LAMDA-based (laser amplified motion detection and analysis) ultra-high resolution optical microscopes with high-density data storage system, using a method of laser feedback interferometry which permits the imaging of nanometer-scale structures.
OmniTact was founded to commercialize a robotic manipulation sensor designed by researchers at UC Berkeley. The sensor uses micro-cameras to detect multi-directional deformations of a gel-based skin. It is designed to be used as a fingertip for robotic manipulation with robotic hands, and uses multiple micro-cameras to detect multi-directional deformations. This provides a rich signal from which a variety of different contact state variables can be inferred using modern image processing and computer vision methods.
Brief Description nEye Systems is a next-generation optical switch company. Their programmable photonic integrated circuit integrates high-radix optical circuit switching on a Si chip and is a future-proof solution for Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) systems and other high-performance computing environments. Their optical switches are poised to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the growth and adoption of AI/ML – the excessive costs of power requirements and network expansion. Timeline 2020. Company founded. Inventors
SmartSense Energy developed sensors that predict faults in underground electric utility cables, enabling repair of cables before faults occur. The company received California Energy Commission's Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) to spin out technology from UC Berkeley research into a company. Founder and CEO Ryan Hanley, Haas MBA 2011, and his team accelerated the commercialization of the technology in the UC Berkeley Cleantech to Market course, and the team won the Cleantech to Open Business Plan Competition in 2010.
Cognitive Wearable Technologies developed a minimally obtrusive wearable system that can assess cognitive performance continuously throughout normal life activities by excitation of the peripheral nervous system and detection of the central nervous system response. The innovative cognitive assessment technology monitors the cognitive state of the wearer continuously throughout the day. The invention was developed in the lab of Boris Rubinsky, UC Berkeley Professor of the Graduate School at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Bioengineering. The...
The mission of Wireless Industrial Technologies, Inc. is to apply wireless technology to improve the productivity, energy efficiency, and environmental footprint of heavy industry. The company offers mesh networking, sensors, and model-based control software. Inventor and President of Wireless Industrial Technologies Dr. James Evans, was a UC Berkeley Faculty member for 35 years, serving as professor of metallurgy and mineral engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Magnetometers are nearly ubiquitous in today’s world, fueling applications as diverse as medical diagnostics and self-driving cars. The most sensitive magnetometers, however, can only operate at extreme temperatures and in a shielded environment that isolates the sensor from ambient magnetic fields. Sonera Magnetics is developing a magnetometer that can operate at room temperature and in portable form factors with sensitivity comparable to the best magnetic sensors available today, dramatically increasing potential applications.
SMART Pad is commercializing a completely redesigned Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) pad for the semiconductor industry. CMP processes have not changed much since their introduction by IBM in 1983, consisting of polyurethane polishing pads, polishing slurries with abrasive particles and pad conditioners for pad resurfacing.
SMART Pad co-founder Sunghoon Lee developed the company's foundational technology while earning his PhD in the lab of UC Berkeley Professor of Mechanical Engineering David Dornfeld.
Discera develops and markets micro-electrical mechanical system-based timing solutions for consumer, enterprise, industrial, and communication markets. The company offers timing and clock oscillators, including differential, standard, high stability high temp, programmable, and miniature oscillators; and multi-output clock generators, I2C/SPI programmable oscillators, and pin configurable and programmable oscillators. The company's products are used in the mobile market, including smartphones, tablets, and E-readers.
The company was founded by UC Berkeley Professor...
Developer of Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) contour mode resonator technology - small electromechanical structures that vibrate at high frequencies - for filtering and clock synthesis. MEMS resonators are used for timing references, signal filtering, mass sensing, biological sensing, motion sensing, and other diverse applications.
