Tag Technology

Aging at home: New project starts with community assets, not needs

June 8, 2012

Students tend to fret when they are "invited" to the principal's office, and last April Tayler Nelson was no exception.

Barrier-free technology coming of age in UW Trace Center project

June 5, 2012

Despite the rapid increase in access to and use of the Internet, barriers still exist for a wide variety of users: people with disabilities, people who are aging, and people who have literacy challenges.

Upgrades to Mobile UW flow from user requests

June 5, 2012

UW-Madison has released version 1.3 of its Mobile UW app for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches and Android mobile devices.

Daya Bay antineutrino detectors exceed performance goals

February 29, 2012

After just three months of operation, the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has far surpassed expectations, recording tens of thousands of particle interactions and paving the way to a better understanding of neutrinos and why the universe is built of matter rather than antimatter.

UW-Madison launches m.wisc.edu

December 16, 2011

UW-Madison is launching m.wisc.edu, a web version of Mobile UW that will run on any device that can connect to the Internet.

Classroom iPad use encourages innovation, reading with ease

November 15, 2011

The iPad, with it's ease of use and touch-screen technology, is catching on as a classroom tool at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Mobile UW: New and improved

September 8, 2011

Mobile UW from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is getting its first major upgrade.

Web version of WiscMail updated

January 4, 2011

The web version of WiscMail has been updated, based on feedback from many e-mail users.

UW-Madison: There’s an app for that

December 3, 2010

Mobile UW, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's official iPhone app, is now available for free download from the Apple App Store.

Chancellor conducts TelePresence meeting from China

November 5, 2010

As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin helped to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW–Madison campus community.

Millions awarded for high-capacity Internet

August 18, 2010

Wisconsin has received a federal boost in networking capacity thanks to $32.3 million in federal grants announced today (Aug. 18) by University of Wisconsin-Extension Provost and Vice Chancellor Christine J. Quinn. UW-Extension led the grant application process.

Public-private venture wins grant to extend Internet links to underserved areas

March 3, 2010

A broad partnership of Madison-area education, health, government and nonprofit organizations, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded $5.1 million in federal stimulus funding to expand access to computer networks for underserved communities and local agencies.

Location technology homes in on where stuff, people are

February 9, 2010

If you commute by mass transit in Madison or Chicago, Jignesh Patel can tell you, to the minute, when your bus will pull up to your stop. He can do this no matter the weather or traffic conditions.

Students use computing skills to hasten Haiti relief efforts

February 1, 2010

"I have this bumper sticker that says, 'Python will save the world. I don't know how, but it will,'" says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin–Madison postdoctoral researcher.

TIP/Apple Tablet experts

January 27, 2010

Jan. 27, 2010

Interactive animations give science students a boost

December 14, 2009

For a generation of students raised and nurtured at the computer keyboard, it seems like a no-brainer that computer-assisted learning would have a prominent role in the college science classroom.

Digital revolution is happening outside the classroom

October 6, 2009

The way we learn is changing, but schools are having trouble keeping up. While technology dominates daily life and work, it still plays a limited role in public schools filled with students who are increasingly learning outside the classroom with help from cell phones, computers and video games, says Rich Halverson, a professor of educational leadership and policy analysis and co-author of the new book “Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology.”

UW-Madison students set trends in information technology

August 25, 2009

Students continue to embrace technologies for personal use, including, more than ever, in the classroom. Well-versed before entering college, university students use a variety of new technologies to help them with their coursework.

Faculty aim to strengthen technology, science education by blending them

July 24, 2009

A group of UW–Madison researchers and Thermo Fisher Scientific scientists will bring together high school students and teachers to build and use diagnostic equipment that would not be out of place in university research labs.