November 29, 2022
Ixana, a Seattle, WA-based wearable hardware company, raised $3M in Seed funding. The round was led by Uncorrelated Ventures, Samsung Next, Evonexus, Paradigm Shift and Hack VC. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and expand operations. Co-founded by chip experts Shreyas Sen, Shovan Maity, and Angik Sarkar (CEO), Ixana is a wearable hardware company advancing high-speed human-computer interfaces to develop wire-free, augmented reality (AR) with all-day battery life for real-time AI on what you see.
November 29, 2022
A previously unknown Seattle startup, founded by semiconductor and technology industry veterans, says it has developed an energy-efficient chip capable of running advanced AI applications on lightweight, wireless augmented reality headsets that will operate all day without recharging. The company, Ixana, says devices that incorporate its chip will give users the equivalent of a “wearable brain” — sensing and analyzing the person’s environment, and providing real-time information about everything from inventory on a warehouse shelf to a previously forgotten acquaintance at a party.
With new chip, augmented reality startup Ixana claims breakthrough in quest for ‘wearable brain’
November 22, 2022
Due to the continuously evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to understand what causes the changing dynamics in order to predict its future behavior. In this study, we select four factors that we identify as essential to understanding and predicting COVID-19 dynamics: (1) effect of SARS-CoV-2 virus mutants, (2) effect of vaccine allocation and rollout speed, (3) effect of Anti/Non-Vaxxers, (4) effect of reinfection. In addition to these factors, we simultaneously study the influence of age groups on COVID-19 dynamics. We create a novel compartmental model, which is stratified by age groups (children, adult, and senior) and simulates infection using a virulence environment derived using population balance equations.
November 21, 2022
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is partnering with Purdue University to jointly develop a dual-degree program in semiconductors. The two institutions will also be undertaking international cooperation in education and research in the areas of semiconductors and microelectronics.
IIT Madras Partners with Purdue University to Develop Dual-Degree Semiconductor Program
November 20, 2022
Daughter of the soil, Dr Seema Mattoo (Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University), is one of the 6 scientists recognized worldwide for the Inaugural Class of an Innovation Award by the Hypothesis Fund, USA. Seema did her schooling at Jammu and went to St Mary’s Convent Jammu and BSF School, Jammu. She went for higher education to USA and studied Microbiology and Immunology at University of California, Los Angeles and was awarded PhD in 2001. She is the daughter of Prof Roshan Lal Mattoo (Ex-HoD Biochemistry, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences and Ex-HoD Department of Biotechnology, University of Jammu).
November 17, 2022
Even in a world gone increasingly virtual, physical transportation isn’t going anywhere. These organizations are working to bring it into the future, whether by getting heavy trucks off diesel, adding intelligence to concrete, or deploying autonomous vehicles for product deliveries—in the air or on the road. The companies behind these technologies are among the honorees in Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech awards for 2022. Purdue University For making concrete self-aware through sensors. A Purdue project led by civil engineering professor Luna Lu aims to provide highway users with a gift that will keep on giving: concrete made self-aware through sensors tossed into the roadbed before the pour. These durable sensors will first report when the concrete has cured sufficiently, then continue to gauge its strength and alert when repairs are coming due.
November 16, 2022
The 2021-22 Violet Haas Award honoree is Dorothy Teegarden, professor, Department of Nutrition Science in the College of Health and Human Sciences, and director, Women’s Global Health Institute. The Violet Haas Award recognizes individuals, programs or departments at Purdue that have effectively facilitated the advancement of women in hiring, promotion, education and salary or have generally enhanced a positive professional climate for women at Purdue. The Butler Center administers the award. This is the 32nd annual Violet Haas Award ceremony.
November 10, 2022
Monon Bioventures has received a 1-year Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Cancer Institute. The $398,314 grant will be used to demonstrate the feasibility of manufacturing a glioblastoma therapeutic created at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy. The potential treatment was developed by Sandro Matosevic, assistant professor in the Dept. of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy.
November 9, 2022
Cervical cancer killed 342,000 women around the world in 2020. According to the World Health Organization, the vast majority of these women — about 90% — lived in low- and middle-income countries where access to testing for early detection is either unaffordable or nonexistent. Purdue researchers Jacqueline Linnes and Sulma Mohammed are determined to save lives by developing a low-cost, point-of-care paper test that could revolutionize cervical cancer detection worldwide.
Affordable cervical cancer test holds life-preserving promise
November 9, 2022
Purdue researchers Jacqueline Linnes and Sulma Mohammed are determined to save lives by developing a low-cost, point-of-care paper test that could revolutionize cervical cancer detection worldwide, according to a news release from the university.
Purdue: Affordable cervical cancer test holds life-preserving promise
