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• The little chill: tiny wind generator to cool microchip hot spots

  - 2006-11-11

  Technologists cramming more and more transistors onto microchips face a common problem: too much heat. To make computers chill, manufacturers typically outfit hot chips with heat sinks, whose fins release heat into a stream of air. Now, a team of university, and industrial engineers has created a prototype, microscale...

  Tags: chip, HARDWARE, microchip, NETWORKING, pump, Semiconductors, transistor, University of Washington

• Tiny ion pump sets new standard in cooling.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Washington's research)(Brief article)

  - 2006-09-01

  University of Washington researchers have built a tiny cooling device that fits on a computer chip. The device, which uses an electrical charge to create a cooling air jet right at the surface of the chip, could be critical to advancing computer technology because future chips...

  Tags: chip, computer, HARDWARE, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, Semiconductors, University of Washington

• Funded by the Largest Grant in UW School of Dentistry's History…Washington Dental Service and UW Collaborate on Major Oral Health Research

  - 2005-04-01

  SEATTLE -- Washington Dental Service, the University of Washington School of Dentistry and the School of Dentistry at Oregon Health Sciences University are partnering in a seven-year research project to expand the evidence base in dentistry. The studies are funded by two grants -- totaling $22 million -- awarded...

  Tags: Benefits, Databases, dentist, HARDWARE, NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, Storage, University of Washington

• Looking Glass wins dark-fiber contract

  - 2004-10-29

  Looking GlassR Networks, Inc., a facilities-based provider of metropolitan data transport services, announced that the University of Washington selected Looking Glass dark fiber to support research and education in conjunction with Pacific Wave, Pacific Northwest Gigapop, and other leading-edge high-bandwidth networking initiatives. The University of Washington is utilizing Looking...

  Tags: fiber, network, NETWORKING, University of Washington

• Dialing up fun with the sun.

  - 2004-04-01

  Dialing up Fun with the Sun--Students can view sundials around the world through a new Web site. A project of the Planetary Society, the world's largest space interest group, Seattle's Bill Nye the Science Guy, and University of Washington astronomy professor Woody Sullivan, the EarthDial Project...

  Tags: INTERNET, MARKETING, NETWORKING, professor, Seattle, Spain, University of Washington

• Se le acaba el tiempo a la Tierra. (Socied@d!).

  - 2003-01-29

  En su largo camino hasta sus actuales 4 mil 500 millones de años, nuestro planeta ha evolucionado des de su ígneo y violento nacimiento hasta su precioso aspecto azul, lleno de agua, aire respirable y vida. Pero la Tierra no será siempre así. Su evolución continúa avanzando. Dos astrobiólogos de...

  Tags: DES, DOS, NETWORKING, SECURITY, University of Washington

• University of Washington seeks Pacific Ocean data via Internet - tech briefs - Brief Article

  - 2002-09-26

  SEATTLE Scientists at the University of Washington have proposed an ambitious project that would place networked underwater cameras and recording equipment on the Pacific Ocean floor for the transmission of scientific data through the Internet. The NEPTUNE project, which means North East Pacific Time-series Undersea Network Experiments, would require...

  Tags: Cable, INTERNET, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, University of Washington

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  - 2002-09-01

  Release Mechanism for Deployment of Underwater Instrumentation and Other Marine Packages Oceanographic research operations frequently require deployment of underwater packages to monitor seafloor events and to acquire data or position tools and instruments on the seafloor used with remote or manned submersibles. Typically, these packages need to...

  Tags: Cable, Engineering, motor, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, University of Washington

• Level 3 signs broadband services contract with the University of Washington - Applications - Brief Article

  - 2002-01-15

  Level 3 Communications announced it has signed a one-year agreement to provide (3)CrossRoads Internet access service to the University of Washington. Under the terms of the agreement, the University of Washington will use Level 3's (3)CrossRoads Internet access service to provide connections to the public Internet and other networks for...

  Tags: agreement, broadband, Level 3 Communications Inc., NETWORKING, University of Washington

• Time Warner Telecom delivers optical and IP services to the University of Washington and streaming media technologies

  - 2002-01-01

  Time Warner Telecom announced contracts with the University of Washington and Streaming Media Technologies Inc. to provide fiber and IP services. The University of Washington's Pacific Northwest Gigapop is the point of presence for the Internet2 Abilene research and testbed Gigabit network. Time Warner Telecom's OC-3 network connection joins Pacific...

  Tags: INTERNET, IP, network, NETWORKING, Time Warner Telecom Inc., University of Washington