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Allowing patients to experience the real world through multifocal corrections
2EyesVision specializes in the creation, development, and commercialization of novel ophthalmic technologies with emphasis on presbyopia, an ocular condition that affects 100% of the population above 45 years old. Its core technology, the SimVis Gekko™, is an ophthalmic instrument that allows patients to try different existing multifocal corrections and express their preference in less than 10 minutes, before cataract surgery or contact lens fitting. The technology reduces uncertainty in postoperative results, improves patient satisfaction, and increases clinic profitability.
Improving the energy efficiency of buildings with solar powered smart glass
Andluca Technologies, a Princeton University spin-out, has developed transparent solar technologies that selectively and efficiently convert ultraviolet (UV) light to electricity. The company’s first product uses transparent UV solar to provide in-window power to dynamically tint glass without any external wiring. The wireless smart glass system can reduce building energy use by up to 40% while significantly enhancing occupant comfort and productivity. Unlike available wired smart glass products — which require major renovation and installation by an electrician — Andluca’s wireless smart windows can be installed quickly and non-disruptively.
Changing the way we measure and monitor blood pressure
Dynocardia is addressing a 100-year old challenge and an unmet need for accurate and continuous non-invasive blood pressure (cNIBP) monitoring. ViTrack™ is the first cuff-less, wrist-wearable technology to offer direct, beat-to-beat measurement of BP with the accuracy of intra-arterial lines. Powered by a proprietary method to measure BP, ViTrack also provides continuous and accurate measures of heart rate, respiratory rate, and other cardio-hemodynamic parameters. Dynocardia is laying the groundwork for entry into hospitals and the critical care sub-segment, and will eventually deploy the technology into a variety of care settings, including the consumer market. Over time, by integrating data across care settings, Dynocardia will produce crucial and unique predictive insights that will benefit the entire healthcare ecosystem.
Protecting build integrity for reliable 3D metal printing and born-certified parts
Layer Metrics Inc. is enabling reliable metal additive manufacturing by certifying part integrity, layer-by-layer, during the build. From medical marvels to space exploration, the era of additive manufacturing (AM) is filled with extraordinary promise, but there are real-world challenges that must be solved – inconsistencies, flaws, scrapped parts, and lost time. Layer Metrics has created a first-of-its-kind precision measurement and optical inspection system that captures every critical data point of every layer, in real time. It can lead to closed loop control, faster processing, higher volume production, less waste, reliable quality assurance and born-verified AM parts.
Delivering power in challenging environments
Mesodyne is developing a new kind of power generator that converts fuel to electricity via light. The generator is silent with no moving parts, operates on any fuel, and has 10 times the energy density of lithium ion batteries. Developed at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, incubated at Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Lab, and accelerated by Techstars, Mesodyne’s patented LightCell technology enables long endurance, reliable, efficient, silent power for remote unmanned sites and systems, drones and robots, warfighters and emergency responders, serving industrial, scientific, and defense sectors.
Addressing the need for affordable, rapidly delivered custom optics
Momentum Optics is developing a disruptive manufacturing technology that enables rapid fabrication of technically challenging optics. Today, custom optics manufacturing typically has a lead-time of about six weeks and often requires expensive tooling, fixtures, testing, and other non-recurring engineering tasks. Momentum enables researchers and product developers to accelerate discovery, reduce costs, improve optical device performance, and shorten time to market. Using laser-based manufacturing and integrated materials characterization, Momentum can achieve 5x faster production and at least 10x lower costs.
Advancing the safety and accuracy of autonomous vehicles and drones
One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP) builds Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for the autonomous vehicles market (drones, cars, robots, etc.). Using Laser and Photonics Integrated Circuits (PIC) technology, OSCP integrates multiple accelerometers and gyroscopes on one single chip. Compared to the high-performance IMU available on the market, OSCP’s solution is 50x smaller, uses 8x less power, is up to 30x cheaper, and more reliable because of integration.
Solving today’s most pressing automotive safety issues
Owl AI’s patented 3D Thermal Ranger™ provides HD thermal imaging with precision ranging representing a 200x improvement in resolution and cloud density over LiDAR. The Thermal Ranger operates day and night in all weather conditions, definitively classifying pedestrians, cyclists, animals, and vehicles, while simultaneously calculating position, direction, and speed to unlock safe autonomous and semi-autonomous operation. Thermal Ranging™ is a new passive 3D sensor modality that combines the proprietary technologies of digital thermal sensors, novel AI/ML deep learning and multi-aperture optics to extract dense range maps.
Building a new future of computing power
Qunnect is building solutions for the next generation of networking technologies, leveraging the special properties of quantum mechanics to create ultra-secure data transmission. Several barriers have prevented quantum technologies from transitioning from the lab to the real world. Foremost, devices supporting quantum transactions need to be invented. To facilitate adoption, these devices must also be field-deployable, low maintenance, and compatible with existing infrastructure. Qunnect is the first company to commercialize a suite of quantum networking devices which operate without the need for extreme cooling or vacuum. Together, these devices form the building blocks of a quantum network architecture, which will be the foundation of the Quantum Internet.