New track bridges business, human-centered design, and engineering to be first truly interdisciplinary Robotics degree The Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), a collaboration between major research universities and companies from around the world, is pleased to announce a new track in Robotics for the Master of Science in Technology Innovation (MSTI) degree, beginning in fall 2020. The MSTI ( … )
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GIX is like going to a hackathon every single day – you come up with a rough idea, build a quick prototype. But because it actually isn't just one day you get to iterate on it until you're happy with it.
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As part of his thesis work while studying at @tsinghua_uni in Beijing, GIX student David Zhou helped develop Flextouch, a technology that enables long-range touch sensing (up to 4 meters) using flexible and conductive materials from a normal touchscreen phone. This research can be applied to new technologies like fitness tracking and human/computer interaction. "FlexTouch is one example showing GIX a playground where students can dive deeper into technology innovation," said Yuntao Wang, technique adviser of GIX. "It is fantastic to see students taking full advantage of state-of-the-art #GIX facilities accomplishing such achievement." . . . #MadeAtGIX #DesignBuildLaunch #GIXGraduateDegrees #TsinghuaUniversity #UniversityofWashington #Seattle #Makerspace #DesignThinking #TechStartup #MadeInSeattle #techdegree #uwinnovates
Students and GIX Consortium members met yesterday for the Milestone 3 Launch Project presentations. Each group had ten minutes to explain their recent work, provide an update on future goals, and answer any audience questions. Afterwards, students and industry partners met for demos and future planning. #MadeAtGIX #MadeInSeattle #DesignBuildLaunch #GIXGraduateDegrees #TechIndustry #FutureTech #emergingtechnology #TsinghuaUniversity #UniversityofWashington #Seattle #Makerspace #designthinking #bellevue
Ideas become things. GIX graduate Padraic Casserly, who received a #fullbrightscholarship this year, helped develop sensors that estimate groundwater depth in his @tsinghua_uni thesis research during the last six months of the GIX Dual Degree program. He’ll soon be traveling to the island nation of Mauritius (off the east coast of Africa near Madagascar), where he’ll work to deploy the technology. The goal is to create a better understanding of the natural water resources that will contribute to water security for the health of the population and future economic development. ➡️ Link in bio. #beyondGIX #MadeAtGIX #MadeInSeattle #techexperience #LeadersinInnovation #gixgraduatedegrees #tsinghuauniversity #universityofwashington
Sunshine, yummy food, and great people make for a fantastic combination! This summer’s #GIX student & staff BBQ was a great time for everyone to take a break from their hard work and celebrate what the beautiful Seattle area has to offer. 🍔☀️ What are you best summer memories? Tag a friend you want to hang out with! #GIXThrowback #ThrowbackThursday #LeadersinInnovation #GIXGraduateDegrees #MadeInSeattle
Warmer weather calls for a trip to the baseball diamond! Last week GIX students were taken on a guided tour of @tmobilepark by The @tmobile mentors they are working with on their launch project. The visit helped them learn about the facility and opportunities for technology innovation. #techexperience #LeadersinInnovation #gixgraduatedegrees
*Meet GIX Mentor, Michael Tjalve, Principle AI Architect at Microsoft Michael has worked in the field of conversational AI for a long time focusing primarily on turning disruptive innovation into engaging user experiences. His focus in the industry has been on research management, collaboration, and product strategy and he currently work as an AI Architect at Microsoft. Michael is also an affiliate assistant professor at University of Washington where he teaches conversational AI and innovation. #LeadersinInnovations #GIXGraduateDegrees
First iteration of a low cost, 3d printed Mecanum wheel, created by GIX student Jay Luo in the Makerspace! @diedansemacabre #GIXGraduateDegrees
Check out our GIX Makerspace! Video credits to Blake Hannaford. @hannafordblake #GIXGraduateDegrees
GIX announces a new track in Robotics for the Master of Science in Technology Innovation (MSTI) degree. Applications open this fall. bit.ly/212a2xN
GIX student Jay Luo designed an enclosure for #raspberrypi that can be sewed onto the fabric. Check it out. @diedansemacabre #GIXGraduateDegrees
Thanks so much to our speakers and panelists at the Women in Tech Conference hosted by Women@GIX!
Congratulations to GIX #MSTI student-led team EnergyMeter for winning the grand prize in the graduate project category at last weekend’s #UWMakerSummit. Will Buchanan, Louis Quicksell, and Ricky Powell created a proof-of-concept energy monitoring system that provides real-time consumption information and appliance classification using state-of-the art machine learning/neural networks. It was built atop the EmonPi open-source platform. The experimental setup was built using a power strip to represent a single phase of a residential house. By building this atop an extensible open-source project, they hope to share this work with the energy disaggregation community. You can help them build atop this project here: https://github.com/buchananwp/EnergyMeter #LeadersinInnovation