December 14, 2010 at 6:47 am
Dear Reader, The Office of Technology Development is accelerating BU spin-offs by investing in infrastructure elements: the Kindle mentoring program, Ignition Grants for faculty and Launch Award convertible debt funding and Business Incubation. In 2010 we funded 11 Ignition grants ($500K), two Launch Awards ($350K) and currently have 86 mentors and 49 mentee projects being […]
September 20, 2010 at 5:02 pm
CAS Computer Science Professor Margrit Betke, frustrated at the lack of computer resources for the severely disabled, created Camera Mouse, software that uses a webcam to link pre-selected facial movements to cursor commands. Check out the article and video (originally published in BU Today) below. BU Today- Every day, our world grows more digital and […]
September 18, 2010 at 6:04 pm
On September 1, the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, announced its list of 2011 Technology Pioneers. The award was started by the WEF in 2000 and recognizes start-up companies that have “the potential to inspire significant change in business and society.” “The World Economic Forum is proud to recognize an outstanding group of innovative companies as […]
September 2, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Boston University professor Raj Mohanty founded Sand9, a company focused on developing high-precision micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) technology, in 2007. The start-up, which spent its early years in OTD’s Technology Incubator, recently revealed the development of MEMS oscillator structures that match the performance of high-end temperature-compensated quartz crystal (TXCO) oscillators. This breakthrough will allow MEMS to […]
September 2, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Boston University Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry Mark W. Grinstaff was named the first recipient of Boston University’s Innovator of the Year Award. He was presented with the award by Boston University President Robert Brown at Tech, Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll on July 27th. The Innovator of the Year (IOTY) Award was created […]
September 2, 2010 at 3:04 pm
In our Featured Technology section we’ll highlight innovative technologies and new developments happening around the university- As a researcher in Uday Pal’s mechanical engineering lab, Boston University Alum (Ph.d Mechanical Engineering ‘10) Soobhankar Pati developed environmentally-friendly procedures to produce metals like magnesium, calcium and titanium. Pati’s research shifted from metals to clean energy. He, along with […]
September 2, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Wow! More than 500 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, technology professionals, students and faculty attended Tech, Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll, OTD’s first annual networking reception on July 27th at the George Sherman Union. What a great turnout for our first year! Flat-screen TVs played interactive presentations from university start-up companies as well as the Coulter Foundation, […]
September 1, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Welcome to our blog! Welcome to Terrier Tech, a blog about technology, research and innovation at BU, from the Office of Technology Development at Boston University. We’re using this blog not only to disseminate information, but more importantly, to highlight amazing and sometimes previously unrecognized research and technology developments at the university and through the […]
