Stanford Video on Tech Transfer

In the heart of the Silicon Valley sits Stanford University.  Although known for many contributions in a wide variety of areas, one near and dear to our heart is the number of startup companies that emerge.  At the center of the Stanford startup world sits our friends at the OTL who recently released this video. Read more

Ultrathin LEDs create new classes of lighting and display systems

A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility, that would be impossible to achieve with existing technologies. Read more

Water droplets direct self-assembly process in thin-film materials

You can think of it as origami. – very high-tech origami.

Illinois Researchers Work Results in Face Recognition Breakthrough

Illinois Professor Yi Ma and his students have developed a facial-recognition algorithm that can identify an individual even if the image is corrupted or occluded. The algorithm works with 90% to 95% accuracy when the nose, eyes or mouth is obscured, either by disguise or a corrupted image.   Kirk L. Kroeker reports for Communications of the ACM on the work.  Link here

Illinois Inventors Create Segway Mobile Workstation Chariot

University of Illinois inventors have created a Mobile Workstation Chariot that is built upon the popular Segway personal transporter and provides a mechanism for safely carrying a variety of communication devices while the user maintains complete control the machine.  It can be used in applications such as disaster response and recovery operations, construction management, the movie industry and public safety. Read more