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VR game to help burn patients: The Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois will be one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to use a virtual reality game to help burn patients. By using SnowWorld, developed at the University of Washington, patients recovering from severe burns will enter a virtual 'polar landscape of gently falling...; Tags: Game, Patient, Loyola University, University Of Washington, Snowball, SnowWorld, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-25
A camera in a pill to detect cancer: This is not the first time that the idea of swallowing a pill with a camera inside to detect early signs of cancer has been tried read this article for example. But now, researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a device specifically designed to detect esophageal cancer,...; Tags: Device, University Of Washington, Resolution, Pill, Image, Camera, Cancer, Fiber, UW, Casing, Endoscope, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-25
Will diatoms lead to faster computer chips?: Diatoms are unicellular algae and one of the most common types of phytoplankton. One of their main characteristics is they encase themselves in shells made of silica. According to a team of U.S. researchers who successfully decoded the genome of a particular diatom named Thalassiosira pseudonana, these very small algae...; Tags: Computer Chip, Carbon Dioxide, Shell, University Of Washington, Gene, Ocean, Carbon, Computer, Chip, Semiconductors, Productivity, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-24
Photos: LEDs in your contact lenses: It's still just a prototype at the University of Washington, but eventually electronic circuitry could create virtual displays before your very eyes. by CNET News.com; Tags: Light-emitting Diode, University Of Washington, Photograph, Engineering, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-01-22
Photos: Happy developers in da house: Some 150 people gather in a Los Gatos, Calif., mansion for SuperHappyDevHouse, a 12-hour marathon of coding, hacking and socializing.Participants of the 19th SuperHappy DevHouse hackathon session descended on Tom Harrison''s family home last weekend in Los Gatos, Calif. Harrison far left opened his house up to some 150 tech...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, SECURITY, photograph, Amit Patel, SuperHappyDevHouse, Los Gatos, Facebook, San Jose State University, hacking, chief technical officer, Ohio State University, University of Washington, online v; Image galleries 2007-08-16

Revealed: Apple's guidelines for third-part iPhone developers: The University of Washington's Emerging Technology website inadvertently provided iPhone content development guidelines first explored at the Apple Worldwide Developers' Conference last week.Although Tony Chang's post was taken down (presumably at Apple's bidding), it survives for now in the G0oogle cache.I bring the relevant sections of that cached content...; Tags: Apple; Blog posts 2007-06-22
Safari for iPhone capabilities published, then removed: University of Washington's Emerging Technology group published notes from Apple's Developing Web Sites for iPhone session from WWDC last week and promptly got spanked by Apple. The notes are now removed.The blog entry provided new information about iPhone's capabilities, including design considerations, JavaScript limitations and confirmation that there is no...; Tags: Software, Safari, iPhone; Blog posts 2007-06-20
A robotic cable inspection system: In a very short article, Popular Science reports that researchers at the University of Washington have built a robotic cable inspection system. This system should help utility companies to maintain their networks of subterranean cables. The robot, dubbed Cruiser, is about 4-feet-long and is designed like a snake. When it...; Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Robotics; Blog posts 2007-05-17
SpyProxy: Execution-Based Detection of Malicious Web Content: This paper explores the use of execution-based Web content analysis to protect users from Internet-borne malware. Many anti-malware tools use signatures to identify malware infections on a user's PC. In contrast, the authors approach is to render and observe active Web content in a disposable virtual machine before it reaches...; Tags: Web, University Of Washington, Execution, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing; White papers 2007-05-14
Sunglasses changing color in a second: Wouldnt it be nice to wear sunglasses that change colors according to the weather or to your new skiing suit? According to the American Chemical Society ACS, scientists at the University of Washington have developed a new lens material that makes this possible. Their smart sunglasses can change color on...; Tags: University of Washington, polymer, American Chemical Society; Blog posts 2007-03-28
On the Deployment of Heterogeneous Sensor Networks for Detection of Mobile Targets: Detecting targets moving inside a field of interest is one of the fundamental services of Wireless Sensor Networks. The network performance with respect to target detection is directly related to the placement of the sensors within the field of interest. This paper addresses the problem of wireless sensor deployment, for...; Tags: Mobile, Network, University Of Washington, Sensor, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; White papers 2007-01-23
UW sues cellphone giants over undergrad's invention: The University of Washington, along with the Washington Research Foundation, have brought suit against two cellphone giants, charging patent infringement on research that was conducted by a University of Washington undergraduate 10 years earlier, reports Seattle Times. The Washington Research Foundation, which assists the University of Washington with...; Tags: patent, University of Washington, Higher Ed, Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-01-04
Negotiation-Based Routing Between Neighboring ISPs: This paper explores negotiation as the basis for cooperation between competing entities, for the specific case of routing between two neighboring ISPs. Inter-domain routing is often driven by self-interest and based on a limited view of the internetwork, which hurts the stability and efficiency of routing. The paper presents a...; Tags: University Of Washington, Internet Service Provider, Framework, Negotiation, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Free Trade, Internet, Finance; White papers 2007-01-01
TCP Congestion Control With a Misbehaving Receiver: This paper explores the operation of TCP congestion control when the receiver can misbehave, as might occur with a greedy Web client. The paper first demonstrates that there are simple attacks that allow a misbehaving receiver to drive a standard TCP sender arbitrarily fast, without losing end-to-end reliability. These attacks...; Tags: University Of Washington, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Networking; White papers 2007-01-01
TCP Meets Mobile Code: This paper argues that transport protocols such as TCP provide a rare domain in which protocol extensibility by untrusted parties is both valuable and practical. TCP continues to be refined despite more than two decades of progress and the difficulties due to deployment delays and backwards-compatibility are well-known. Remote extensibility,...; Tags: Mobile, University Of Washington, Domain, TCP, Extensibility, Tcp/Ip, Networking; White papers 2007-01-01
First on-chip cooling system?: Researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip. This tiny ion pump uses an electrical charge 'rather than liquid or fans to create a cooling air jet right at the surface of the chip.' This research project looks...; Tags: emitter, chip; Blog posts 2006-08-24
Images: Ultrasound heads for battle: Philips Research and the University of Washington explore using ultrasound technology to stem internal bleeding when soldiers are injured in battle.; Tags: University of Washington, soldier, Philips Electronics N.V.; Image galleries 2006-07-19
Photos: Inside the Virtual Reality lab: A lab at the University of Washington is home to some hot virtual reality projects.; Tags: virtual reality, University of Washington; Image galleries 2006-06-21
Photos: Inside the Virtual Reality lab: A lab at the University of Washington is home to some hot virtual reality projects.; Tags: virtual reality, University of Washington; Image galleries 2006-06-21
Photos: Inside the Virtual Reality lab: A lab at the University of Washington is home to some hot virtual reality projects.; Tags: virtual reality, University of Washington; Image galleries 2006-06-21