Subha Vadlamannati, founder of Linguistics Justice League. (Linguistics Justice League Photo) When 16-year-old Subha Vadlamannati isn’t playing the piano or digitally drawing Anime characters, she’s helping refugee and immigrant students learn English using her passion for computational linguistics. The Seattle-area high school student became fascinated with computer-human interactions ever since she learned about AlphaGo, Google’s…
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Gray whales live throughout the North Pacific. This whale was photographed in San Ignacio Lagoon in Mexico. (Ryan Harvey via Creative Commons) You cannot deliberately feed plastic to a whale, even in the name of science. So researchers at the Seattle Aquarium created a clever alternative. They’ve designed a simulated gray whale stomach in order…
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The William Grose Center for Cultural Innovation in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood. (ACLT Photo) Friday afternoon will mark the grand opening of the William Grose Center for Cultural Innovation, a hub for entrepreneurs, creative endeavors, community, education and the sharing of resources in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood. The center is the realization of a vision…
How much solar and wind power is out there? A Microsoft effort using satellites, AI aims to find out
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Solar arrays in Lind, Wash., that will provide power for Avista Utilities’ customers. (Avista Utilities via Instagram) In the race to curb climate change, solar panels and wind turbines are being installed across the planet — but no one knows exactly where and how much renewable power is out there. So Microsoft is teaming up…
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Bill Gates and Rodi Guidero, executive director of Breakthrough Energy, speak at the Breakthrough Energy Summit in Seattle on Oct. 18, 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-led effort to stoke innovation in climate technology, is holding its inaugural summit this week in Seattle. It kicked off its program on Tuesday…
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Bill Gates speaks with Rodi Guidero, Breakthrough Energy executive director and managing partner, at the 2022 Breakthrough Energy Summit. (Breakthrough Energy / Steven Walter Photo) Inside a Seattle waterfront center cloaked in wildfire smoke, climate tech innovators and investors came together this week at the Breakthrough Energy Summit. The event was a chance to share…