Scientific American covers our work on data storage using magnetized fabric with a great title. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-many-gigs-are-you-wearing/
Vikram is one of ten MSR Ph.D. fellows of 2018. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/phd-fellowship-program/
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/no-batteries-wires-or-plugs-uw-team-makes-plastic-devices-that-communicate-via-wi-fi/ and others
Check out our Siggraph work on 3D printing wireless connected objects. http://printedwifi.cs.washington.edu/
A shirt that doubles as your password? UW researchers creating ‘high-tech’ fabrics http://komonews.com/news/local/uw-researchers-creating-high-tech-fabrics-that-can-store-data
“This smart fabric doesn’t need electronics or batteries, but it can encode data readable by a magnetometer like the one in your phone.” https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609264/your-next-password-may-be-stored-in-your-shirt-cuff/
Checkout coverage of our long range backscatter system on Economist. https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21728866-long-range-frugal-new-chip-could-be-just-what-smart-city-needs-clever-way Also check out other coverage: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/lowpower-sensors-use-backscatter-to-transmit-data-several-kilometers
Our recent work on LoRa backscatter breaks the long held belief that backscatter is a short-range communication system. http://longrange.cs.washington.edu/
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