Startup vet, aeronautical expert to lead University of Washington’s college of engineering The University of Washington continues to undergo a radical transformation under the direction of president Michael Young. And today the… Read More
Valve ‘hacker extraordinaire’ builds hybrid rocket engine Ben Krasnow has created X-rays with a vacuum tube, combined avocados and high pressure nitrous oxide, and cooked up homemade… Read More
Olympic fever grips Synapse: Beer relays, synchro wall climbs and flying monkey toss It’s just nine days until some of the best athletes in the world converge on London for the opening of… Read More
Twitter opens doors on new Seattle engineering office We’ve certainly been intrigued with all of the Silicon Valley tech giants that have opened offices in the Seattle area… Read More
Mayor McGinn convenes startup roundtable: Could these 5 ideas transform Seattle’s startup community? Can the City of Seattle do more to support startups? That was the question raised Tuesday night by Seattle Mayor… Read More
Check out these 14 ‘entrepreneur’ grants for STEM education Washington STEM, a nonprofit that supports science, technology, engineering, and math education across the state, has awarded 14 grants to educators in… Read More
Podcast Rewind: UW’s Ed Lazowska on the engineering talent crunch Our guest this past week on the GeekWire Podcast was Ed Lazowska, the longtime computer science professor who holds the… Read More
