technology
September 1, 2005
High-tech art
When the UW’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) started four years ago, it set the standard for digital arts education and became the envy of other institutions around the world.
September 1, 2002
Light speed
By harnessing light instead of electricity to send information, Larry Dalton promises to change the way we work and live.
June 1, 2001
Then and now
The heart of the UW campus may look like it did in 1970, but inside the classroom, a transformation is taking place.
June 1, 2000
Road to relief?
While everybody's talking traffic, the UW is actually doing something about it, but is anyone listening?
High-tech hall
Inside the shell of a 1928 structure sits the University's first true 21st century building.
June 1, 1998
The world of 2088
Looking ahead, UW experts envision internet implants, a colony on Mars, obsolete books and the end of the United States.
September 1, 1996
Inventions made for war adapted to heal people and help the planet
Figuring out how to provide aid during the critical "golden hour" has been the impetus behind a number of projects.
June 1, 1996
UW to see higher enrollments, better technology, thanks to state budget
Students will graduate faster and citizens will have more degree options, thanks to the 1996 legislative session which ended March 7.
December 1, 1995
Plugged in
The UW embarked on UWired, an ambitious experiment that integrates the computer into undergraduate education.
December 1, 1994
Traffic tracking
Several hundred Puget Sound commuters will use an existing FM wireless messaging network to plan their trips.
Smarter computers
Software engineers are creating programs that will turn computers into the ultimate in personal assistants.
September 1, 1994
Eye-catching tech
Take a good long look at your laptop computer screen. It soon could become a collector's item. And it will have company.
June 1, 1994
Parkinson’s assist
Sport glasses that allow a viewer to watch TV while mowing the lawn may someday allow Parkinson's disease victims to walk at a normal pace.
September 1, 1993
The ultimate biotech
The emerging field of biomimetics draws on some of the most powerful source material imaginable: hundreds of millions of years of evolution.