Articles about University of Washington – Page 30 of 32

This app studies your text messages to recommend restaurants

Intelligent robot assistants like Siri have changed the way we interact with our mobile devices, and can now make recommendations… Read More

Lifelong friends, college buds enjoying success with trendy sock startup Strideline

Down in Silicon Valley, the current fashion focus apparently isn’t on suits, ties or pants. As the New York Times puts… Read More

UW’s Buerk Center awards $170K to 8 student-led startups

For the past six months, ten teams from the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship have been working within… Read More

Scientists crowdsource atmospheric data from smartphones to improve weather forecasts

Meteorologists may become better at their jobs thanks to your smartphone. Atmospheric scientists at the University of Washington are collecting data… Read More

UW creates new degree focusing on communication within organizations

The University of Washington’s Master of Communications in Digital Media program already teaches the ins and outs of intelligent relationship-building strategies and… Read More

Randomized food delivery service nomON takes 1st place at Startup Weekend UW

It was already 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon of Startup Weekend UW when a group of five collegiates realized their business… Read More

Camera + cloud: Fun with photos at GeekWire, and a Four Peaks TV sneak peek

I’m honored to be the guest this weekend on Four Peaks TV, hosted by journalism vet Hanson Hosein of the University… Read More

New computing institute on UW campus will focus on big data problems

The University of Washington is already a budding hub for computer science. Now, with some help from a national laboratory,… Read More

Startup Central: University of Washington pumps out 8 new startups in 6 months

Almost one year ago, University of Washington President Michael Young made a pledge to double the number of startup companies… Read More

Montlake Capital founder Artie Buerk donates $5.2M to UW entrepreneurship program

Thanks to Arthur Buerk, the University of Washington entrepreneurship program is getting renamed and receiving a nice chunk of change in the… Read More

‘Tis the season: Google’s unique Seattle-born G-Give charity program raising thousands this week

Life can get hectic for a mid-twenties software engineer at a big company. You’re working long hours at an exciting,… Read More

Murdoch’s ‘Daily’ is done: iPad newspaper to shut down

News Corp.’s attempt at an iPad newspaper will officially end Dec. 15, as Rupert Murdoch’s company announced today it will… Read More

UW policy restricting reporter tweets is not just claiming rights, but taking turf

In 2009, the Southeastern Conference, one of the most powerful in college sports, tried something stupid. In a hopeless and… Read More

Should sports reporters be permitted to Tweet every play? Here’s what Pac-12 schools have to say about it

By now, you may have heard that the University of Washington athletic department reprimanded a reporter for Tweeting too much… Read More

Twitter limit: University of Washington caps live game coverage for media, threatens credential revocation

UPDATE, NOV. 13 3:30 P.M.: We followed up on this story and asked several schools up and down the west coast… Read More

How Yoky Matsuoka created the modern robotic hand, and what the rest of us can learn from her

Editor’s Note: Yoky Matsuoka, the former University of Washington computer science professor, is one of the subjects of the new book,… Read More

Geek on the Street: Can Myspace make a comeback?

Myspace is attempting a comeback. Yes, you read that right. The former social media kingpin is looking to dust off… Read More

U.S. Census Bureau opens new research center at UW

The U.S. Census Bureau and the University of Washington today formally announced the opening of a new Census Research Data… Read More

Tweet, tweet: UW tags help study animal social networks

While researchers studying animal behavior can’t quite yet track how many tweeting birds have lots of “followers” and which ones… Read More

iPhone app could replace expensive lung monitoring equipment

Is there anything a smartphone app can’t do? Researchers at the University of Washington, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s hospital… Read More

Brighten clouds to help Earth? Scientists want to test theory

A group of scientists, including a University of Washington atmospheric physicist, wants to test the theory that pumping sea salt… Read More

UW team deploying power and Internet to the sea floor

In further news about awesome people doing awesome things, a team from the University of Washington is installing a series… Read More

Old-school card game delves into the dark world of computer security breaches

Yes, once upon a time it was a completely mediocre movie with Angelina Jolie, but hacking into computer systems has… Read More

Coursera to distribute free online courses from the UW and 11 other universities

The University of Washington and 11 other universities will begin free distribution of some courses through Coursera, the online education platform… Read More

Forget MIT and Stanford: UW computer science department wins high praise in NYT piece

A few weeks ago, I interviewed Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain and asked him pointedly to name one missing ingredient… Read More

Geek of the Week: Melissa Winstanley, UW computer science standout

Melissa Winstanley didn’t set out to be a computer scientist, but she has become a remarkable one — and she’s… Read More

New research: Meditation makes you a better geek

As if you needed one more reason to convince your boss that you need a break at work, the University… Read More

Name that Tech Tune for a chance to win a JoeyBra

Updated with answer below. One of our traditions on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is to offer our guests… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Our future in space, and why it might be closer than we thought

Our topic this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is space, and our possible future in it. Joining… Read More

Hacking Edu: tech’s role in the future of higher education

Call it a noble experiment: only a month to re-imagine institutions with centuries of tradition and, some might say, baggage.… Read More