March 1, 2017
Startup BluHaptics Raises $1.3M to Bring Its Underwater Software to Space
BluHaptics, the software company pioneering new solutions for telerobotics, has secured $1.36 million. This investment follows more than a million dollars in recent U.S. government grants, which together will be used to support the company’s expansion and launch of its first commercially-available product. The startup was founded by UW Electrical Engineering Professor Howard Chizeck and then…
UW Researchers Turn Everyday Objects into FM Radio Stations
Imagine you’re waiting in your car and a poster for a concert from a local band catches your eye. What if you could just tune your car to a radio station and actually listen to that band’s music? Or perhaps you see the poster on the side of a bus stop. What if it could…
February 28, 2017
UW Security Researchers Show that Google’s AI Platform for Defeating Internet Trolls Can be Easily Deceived
University of Washington electrical engineering researchers have shown that Google’s new machine learning-based system to identify toxic comments in online discussion forums can be bypassed by simply misspelling or adding unnecessary punctuation to abusive words, such as “idiot” or “moron.” Perspective is a project by Google’s technology incubator Jigsaw, which uses artificial intelligence to combat…
February 22, 2017
Professors Blake Hannaford and Eric Klavins Named Amazon Catalyst Fellows
UW EE Professors Blake Hannaford and Eric Klavins have joined a community of innovators – The Amazon Catalyst Fellows. In a partnership with the University of Washington, Amazon Catalyst supports bold solutions to world problems. Professor Blake Hannaford and his team at the UW BioRobotics Lab received the fellowship for the development of an Intelligent…
February 17, 2017
Professor Shwetak Patel Delivers NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture on Health Mobile Apps
Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in EE and CSE Shwetak Patel gave a lecture at the National Science Foundation’s Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Distinguished Lecture Series. In the lecture, Patel introduced his groundbreaking research in smartphone health monitoring. Patel and his colleagues are using mobile phones as monitoring devices for health…
February 16, 2017
Professor Jay Giri Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Election to become a member of the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. UW EE Affiliate Professor Jay Giri received this prestigious honor for his significant contributions to utility control center technologies. Giri was recognized by his peers for his efforts to enhance grid situational awareness and…
February 9, 2017
Professor Matt Reynolds Works with Intellectual Ventures to Power Drones Wirelessly
In the early 1900s, Nikola Tesla envisioned a structure that could deliver power through air, without connectors. The Wardenclyffe Tower, also known as the Tesla Tower, became a lost dream when its investment dwindled. Associate Professor Matt Reynolds and his team at Intellectual Ventures are developing novel approaches to wireless power transmissions that make this…
February 6, 2017
Researcher Tamara Bonaci Describes the Next Frontier of Brain Hacking
Ars Technica sat down with UW EE lecturer and researcher Tamara Bonaci (Ph.D. ’15) to discuss the next generation of hacking — the brain. As we evolve our technical efficiencies, brain hacking appears a presumed next step in the development of computer hacking capabilities. According to Bonaci, it is not only presumed, but plausible. Bonaci discussed…
February 3, 2017
New AccessMap Offers Seattle Pedestrians More Accessible Routes
UW EE doctoral students Nick Bolten and Sumit Mukherjee are working alongside other researchers with the UW Taskar Center for Accessible Technology on AccessMap. On Wednesday, the technology app launched a new online travel planner offering customizable suggestions for people who need accessible or pedestrian-friendly routes when getting from point A to B in Seattle. Transportation routing services primarily designed for people in…
February 1, 2017
Researchers Raise $1.2M for the Development of Breakthrough Passive Wi-Fi
UW Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering researchers have raised $1.2 million to develop and commercialize a power-efficient way to generate Wi-Fi transmissions. This funding will support the UW-based start-up, Jeeva Wireless. This company seeks to revolutionize the way devices communicate by enabling breakthrough transmission efficiency. Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Josh Smith and…
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