Podcast The story behind Nest’s gamble on health tech Last year, Google quietly acquired a digital health startup spun out of the University of Washington — but, more than a… Read More
Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis Google-owned Nest has been secretly laying the groundwork for a move into digital health products, a potential new line of… Read More
Geek of the Week: Duke grad Alex Mariakakis finds a home at UW and a vision for continued success Growing up in Chapel Hill, N.C., Alex Mariakakis got his first taste of research in a region known for its… Read More
Podcast Week In Geek Podcast: A scary game bot, snooping via smartphone, and Google’s Seattle startup deal On this episode of the Week in Geek Podcast, we start with two fascinating tech advances with not-so-great implications for… Read More
Podcast Health Tech Podcast: This innovator is turning smartphones into the ultimate medical device Computer scientist Shwetak Patel talks a mile a minute. And there’s a reason for that: he’s got a lot on… Read More
UW ‘genius’ Shwetak Patel works on health monitoring apps for Senosis startup BOSTON – University of Washington computer scientist Shwetak Patel’s work with sensors and smart devices has already spawned a wide range… Read More
