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- 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
- Recreating cities using online photos
- The billion of images available from a site like Flickr has stimulated the imagination of many researchers. After designing tools using Flickr to edit your photos, another team at the University of Washington UW is using our vacation photos to create 3D models of world landmarks. But recreating original scenes...
- Tags: 3D, Researcher, Online Photo, Flickr, Photograph, Computer, UW, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-04
- Minimum Data Security Standards (Data Classification and Related Measures of Protection)
- The University of Washington UW and its affiliated institutions solicit, acquire, generate and maintain an enormous amount of information as part of business operations, education programs, and extensive research efforts. This information is a core asset for the UW and central to its ability to succeed in its mission. This...
- Tags: University Of Washington, Standards, Data Security, UW, Asset Management, Quality, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-01-10
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- Robofish teams of underwater robots
- Many of today's underwater robots need to periodically come up to the surface to communicate with their human supervisors. But researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a new kind of underwater vehicle. The Robofish can work cooperatively with each other. 'The Robofish, which are roughly the size...
- Tags: Team, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-07
- Growing nano pine trees in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have accidentally created nano pine trees with trunks and branches. As said the lead researcher, 'At the beginning we saw just a couple of trees, and we said, 'What the heck is going on here?' They were so curious.' In fact, this could lead to an...
- Tags: Dislocation, Trunk, Productivity, Team Management, Leadership, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Every move you make tracked by RFID tags
- We've been told for several years that RFID tags would appear everywhere. This is not the case yet, but researchers at the University of Washington would like to know if the future of social networking could be affected by these tags and check the balance between privacy and utility. They've...
- Tags: Researcher, RFID Tag, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-05
- 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
- Treating Leopard's Finder not-fully-loading bug
- Treating Leopard's Finder not-fully-loading bugButtonsIf a computer is completely locked up, you can hold down the power button for about five seconds, and it will shut down. (You'll lose all unsaved data.)When you restart, you should hold down Command plus S keys to bring up single user mode (command line...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Treating Leopard, Finder, Apple Macintosh, OS-9, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Stop the botnets!
- This is the intention of Paul Barford, a computer scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wants to build a new line of defense against malicious traffic which has become today a billion-dollar 'shadow industry.' As one of 'the most menacing aspects of botnets is that they can go largely...
- Tags: Network, Network Intrusion, Nemean, Achilles, Botnet Evaluation Environment, Networking, Security, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- Apple says to Archive and Install Leopard
- Apple says to Archive and Install LeopardIs it Application Enhancer, or Tiger's RAID, or DivX? ...I guess the iPhone DOES have full OSX!Right down to the inability to run third party applications![i]The company blamed "third-party ‘enhancement' software[/i]Hmm, I guess the Apple zealots were lying when they said that one of...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Unsanity, Apple Macintosh, APE 2.0.3, Mac OS X 10.5, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Apple says to Archive and Install Leopard
- After reports of problem installations of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard over the weekend, Apple posted a technical note with a fix and advising customers to reinstall the software using the Archive and Install option. According to the document, some users found that after completing an...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- The world's biodiesel potential
- Two researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M) have ranked 226 countries according to their potential to make large volumes of biodiesel at low cost. Their evaluation of the world's potential to produce biodiesel shows that Malaysia, Thailand, Colombia, Uruguay and Ghana are the developing nations most likely to attract...
- Tags: Researcher, Biodiesel, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Nuking cancer cells with alpha particles?
- Radiotherapy is widely used to fight cancers. Today, only beta particles are approved by health regulators, such as the U.S. FDA. Beta particles are small and travel fast, but it takes thousands of them to kill a cancer cell. Now, U.S. researchers have found a way to use alpha particles...
- Tags: Rice University, Particle, Cell, Radiotherapy, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- Do companies benefit from social networking?
- According to two U.S. researchers, fewer degrees of separation make companies more innovative. They've studied the innovative performance of about a thousand companies in various industries over a six-year period. And they've concluded that "companies that network and form strategic alliances are more creative and develop more patented inventions than...
- Tags: Social Networking, Alliance, Network, Knowledge, Industry, Benefit, Firm, Alliance Network, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-17
- Friday Rant - A tale of two PC cases
- Friday Rant - A tale of two PC casesComputer cases rarely are heard aboutSo I am happy to hear your rant on the subject. The thing that frustrates me is the sudden popularity of one case design or another. Like the Antec Dragons that were also sold...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Consumer electronics, DVD, Newegg.com, bay
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- As long as the Internet has been around....and still no secure e-mail?
- As long as the Internet has been around....and still no secure e-mail?And, securing email would also make it harder for Spamers to operate.Really, it would make it virtually impossible for spammers to operate if we had secure communications between know email servers.PGPThis does not relate completely to password retrieval, but...
- Tags: Tablets, Internet, e-mail, fax, server
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- WA licenses have RFID, antenna, upsetting privacy advocates
- Washington state drivers' licenses will soon have a bar code that can be read without the driver knowing anything is going on -- and that has privacy advocates concerned, reports the Seattle Times.The new licenses and ID cards contain a computer chip and antenna that are used to store and...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Privacy
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- The secrets of mother-of-pearl strength
- Do you know that the nacre layer, or mother-of-pearl, which is found in pearls and abalone shells is 3,000 times more fracture-resistant than aragonite, the mineral of which it is composed? According to researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison, this remarkable strength "is due to well-defined nanolayers of organics at the...
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Science &, Nature
- Blog posts 2007-07-03
- U. of Wash. now will forward RIAA demand letters
- Capitulating to music industry demands, the University of Washington has announced that it will now actively enforce laws against illegal file-sharing on campus, reports the News Tribune. Dumping its previous policy of only turning over student information to the RIAA if served with a warrant, UW is now ready and willing...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- More on the RIAA front from my hometown
- The Tacoma News Tribune is reporting that the University of Washington will be passing on pre-settlement letters from the RIAA to its students, using server and DHCP logs to identify anonymous students tagged by the recording industry watchdog.UW officials state that "This isn't a matter of the university cooperating with...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
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