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“The convenience and relatively low cost of cell phones in the U.S. has made them an indispensable part of life. Unless, of course, you are one of the 37 million or so hearing-impaired adults living in this country. But University of Washington in Seattle researchers are hoping to change that by developing software that lets callers communicate on their mobile phones using sign language via real-time video instead of being limited to text messaging.”… Read more →
“Star Wars Inspires UW Scientist Yoky Matsuoka to Think Big About Making Artificial Hands”
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“One of the scenes from The Empire Strikes Back gives you an idea of what Yoky Matsuoka is pursuing. It’s the part where Luke Skywalker tests out a prosthetic hand that he can control with all the dexterity of a natural one, well enough to wield one mean light saber.
“Matsuoka, a MacArthur “genius” award winner (and an Xconomist), and one of the up-and-comers on the faculty at the University of Washington, described her work… Read more →
“Skytap announces API, eyes more funding”
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“Skytap, the UW spinoff that offers a virtual testing lab in the cloud, is announcing a new API and VPN capabilities today. The company now has 20 paying customers, including several large enterprises, according to Chief Executive Scott Roza. ‘We see more enterprises that are willing to put their toe in the water and put strategic projects in the cloud,’ he said.”… Read more →
“Calling Bay Area Investors: Seattle Entrepreneurs Want To See More of You, and Help Build Your Brand”
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“I first reached Ed Lazowska, the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington (and an Xconomist). In typical Lazowska fashion, he questioned the very premise of wanting more outside VCs here, and proceeded to bring up some interesting funding issues …”… Read more →
Supple in The Guardian
“Researchers have created custom-generated software interfaces for the individual that can make it possible to close the performance gap between able-bodied and disabled users.”
Supple project here. Article is here.… Read more →
“Barron’s editorial slags federal support for basic research; Lazowska responds” (Computing Research Policy Blog)
“Continued investment is necessary to maintain our leadership and competitiveness. Achieving many of the ‘societal grand challenges’ of this century will depend critically on further fundamental advances in IT: the engineering of new tools that will transform scientific discovery; advancing personalized learning; shifting towards predictive, preventive, personalized, participatory medicine; enhancing national security; developing smart controls and smart electric grids needed to address energy and climate challenges. Many of the ‘grand challenges’ of IT itself will have broad implications for society:… Read more →
“‘Can you see me now?’ Sign language over cell phones comes to United States”
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“A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing people to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working together this spring, and recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in Seattle …”… Read more →
CSE Affiliate Professor Dave Cutler wins National Medal of Technology
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The National Medal of Technology honors America’s leading innovators. Cutler is best known for his contributions to operating systems: RSX-11/M, VAX/VMS, VAXeln, and Windows NT. CSE’s Ed Lazowska, in his letter of support for Bill Gates’s nomination of Cutler, wrote: “Cutler … has an incredible facility for creating designs that will work, for leading teams that implement these designs according to spec – correct, on-time, within budget, and meeting performance goals – and for building… Read more →
“Vocal Joystick controls PCs for those with hand injuries”
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“The project, known as the Vocal Joystick, is designed to allow someone to control a computer cursor using nothing more than their voice … Malkin demonstrated the software in real-time, showing how it is used in conjunction with a simple game where a player controls a fish swimming around trying to catch other fish. He proceeded to sound out vowel after vowel, and sure enough, on-screen, his fish moved around dexterously, chomping up snack… Read more →
“An open-source approach to tracking stolen laptops”
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UW’s Adeona project garnered lots of press and blog coverage after a presentation at Gnomedex.
See additional coverage here.… Read more →