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) and Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50313 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:33:00 GMT The space shuttle Atlantis, leaving Monday for the Hubble Space Telescope, will be piloted by UW engineering graduate Gregory C. Johnson. The shuttle will carry a camera that UW astronomers helped build, which will replace Hubble's existing camera. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49455 Science Technology Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) and Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49455 Wed, 06 May 2009 15:45:00 GMT The University of Washington has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it made round trips hundreds of miles in length under the ice at Davis Strait. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49154 Science Environment Technology Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) and Peter West (pwest@nsf.gov) and Dena Headlee (dheadlee@nsf.gov) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49154 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:00:49 GMT Scholars have recently questioned whether ancient Indus inscriptions code for language. A UW computer scientist used statistics to show that the 4,500-year-old Indus symbols' pattern follows that of other spoken languages. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49046 Technology Science Arts and Humanities Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49046 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:00:00 GMT Experienced women researchers in the private sector are invited to apply for a workshop that will offer support to women who are considering making the jump to academia. Recruiting women from industry is a new approach that seeks to boost the number of women in U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48966 Technology Campus Community Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48966 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:52:03 GMT By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48796 Health and Medicine Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48796 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:52:00 GMT The University of Washington will apply cloud computing to analyze climate simulation results and astronomical images. The new grants are part of a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Google and IBM that brings cloud computing to U.S. universities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48747 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48747 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:05:07 GMT Baby Steps is a multimedia system that combines sentimental snapping with medical record-keeping. The experimental product feels like a fun toy for parents, but researchers found in a pilot study that parents who used it regularly collected twice as much medically relevant information about their child's developmental progress. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48536 Science Technology Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48536 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:23:47 GMT Modern technology increasingly is encroaching into human connections with the natural world and University of Washington psychologists believe this intrusion may emerge as one of the central psychological problems of our times. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48400 Social Science Technology Environment Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48400 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:53:54 GMT A new, not-so-secret recipe uses artist-grade ceramics powder for 3-D printing. Ceramics objects can now be printed for about 3 percent the cost of commercial printing mixes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48302 Science Technology Arts and Humanities Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48302 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:45:46 GMT Two UW graduate students have created a free tool, OneBusAway, that lets Seattle bus-riders use a cell phone, iPhone or computer to see if their bus is running late. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47120 Technology Science Environment Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47120 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:35:00 GMT University of Washington researchers helped develop a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance that could bring great progress in the field of early cancer detection. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47061 Health and Medicine Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47061 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:19:00 GMT Matthew O'Donnell, dean of the University of Washington's College of Engineering and professor in the department of bioengineering, and David Auth, a UW affiliate professor in bioengineering, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47076 Campus Health and Medicine Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47076 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:54:00 GMT Researchers have created a credit-card sized tool can be stored for months and then used to test for malaria--part of a larger project to develop high-tech tools for global health. The prototype dehydrated the reagents to store them without refrigeration, and delivered a diagnosis in just nine minutes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46484 Science Technology Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46484 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:52:10 GMT UW researchers have devised a new planning tool to help people keep track of day-to-day information that's parked in too many places -- multiple phones, mutiple computers, multiple Web applications. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45962 Technology Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45962 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:37:17 GMT 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 16:04:00 GMT