Science and Enterprise

Tag: computer science

  • University Spinoff Company Commercializes Robotic Modules

    A University of California at Davis engineering professor and former student have developed robot modules for teaching and research, and formed a company to take their invention to market. Davis professor Harry Cheng and former grad student Graham Ryland developed the iMobot, as their invention is called, while Ryland worked in Cheng’s Integration Engineering Laboratory.…

  • European Patent Office to Translate Patents with Google Tech

    The European Patent Office (EPO), headquarted in Munich, Germany and Google signed an agreement to collaborate on machine translation of patents into 32 European and Asian languages. The signing follows a November agreement between EPO and Google to pursue the deal. EPO will use Google’s technology to offer translation of patents on its Web site…

  • Google Grant Funds Tools for Internet Transparency

    The Internet services company Google has awarded a grant to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta to help Web users determine the cause of degraded Internet services. The $1 million Google Focused Research Award will fund a two-year project at Georgia Tech, with an option for a third year. The project aims to make Internet…

  • University Engineers Develop Single Lens for 3D Microscope

    Engineers at Ohio State University in Columbus have invented a lens that enables microscopic objects to be seen from nine different angles at once to create a 3D image. Engineering professor Allen Yi, and postdoctoral researcher Lei Li discuss the lens in the November 2010 issue of the Journal of the Optical Society of America…

  • Finance Friday: 18 March 2011

    Here are recent angel and venture finance transactions for science- and engineering-based companies, as reported by Xconomy and Venture Capital Reporter. Biomedical/Life Sciences Advanced Animal Diagnostics in Durham, North Carolina raised $11 million in equity funding with Intersouth Partners and Novartis Venture Funds, the venture capital arm of Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and others. Chronix Biomedical in San Jose,…

  • Engineers Research Grid Upgrades to Handle More DC Power

    Engineers at University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania have begun research on upgrades needed in the U.S. electrical grid to better integrate direct current (DC) power in an infrastructure designed for alternating current (AC). Funding for the project includes a recent $600,000 support grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, as well…

  • Behavioral Program App for Children and Adults Released

    Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas have developed diagnostic and training aids to better understand disruptive behavior, packaged as an iPhone app. Behavior Breakthroughs, as the application is called, is an interactive training simulation to help parents and caregivers of children and adults learn to effectively implement behavioral strategies and…

  • U.K., Indian Spin Offs to Partner on Drug Discovery

    InhibOx Ltd. in Oxford, U.K. and COSMIC Discoveries in Hyderabad, India, signed a partnership to offer drug discovery services combining their computational, medicinal, and synthetic chemistry capabilities. Both companies are spin-off enterprises of academic or research institutions — Oxford University and the Institute of Life Sciences, respectively. InhibOx provides computational drug discovery services, and has…

  • Russian, U.S. Scientists Develop Online Agricultural Maps

    A team of researchers from Russia and the U.S. have developed AgroAtlas, an online resource of agricultural and geographic data for Russia and surrounding countries. The publicly available collection, with downloadable tools to analyze the data, is a joint project of Russian universities and institutes, and the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, with funding from the…

  • Nanotubes Reduce Energy Drain in Digital Memory

    University of Illinois engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available memory. The student-faculty team at the school’s Champaign campus published its findings online in this week’s Science Express (paid subscription required). Flash memory in mobile devices today stores bits — 0/1…