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Purdue alumni founders’ goal is for users to collectively become the largest farm in the world without owning any land EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A startup company founded by Purdue University alumni has received funding from the state of Indiana to advance the manufacture of its products. Heliponix LLC, doing business as anu™ (previously gropod®), has…
Read the ResearchThe patent-pending innovation sees texture and depth and perceives physical attributes of people and environments WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers at Purdue University are advancing the world of robotics and autonomy with their patent-pending method that improves on traditional machine vision and perception. Zubin Jacob, the Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in…
Read the ResearchAerovy Mobility also received $40,000 from New Venture Challenge WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Innovates Startup Foundry, which helps startups prepare for venture investment, awarded $100,000 apiece to Aerovy Mobility and Uniform Sierra Aerospace, two Purdue-affiliated startup companies. The investments were awarded as part of Startup Foundry’s biannual Black and Gold Awards pitch competition. Up…
Read the ResearchTrask Innovation Fund awards advance technologies for commercial use WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers with patent-pending innovations for the agriculture, medical and autonomous transportation industries have received funding to further develop their work and bring it to the marketplace. Researchers from the Bindley Bioscience Center and the College of Engineering have received more…
Read the ResearchThe company will develop and validate testing for an assay to improve detection of pancreatic cancer in patients diagnosed with pancreatic cystic lesions WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Health care providers and their patients could know with greater confidence whether pancreatic cysts are benign or potentially malignant, and if surgery is required to remove them, by…
Read the ResearchPatent-pending technique creates sensors that demonstrate high flexibility and strain sensitivity but don’t affect breathability WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A patent-pending method developed by Purdue University researchers brings the public one step closer to clothes with wearable electronics that don’t affect the wearer’s comfort. The method also simplifies the manufacturing process and boosts sensing capability….
Read the ResearchWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Adranos Inc., a Purdue-originated company that grew from a doctoral project into an impactful company, has been acquired by a major Costa Mesa, California-based defense products company, Anduril Industries. Terms of the deal were settled, and the acquisition was announced on Sunday (June 25) in The Wall Street Journal that Anduril…
Read the ResearchPatent-pending invention is more versatile than conventional thermal switches with only two discrete settings WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Battery safety and performance in electronic devices and systems like battery thermal management, space conditioning, vehicle thermal comfort and thermal energy storage can improve thanks to a continuously tunable thermal regulator created at Purdue University’s College of…
Read the ResearchWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., and CORVALLIS, Ore. – Leaders at Independence Science and ViewPlus Technologies have announced a collaboration to develop new science access tools for people who experience blindness or low vision. Mike Hingson, spokesperson for Independence Science, said ViewPlus Technologies will leverage Independence Science’s team of blind scientists to inform product development road maps….
Read the ResearchInnovative modules created at the College of Agriculture and College of Engineering are mounted low and rotate to allow farm equipment to pass WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have improved upon traditional solar energy structures used in agrivoltaic farming, a sustainable system that generates electricity from the sun while row crops like corn,…
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