Sep 30, 2016 | Education, Innovation, Why Washington?
Washington State and the University of Washington have been highly ranked in recent studies by the Brookings Institute and Reuters. The Brookings Institute study considered a range of factors from talented workforce and elite research universities to GDP growth,...
Jun 22, 2016 | Innovation
A great idea is just an idea until you can successfully bring it to market. The University of Washington’s CoMotion Innovation program provides the resources and environment where cutting-edge ideas can develop into real-world, marketable solutions. The goal of...
Apr 14, 2016 | Innovation, Technology
Our digital universe and the data it creates is expanding exponentially. The cloud was created as a solution to data storage on our overloaded hard drives. But the downside of acres and acres of server farms to store all that data is the amount of energy it requires...
Mar 4, 2016 | Aerospace, Innovation
Aerospace innovation isn’t confined to next-gen composites and robotic assembly. Boeing engineers have come up with a new airline bathroom design in which basic functions are activated with the wave of your hand and UV rays zap the whole lavatory space when you...
Feb 24, 2016 | Innovation, Technology
Washington State is the center for cloud computing and home to huge server facilities that collect and process all that data. It’s not surprising that Washington companies would design new ways to improve the system, specifically ways to cool the system. Rooms...
Feb 4, 2016 | Innovation, Technology
Football is arguably America’s sport these days. Now Microsoft offers up their vision for what televised entertainment will be like in the future, thanks to the HoloLens. The device may one day be able to put you and your friends in the driver’s seat come...
Jan 29, 2016 | Innovation, Life Science/Global Health
From the portable heart defibrillator in the 1950s to the Scribner shunt and kidney dialysis machine in the ’60s, to bone marrow transplantation procedure in the ’70s and the Rotoblator and a vaccine vial monitor in more recent years, Washington State has...
Nov 20, 2015 | Innovation, Technology
Washington State’s top tier universities are connected globally in research and development. The University of Washington recently held the first Innovation Summit in Shanghai. The event brought leading innovators from UW together with CEOs of Chinese companies...
Oct 16, 2015 | Innovation, Why Washington?
X-Ray vision may be coming to your next generation smartphone. The University of Washington and Microsoft Research division have been working in collaboration on technology that is applying hyperspectral technology, which is already used in satellite imaging, to see...
Oct 2, 2015 | Innovation, Technology
Washington State has long been the epicenter of pioneering technologies. Now several major venture capitalists and tech pioneers have pooled their expertise and resources to create Pioneer Square Labs. This unique concept for nurturing tech ideas will give creative...
