Turning Victorian Literature into Data into Visual Art
Who said statistics and literature couldn’t get along? Boston.com examines Victorian Eyes, a project led by WID researcher Carrie Roy that showcases trends in literature in new, visual ways.
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Students Showcase Wearable Computing Projects, Design Thinking
What if clothing could respond to its environment? That’s the idea behind a transdisciplinary class offered by WID and School of Human Ecology researchers.
Agricultural Innovation Prize Seeks Ideas to Enhance Food Systems
Food systems are complex, and it will take the work of multiple disciplines to make them more efficient. Learn more about the Agricultural Innovation Prize, a partnership among WID, UW-Madison and 40 Chances.
Printing without Boundaries: Transdisciplinary Partnerships Expand Uses for 3D Printers
Four different disciplines, four different uses of 3D printers. WID collaborators provide a glimpse into the revolutionary, unusual and downright cool ways 3D printing is influencing all types of research.
Fatty Acids Like Omega-3 Play a Role in Our Genes
How do fatty acids such as omega-3 play a role in human health? WID researchers are looking to the genome for answers.
Victorian Eyes Exhibit Draws from Statistics and Art to Experience Literature
A group of researchers at WID has looked beyond approaches traditionally associated with literary studies, instead gaining a deeper understanding through statistics, art and computation in a traveling exhibit called Victorian Eyes.
Keeping an Open Mind about Open-Access Science
For Open Access Week, the WID community is thinking more about what it means to be “open” in the world of scientific research. Discovery Fellow Dorothea Salo makes the case that a new era of sharing might be more beneficial than we think.
Tools for Discovery: Rock Mackie
Thomas “Rock” Mackie, WID partner at the Morgridge Institute for Research, shares his essentials for success in engineering. Topping his list? Excellent collaborators and team members.
Miron Livny: Collaborative Spirit Supports Nobel Prize-Winning Science
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics is a point of pride for scientists at UW–Madison and WID.
Closing the Loop on Big Data… One Beer at a Time
WID researchers develop algorithms for many applications and industries, but one side project boasts a more playful goal: Mapping brew preferences.
‘Smart’ Medical Material Aims to Unfurl at 98.6 Degrees
WID scientists are refining “smart” plastics that change shape based on temperature.
Agricultural Innovation Prize Launched
Through WID, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching the Agricultural Innovation Prize to support student proposals from all disciplines that improve the food system.
WID and UW-Madison Launch National Agricultural Innovation Prize
Along with UW-Madison, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the USDA, WID is launching the Agricultural Innovation Prize, a national student competition for ideas that address challenges in 21st-century agriculture.
WID Team Probes Home Health Environments with Virtual Reality
How do everyday objects in the home influence a person’s ability to follow a medical regimen? To find the answer, a diverse group of researchers at WID has developed a new approach that combines real household data and virtual reality technology.
Cartoonist Lynda Barry Joins WID, Launching New “Image Lab”
Joining the diverse WID community as an assistant professor, award-winning cartoonist Lynda Barry launches the “Image Lab” to examine the science of creativity.
WID Collaboration Builds Video Games Aimed at Teaching Pro-Social Skills
WID’s Games+Learning+Society research group and the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds have developed a new approach to gauge children’s ability to learn pro-social skills while engaged in entertaining video game play.
Biobulb is a Bacteria-Powered Light Bulb
TreeHugger highlights the green aspects of Biobulb, an idea from the Institute’s Frontier Fellows group.
Biobulb: Electricity-Free Light Bulb Powered by E. Coli Bacteria
The Weather Channel interviews WID’s Frontier Fellows about their idea for a light bulb powered by microbes.
Computation Research Unearths Math Behind Consensus in Some Groups
Algorithms live well beyond cyberspace, with human and animal social groups using them in hierarchies and power structures. In a new analysis, C4 researchers have started to explain why certain algorithms are successful at measuring consensus in groups.
The Next Bright Idea: Microbe-Powered ‘Biobulb’ Earns WID Students Spot in Popular Science Magazine Competition
Creating energy solutions for communities throughout the world poses serious challenges, but a group of WID Frontier Fellows thinks its alternative idea has a bright future.
Bacteria-Powered Light Bulb is Electricity-Free
Discovery News shares the Biobulb project, a plan to create a microbe-driven light bulb conceptualized by a group of WID’s Frontier Fellows.
Tools for Discovery: Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor gains insight from breaking down and reconstructing ideas. Read about his “literary vertigo,” tools for writing, and thoughts on how readers and writers engage in collaborative relationships.
Cartoonist Lynda Barry Leads a Brainy Drawing Jam
Madison.com previews a Drawing Jam in WID’s Image Lab, led by Cartoonist and Discovery Fellow Lynda Barry.
WID Researcher Locates “Virtual Eyes” to Enhance 3D Experience
Are your “virtual eyes” and real eyes located in the same spot? Probably not, says WID researcher Kevin Ponto, who’s focusing on how to make 3D visualization more intuitive and realistic.
MIP Workshop Promotes Synergies among Optimization Experts
National and international experts convene at the annual Mixed Integer Programming Workshop, co-hosted by WID this year. Learn how this research affects energy and water networks, traffic flow, and even health care systems.