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Gil Weinberg (Georgia Tech) A robotic device developed at Georgia Institute of Technology, and licensed to a start-up company in Atlanta, can recommend songs based on listeners’ tastes, and even dance to the music selected. Shimi, a musical companion derived from technology developed at Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology, is expected to . . . → Read More: Robot Recommends and Plays Music Based on Listener Feedback  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Intellectual property, New products  computer science, engineering, entrepreneurs, licensing, physical sciences, robotics, software, university L-R: Scott Mainwaring, Bill Maurer, and Paul Dourish (Brad Whalen, Intel Labs) Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California will support a new research center on social computing, hosted by University of California at Irvine. The $12.5 million project is the seventh of the company’s Intel Science and Technology Centers (ISTCs) and includes partnerships . . . → Read More: Intel Corp. to Fund Social Computing Research Center Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations computer science, engineering, mathematics, software, university (Artaxerxes, Wikimedia Commons) The pharmaceutical company Roche, based in Switzerland, says it will close its research labs in Nutley New Jersey, resulting in the loss of 1,000 jobs. The company also says it plans to open a new, but smaller, translational research support facility on the east coast of the U.S. next year. . . . → Read More: Roche to Close N.J. Research Labs, Cut 1,000 Jobs (National Institute of Drug Abuse) VTT Research Centre in Espoo, Finland and GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company, will collaborate on research involving biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. The aim of the research is to validate one biomarker already discovered by VTT, as well as discover other early indicators of the disease. . . . → Read More: VTT, GE Healthcare to Partner on Alzheimer’s Biomarkers 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, Europe, life sciences, medical device, university (National Institutes of Health) Teleflex Inc., a medical device provider in Limerick, Pennsylvania, has acquired Semprus BioSciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a developer of coatings for medical implants. The deal has an immediate value of $30 million. Teleflex is a manufacturer of medical devices for vascular access, including catheters and dialysis access products. The . . . → Read More: Device Maker Teleflex Acquires Biomedical Materials Company Comments are closed Finance biomedical, entrepreneurs, equity, investment, life sciences, manufacturing, materials science, medical device, merger, university (State.gov) A new report on the impact of immigration on innovation in the U.S. says researchers from overseas account for a large majority of the patents granted to inventors from top research universities, particularly in high-growth science and engineering fields. The report, “Patent Pending: How Immigrants Are Reinventing The American Economy,” was prepared . . . → Read More: Report: Foreign Scientists Key to U.S. Innovation, Patents Comments are closed Hiring/layoffs, Intellectual property engineering, entrepreneurs, licensing, life sciences, mathematics, patent, physical sciences, university (Genome.gov) Merck Serono, a division of the global pharmaceutical company Merck in Geneva, Switzerland and the drug discovery company Compugen in Tel Aviv, Israel have agreed to form Neviah Genomics, a new enterprise to develop biomarkers for the prediction of drug-induced toxicity. While some financial arrangements were revealed, the total value of the . . . → Read More: Merck Serono, Compugen to Form Toxicity Biomarkers Start-Up Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, biotechnology, entrepreneurs, equity, Europe, investment, Israel, life sciences, medical device, venture capital A Chevrolet Volt and replica of the t-shaped battery pack (Photo by John F. Martin for General Motors) Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, part of U.S. Department of Energy, has opened a research and development center for battery manufacturing. The lab says the facility is designed for open collaboration among participating companies, . . . → Read More: National Lab Opens Battery Manufacturing R&D Center One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations chemistry, cleantech, energy, engineering, manufacturing, materials science, physical sciences (ANL.gov) The global software company Oracle has revealed two new Internet cloud-based services aimed at improving clinical trial design and recruitment. The services are expected to be announced today at DIA 2012, a medical products industry meeting in Philadelphia. Oracle says the two applications — Health Sciences Protocol Validator and Health Sciences Patient . . . → Read More: Oracle Unveils Internet-Based Clinical Trial Services 3 comments - (Comments are closed) New products, Regulations biomedical, clinical trials, computer science, engineering, software Soladigm, a developer of energy-efficient office building window glass in Milpitas, California, secured $55 million in series D venture funding, the fourth financing cycle after initial start-up. The funding round, led by Reinet Investments and NanoDimension, join current investors DBL Investors, GE, Khosla Ventures, Navitas Capital, Sigma Partners, and The Westly Group. Soladigm’s lead product, . . . → Read More: Nanotech Window Glass Developer Lands $55M in Venture Funds One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance cleantech, energy, engineering, entrepreneurs, equity, Europe, investment, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, venture capital |
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