Tag Archives : University of Washington

We’ve seen robots controlled by Kinect before, but never seen robots with such important tasks as well. A group of engineering students at the University of Washington are using Microsoft’s peripheral to guide the actions of robot surgeons. Scientists and engineers have been working for years on methods for integrating video game technology [...]

One of the greatest symbols of the consequences of global warming, the polar bear might not have its days numbered. Included in the lists of endangered species, due to the steady decline in its icy habitat due to climate change, the animal can be saved, if the world loses in the emission of gases that cause global warming. The conclusion is a study [...]

We have seen smart television, refrigerators and other house hold appliances, but now, Ziola, a graduate student at the University of Washington has designed and developed an all new smart kitchen top called, Oasis, in collaboration with the researchers from Intel Labs Seattle led by senior scientist Beverly Harrison. This all new smart kitchen top [...]

We all have moments of distraction and we sometimes don’t see something that is well ahead. Researchers at the University of Washington, USA, did a test to determine exactly how much of human perception is impaired when talking on a cell phone. They did an experiment documenting examples of real people who were so distracted while talking on a cell [...]