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A Startup’s Journey: Harnessing Brain Activity
9/29/2016Ramses Alcaide arrived at the University of Michigan in 2010 with one goal in mind: to help people with disabilities engage more fully with the world. He is almost there. Working with U-M Innovation Partnerships, Alcaide advanced technology developed at the U-M Direct Brain Interface Laboratory and created a new...
U-M named #7 on Reuters Top 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities
9/29/2016In the fast-changing world of science and technology, if you’re not innovating, you’re falling behind. That’s one of the key findings of The Reuters 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities. Now in its second year, the list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies...
U-M researchers develop a more accurate lead paint detection test
9/8/2016A new molecular gel recipe developed at the University of Michigan is at the core of a prototype for a more accurate lead paint test. The test makes it easy to see whether a paint chip contains more than the regulated 5,000 parts per million of the poisonous metal that...
U-M startup Fusion Coolant raises $1.25 million
8/24/2016Fusion Coolant Systems, a University of Michigan spinout based in Canton, announced Tuesday it had raised $1.25 million in its first close of Series B funding…
“Ann Arbor home to Michigan’s new economy”
7/18/2016If any place in Michigan will be the birthplace of a new economy, it’s likely to be Ann Arbor… That’s why Ann Arbor plays such a big role in the emerging Michigan start-up scene. The University of Michigan spins off an increasing number of advances in the life sciences and...
Bryce Pilz to head licensing at U-M Innovation Partnerships
7/13/2016Bryce Pilz was named director of licensing for the University of Michigan’s Office of Innovation Partnerships effective July 18.
Neurable approaches launch with noninvasive brain-computer interface
6/21/2016Fresh off a second-place finish at the Rice Business Plan Competition and a $280,000 prize from Owl Investment Group, University of Michigan startup Neurable is fast approaching launch. The company, formed recently to commercialize a noninvasive brain-computer interface that was developed at U-M’s Direct Brain Interface Lab, is currently in...
medGadget says FlexDex’s laparoscopic device may “dominate the industry surprisingly fast”
6/20/2016On a recent visit to Michigan, we stopped by the offices of FlexDex, makers of a really innovative instrument platform for minimally invasive surgical tools. The FlexDex system is designed to overcome the limitations of traditional laparoscopic devices that rely on triggers, buttons, and knobs, but may even end up...
Arborlight Names Michael McCorquodale as CEO
6/20/2016The Board of Directors of Arborlight is pleased to announce the selection of Michael McCorquodale, Ph.D., as CEO.
FICO Buys QuadMetrics to Help Measure Corporate Cybersecurity Risk
6/20/2016FICO, the San Jose, CA, software analytics company, announced Tuesday it has acquired Ann Arbor, MI-based QuadMetrics, a University of Michigan cybersecurity spinout. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Entrepreneurs Engage!
6/10/2016On June 29, U-M Innovation Partnerships, along with Ann Arbor SPARK, will host an “unConference” bringing together leading entrepreneurs and investors to discuss ways to improve our region’s startup ecosystem. The discussions will be determined, per the unConference format, by the participants themselves at the beginning of the event. Past...
Neurable excites investors with technology that uses brain activity to control software, objects
6/6/2016An old-school request for some show-and-tell — which led to a 14-year-old boy controlling a motorized Lego car with his mind — has led to a commitment of at least $285,000 from a prominent national angel investor group in Neurable Inc., a University of Michigan spinoff that has quickly become...