By Wendy K. Leigh “Smart solar water purifiers” in far-flung destinations may seem a bit far-fetched – especially coming from a group of Pacific Northwest engineers who rarely see that ball of orange hanging in their own rainy skies. But make no mistake: these folks in...
By Elke Hautala You slip on a dark headset. With the touch of a button your ordinary room becomes a landscape of lights. A virtual world where you can feel the sensation of flying through space. Perhaps your references of virtual reality have been gathered primarily from...
By Elke Hautala What will you see on a walk through the city of the future? Seattle and Shoreline are both seeking to answer this question through public art using augmented reality (AR). Accessible to anyone with a smart phone or tablet, it differs from virtual reality...
By Wendy K. Leigh So what does a Seattle data scientist with a Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering have in common with highly creative visual artists working in oils, mixed media, and watercolors? Quite a lot, as it turns. Aaron Lichtner, a 2015 graduate of the...
By Wendy K. Leigh The concept of “connecting” in Seattle these days has so many implications that it’s tempting to just “disconnect” entirely and hide under a rock somewhere. But let’s face it: We love cutting-edge technology and incorporating it into every crevice of our lives....
By Wendy K. Leigh When big organizations come together to solve big problems, they sometimes create a quagmire of entirely new issues and layers of red tape – but not so in Seattle these days. At least that’s the case if MetroLab has anything to do...
By Wendy K. Leigh Who knew there’s a night in January each year devoted to counting homeless people living on the streets of Seattle? Unusual connections form when more than 1,000 people bundle up on a cold winter night and pull an all-nighter roaming the pavements...
By Jeffrey Rindskopf After graduating college, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith spent one year living in a rustic cabin on her native Orcas Island, alone but for the Buchla 100 Series synthesizer a neighbor had loaned her. “That’s the most I’ve felt like an instrument was a natural extension...
