Stories
Virtual Reality Goes Hyper-speed with Badgerloop
Two students from WID's Living Environments Laboratory are a part of the Badgerloop team that recently won an innovation award at the SpaceX Hyperloop competition, thanks in part to their work on Badgerloop VR.
High-tech humor
UW program powers New Yorker contest featuring Rob Nowak and NEXT software
Handelsman Brings Expansive Vision to WID’s Future
Jo Handelsman began her tenure as Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on February 1. Shortly before her start date, we sat down with her to talk about the future of WID and the course she intends to set.
Superior Plastic Parts
Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng and Xiaofei Sun have developed a new method to create foamed, injection-molded plastic blends with significantly increased toughness and ductility compared to conventional foamed parts.
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