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Cook named a fellow of National Academy of Inventors

By Erik Gomez, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture intern PULLMAN, Wash. – Diane Cook, a Washington State University researcher who created one of the first, fully instrumented, smart home test sites and has equipped 100 smart apartments with sensor networks in 10 countries, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Ask Dr. Universe: Why do we age?

VANCOUVER, Wash. – It’s usually later in life that we see the more dramatic signs of aging, like gray hair, wrinkles and lots of birthday candles on our cake. But we really start growing older from the time we are born.

Research center advances work on smart environments

By Michelle Fredrickson, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Someday, your phone may be so smart that it alerts you to get a decaf as you head to Starbucks, since you’ve already drunk five caffeinated cups of coffee that day. And sensors in your body may alert you to low insulin levels […]

Researchers get $1.8M to improve hip, knee replacements

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have received support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve materials used in hip and knee replacements.

WSU shares ‘smart home’ technology with the world

  Sensors are in place throughout this smart home.   PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have received a National Science Foundation grant to share their “smart home in a box” technology with 60 institutions and scientists around the world in what will be the largest-ever installation of such home monitoring systems.   The […]