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May Mobility raises $11.5M in seed funding to accelerate deployment of self-driving shuttle fleets
2/26/2018May Mobility, the first autonomous vehicle company to replace existing transportation systems with its fleets of self-driving micro-shuttles, today announced that BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures have joined its investor-base, co-leading its seed round. This funding will allow May Mobility to launch new deployments across the country. Other...
Agreement with Sema Lab poised to bring U-M Dearborn code maintenance technology to market
2/6/2018With the goal of innovative software development, Computer and Information Science Assistant Professor Marouane Kessentini founded UM-Dearborn’s Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) research lab five years ago. And now Kessentini—after building a solid foundation through recruiting talented graduate students and maturing product development—is seeing the impact the SBSE lab is making...
Internet-scanning U-M startup offers new approach to cybersecurity
1/26/2018Rolling out what it’s calling a “street view for cyberspace,” Censys—a tech startup based on technology developed at the University of Michigan—has launched a commercially available version of its internet-wide scanning tool. Based on technology developed in the lab of U-M computer science and engineering professor J. Alex Halderman, Censys...
In First Test, Specially Timed Signals Ease Tinnitus Symptoms
1/23/2018A new treatment device is taking aim at the root cause of ringing in the ears. Next up: an additional clinical trial to further refine the approach…. Millions of Americans hear ringing in their ears — a condition called tinnitus — but a new study shows an experimental device could...
Science Friday: A Temporary Relief For Tinnitus Sufferers
1/23/2018For more than 50 million Americans, there’s no such thing as peace and quiet, because every moment of silence is accompanied by a persistent ringing in the ears. Tinnitus, which has no cure, is a problem that affects people of all ages. But now there’s a treatment for the neurological...
U-M startup May Mobility blazes toward autonomous fleet market
1/23/2018While the Big Three automakers are still in the research and development phase, University of Michigan startup May Mobility already has tested its bright green-and-white driverless shuttles on public streets in downtown Detroit, and has ambitious plans for growth. The company recently licensed five autonomous driving-related technologies from U-M that...
Kevlar-based artificial cartilage mimics the magic of the real thing
1/23/2018The unparalleled liquid strength of cartilage, which is about 80 percent water, withstands some of the toughest forces on our bodies. Synthetic materials couldn’t match it—until “Kevlartilage” was developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Jiangnan University. “We know that we consist mostly of water—all life does—and yet...
Diamond Kinetics to launch Pitchtracker throwing motion sensor in 2018
1/11/2018The CEO of Diamond Kinetics, a leading bat-sensor company, said his company will release its first product that tracks the throwing motion in early 2018. While appearing on the SportTechie podcast this week, Diamond Kinetics’ co-founder and top executive, CJ Handron, told Bram Weinstein that its next offering would focus...
Innovation Partnerships Profile: Dave Repp
12/21/2017Dave Repp, Assistant Director, Venture Center, focuses on the creation of life science start-up companies and business opportunities based on technologies discovered and developed at the University of Michigan. He has over 15 years of experience in research commercialization, new venture creation, and business consulting in the life sciences and...
Confo Therapeutics Enters Into Drug Discovery Collaboration with Roche
12/19/2017Confo Therapeutics, an emerging drug discovery company, announced today that it has entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Roche for the discovery, development and commercialisation of novel, small molecule agonists of an undisclosed G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) for the treatment of neurological and developmental disorders. Under the...
Kelly Sexton to Head U-M Innovation Partnerships
12/8/2017Kelly Sexton, an assistant vice chancellor at North Carolina State University, has been named associate vice president for research — technology transfer and innovation partnerships at the University of Michigan. Her appointment was approved Thursday by the Board of Regents and is effective Jan. 16, 2018. Sexton will provide leadership...
U-M startup Give and Takeinc secures $2.2 million to launch platform that will help enterprises scale knowledge collaboration and build giving cultures
11/21/2017Ann Arbor-based Give and Take Inc., a tech startup that allows employees at companies to better collaborate and share knowledge, announced Thursday morning that it has raised a seed funding round of $2.2 million and launched the beta version of its software platform, called Givitas. The company raised the money...