The robot, equipped with a solar panel鈥搇ike energy harvester and four wheels, is about the size of a penny, weighs as much as a raisin and can move about the length of a bus in an hour on a cloudy day.
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Katie Davis, a 黑料吃瓜网 associate professor in the Information School, discusses how generative AI might support learning, instead of detracting from it, if kids can keep their agency.
A team including researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 recently used new software to compare MRIs from 300 babies and discovered that myelin, a part of the brain鈥檚 so-called white matter, develops much slower after birth.
A team led by researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 has developed system of robotic self-deploying microphones, which lets users control sound in a room, muting certain areas and creating 鈥渁ctive zones鈥� in others.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent.
Jason Yip, a 黑料吃瓜网 associate professor in the Information School, discusses how parents and schools can adapt to new technologies in ways that support children’s learning.
Training a large language model, such as ChatGPT, uses on average roughly equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of over 1,000 U.S. households, according to Sajjad Moazeni, 黑料吃瓜网 assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, who studies networking for AI and machine learning supercomputing.
A team at the 黑料吃瓜网 has developed the first underwater 3D-positioning app for smart devices. When at least three divers are within about 98 feet of each other, the app tracks each user鈥檚 location relative to the leader.
Researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 created a new audio chatbot, Self-Talk with Superhero Zip, aimed to help children speak positively to themselves. This chatbot is 鈥渁 鈥楽esame Street鈥� experience for a smart speaker.鈥�
A team led by researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 has created an app called FeverPhone, which transforms smartphones into thermometers without adding new hardware.
黑料吃瓜网 News sat down with Michele Newman, a 黑料吃瓜网 doctoral student in the Information School, to learn more about fans’ dedication to “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.”
Leaders from Washington higher education institutions met with national policymakers April 4 to discuss opportunities provided by the CHIPS and Science Act. U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene and National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan visited the 黑料吃瓜网 campus to talk about the legislation, which provides more than $100 billion to fund scientific research and workforce training. The 黑料吃瓜网 and other Washington colleges and universities are poised to receive funds from the CHIPS and Science Act to invest in chip…
A team led by researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 studied how artificial intelligence could help people on the platform TalkLife, where people give each other mental health support. The researchers developed an AI system that suggested changes to participants’ responses to make them more empathetic. The best responses resulted from a collaboration between AI and people.
黑料吃瓜网’s Virtual Field Geology project has many goals: to make geology field experiences accessible to more people; to document geological field sites that may be at risk from erosion or development; to offer virtual 鈥渄ry run鈥� experiences; and to allow scientific collaborators to do virtual visits to a field site together.聽While the pandemic brought new urgency to the project, its developers believe it’s part of a “new normal” for geology research and education.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers examined 44 3D tours in 44 states across the U.S. to look for potential security issues when personal details were included in the tour.
A team led by researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 has created a new hearing screening system that uses a smartphone and earbuds.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers developed UnlockedMaps, a web-based map that allows users to see in real time how accessible rail transit stations are in six metro areas. UnlockedMaps shows which stations are accessible and which ones are experiencing elevator outages.
Yejin Choi, 黑料吃瓜网 professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Choi uses natural language processing to develop artificial intelligence systems that have the ability to reason and can understand the implied meanings in human language.
Researchers dropped technology developed at the 黑料吃瓜网 off the coast of Florida this week to measure ocean waves in the path of Hurricane Ian. The test is one part of a broad effort to improve forecasts for these fast-moving and deadly systems.
In a proof-of-principle study, 黑料吃瓜网 and University of California San Diego researchers have shown that smartphones are capable of detecting blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%. This is the lowest value that pulse oximeters should be able to measure, as recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers have created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals.
A 黑料吃瓜网 pilot project is exploring the use of fiber-optic sensing for seismology, glaciology, and even urban monitoring. Funded in part with a $473,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a nonprofit based in Vancouver, Washington, the new 黑料吃瓜网 Photonic Sensing Facility will use photons traveling through a fiber-optic cable to detect ground motions as small as 1 nanometer.
A 黑料吃瓜网 team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects 鈥� including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shaped wedge, a tennis ball and a drill.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers created ClearBuds, earbuds that enhance the speaker’s voice and reduce background noise.
VoxLens users can gain a high-level summary of the information described in a graph, listen to a graph translated into sound or use voice-activated commands to ask specific questions about the data, such as the mean or the minimum value.
Researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 wondered if people enter a state of dissociation when surfing social media, and if that explains why users might feel out of control after spending so much time on their favorite app.
黑料吃瓜网 history professor Margaret O’Mara says Elon Musk鈥檚 acquisition of Twitter has renewed debate about freedom of online speech, online content moderation and the power of billionaires to shape public conversation.
The first-of-its-kind center has received a $6 million renewal grant from the National Science Foundation.
Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a 黑料吃瓜网 team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles toward the ground.
In a new perspective paper, 黑料吃瓜网 professors Emily M. Bender and Chirag Shah respond to proposals that reimagine web search as an application for large language model-driven conversation agents.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers showed that image search results for four major search engines from around the world, including Google, still reflect gender bias.
A team led by the 黑料吃瓜网 has developed a new, non-destructive method that images entire 3D biopsies instead of a slice for determining prostate cancer aggressiveness. The 3D images provided more information than a 2D image 鈥� specifically, details about the tree-like structure of the glands throughout the tissue.
A team led by the 黑料吃瓜网 developed a chatbot that could ask emergency department visitors about social needs, including housing, food, access to medical care and physical safety.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers looked at almost 56,000 political ads from almost 750 news sites between September 2020 and January 2021.
黑料吃瓜网 students created a rover that can inspect sewer pipes or culverts for any damage that could prevent fish from using them during migration.
A team from the 黑料吃瓜网 and University of California San Diego has received the Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The 黑料吃瓜网 will lead a new artificial intelligence research institute that will focus on fundamental AI and machine learning theory, algorithms and applications for real-time learning and control of complex dynamic systems, which describe chaotic situations where conditions are constantly shifting and hard to predict.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers have developed a method that uses a gaming graphics card to control plasma formation in their prototype fusion reactor.
Recent honors and achievements by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty include an early career award for study of family communication and a distinguished service award for decades in support of theoretical computing.
Two professors with the 黑料吃瓜网 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering — Shyam Gollakota and Anna Karlin — have received 2020 honors from the Association for Computing Machinery.