Echodyne Raises $20M in Funding
Echodyne, a Kirkland, Wash.-based manufacturer of radars for government and commercial markets, closed an additional $20M financing round. Existing investors participating in the round included Bill Gates, Madrona Ventures, NEA, Vulcan Capital, and Lux Capital.…
Quantum Computing Holds Promise for the Public Sector
Quantum computers can vault far past today’s systems. They could help resolve issues around health care and policy outcomes, but technologists, academia and government will need to collaborate to make them truly useful. In 1981,…
Hungry for Innovation: Notable Project Stems from MEDx Dinner
On a chilly December evening in Durham guests arrived at The Restaurant at The Durham Hotel with a hunger for food and innovation. Seated around a U-shaped table, gastroenterology and engineering professionals brainstormed engineering solutions…
Polarean Enrols First Patient At University Of Cincinnati Trial Site
Polarean Imaging PLC on Monday announced enrolment of the first patients in its third trial site at the University of Cincinnati in the US and is on track for its third quarter enrolment target. Shares…
Echodyne plays role in a pioneering flight of a drone on its own
A public-private consortium led by the University of Alaska has conducted the first-ever federally authorized test flight of a drone beyond the operator’s line of sight without on-the-ground observers keeping watch – with Echodyne, the…
Accessible Quantum Computing is Just Around the Corner
Immense computing power on the cloud may not be far off, says IonQ COO. Look at the vast machines being developed by IBM and Google, and it’s hard to imagine that quantum computing will ever…
DIV Update: Pocket Colposcope
Nearly 300,000 women die of cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries, about 85 percent of worldwide deaths from this disease. Early detection and treatment can prevent up to 80 percent of these cancers when…
Lumedica looks to fine-tune low-cost OCT system with SBIR grant
Duke University spin-out wins Phase II funding to further develop device for clinical applications in low-resource settings. Lumedica, the startup company spun out of co-founder Adam Wax’s Duke University research group, has won a $1 million…
A Conversation with Lumedica’s Adam Wax
Late last month, Luminate—a Rochester, N.Y.–based startup accelerator focusing on optics, photonics and imaging technologies—announced the winners of its second-round accelerator competition. Taking third place, and taking home a cool US$250,000 of seed money from…