CT Briefs
:: NEWS
HELLO STANFORD? A suite of
five software applications developed to
run on Apple's
iPhone is now being tested at Stanford
University (CA). Two of the apps
enable students to manage course registration
and bills. The other three will
allow users to access Stanford's
searchable campus map, get team
scores and schedules, and check listings
in StanfordWho, the university's
online directory. The university contracted
with Terriblyclever Design, a startup
company in San Francisco co-founded
by Stanford student Kayvon Beykpour,
to develop the suite of applications
under the university's iApps Project.
Read more here.
UW STREAMLINES DATA
ACCESS. The University of Washington will use Microsoft's Amalga, a unified
intelligence system, to offer researchers
simplified access to data that may currently
be scattered-- and possibly very
difficult to unearth-- throughout the
university's vast information systems.
The Amalga platform will focus on
helping healthcare and clinical professionals
at UW reach critical data
quickly, avoiding common delays.
UCSD PLANTS SOLAR TREES.
The University of California-San
Diego is taking a novel approach to
generating sustainable energy on its
campus, by transforming its parking
garages into solar power plants.
With the help of Envision Solar, the university
is "planting" solar trees on the
roofs of two of its parking structures to
generate electricity for the campus and
provide infrastructure for supporting
electric vehicles. According to Envision,
each of the solar trees, which use
Kyocera photovoltaic
modules, will generate "17,000
hours of clean energy per year, which is
enough to power more than four
single-family homes." The company
also says that each tree
saves about 13.2 metric tons of
carbon emissions. Read more here.