“Whatever you call it – the Internet of Things, connected homes, smart homes – Jacquelyn Jaech knew it would become one of the big themes from the recent International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas …
“Jaech and her husband, SNUPI CEO Jeremy Jaech, hope WallyHome ends up as the must-have hardware for homeowners looking to spare themselves the expensive grief of mold and water damage. The $299 kit includes six sensors that monitor moisture, humidity and temperature around the… Read more →
New video features Shwetak Patel’s UbiComp Lab
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is releasing the third segment in its Computing Research in Action Series. This segment features the Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) research lab, led by Professor Shwetak Patel, at the University of Washington. The UbiComp lab, which consists of an interdisciplinary team of students, focuses on solving interesting and socially meaningful problems using a mix of hardware and software applications. The UbiComp lab focuses on four areas of ubiquitous computing:
Novel interaction techniques
Sustainability sensing… Read more →
“Recap of 2013: Top 10 most-viewed stories on UW Today”
Three of 2013’s top four “most-viewed” stories on the UW Today news site were CSE stories:
Rajesh Rao’s human-to-human brain interface
Shyam Gollakota and Shwetak Patel’s “WiSee” gesture recognition technology
Shyam Gollakota and Josh Smith’s “ambient backscatter” battery-free wireless technique
The UW Today staff seems to be playing it straight – only one of the top ten stories has “sex” in its title.
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Xconomy: “SNUPI Technologies’ Home Sensor Network Monitors Water Leaks, Babies”
“SNUPI Technologies wants to help homeowners spot mold, leaks, and appliance failures before they become a big problem, but that’s just the beginning.
“This Seattle startup is building a platform at the intersection of low-cost, low-power sensor networks, cloud computing, and machine learning, that is showing potential beyond the initial product and service that SNUPI is bringing to market.
“SNUPI is also notable for its location in a surprising space on University Way – better known as The Ave –… Read more →
CSE startup SNUPI: First among GeekWire’s “Seattle 10”
GeekWire writes:
“Seattle is ripe with innovation …
“With that in mind, we’re excited to announce the Seattle 10, presented in partnership with the Museum of History & Industry and the new Bezos Center for Innovation.
“This is a list of some of the most promising emerging technology companies in the region …
“As a member of the Seattle 10, each company will get the opportunity to sketch their business concepts on giant six-foot by six-foot cocktail napkins. Those napkins,… Read more →
Shwetak receives tenure!
What better way to celebrate the formal receipt of tenure by UW CSE and EE professor Shwetak Patel than by surprising him with a simultaneous parody of his fashion sense and his MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award?
(Thanks to Shwetak’s graduate students for organizing this nice prank!)
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SNUPI announces Wally
UW CSE startup SNUPI has announced Wally. Our friends at GeekWire write:
“Worried about toxic mold or pesky water leaks in your home?
“Never fear, Wally is here.
“That’s the new consumer brand from SNUPI Technologies, the latest startup effort from Seattle serial entrepreneur [and UW CSE alumnus] Jeremy Jaech …
“WallyHome – which works in conjunction with an always-on Internet connection – is designed to detect environmental hazards around the home by monitoring moisture, temperature and humidity changes. The… Read more →
CSE’s Shwetak Patel at MOHAI’s Bezos Center for Innovation
UW CSE and EE professor Shwetak Patel is one of a number of Seattle-area innovators featured in displays at the Bezos Center for Innovation at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry.
In connection with the dedication event for the Bezos Center for Innovation several weeks ago, Shwetak participated in an “Hour of Power” during which he posed provocative questions to Seattleites of all ages.
The newly-relocated and expanded MOHAI is spectacular – you should visit if you haven’t. And… Read more →
CSE’s Shwetak Patel featured in new Bezos Center for Innovation at MOHAI
Friday October 11 and Saturday October 12 mark the dedication of the Bezos Center for Innovation at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI).
Through interactive exhibits, community and educational programs, and first-person insights from leading innovators, the Bezos Center for Innovation explores Seattle’s role as a nexus of big ideas and new directions.
The dedication features a “Power Hour” (how can you not like that?) with CSE’s Shwetak Patel. See an interview conducted in connection with the dedication here… Read more →
WiSee wins Mobicom 2013 Best Paper Award
The paper “Whole-Home Gesture Recognition Using Wireless Signals” by CSE’s Qifan Pu, Sidhant Gupta, Shyam Gollakota, and Shwetak Patel has received the Best Paper Award from Mobicom 2013.
The paper describes WiSee, a novel interaction interface that leverages ongoing wireless transmissions in the environment (e.g., WiFi) to enable whole-home sensing and recognition of human gestures. In a nutshell, your motion distorts the ambient signal in ways that can be detected, interpreted, and used to control devices.
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