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Independence Science and ViewPlus Technologies partner to create science access tools for students who experience blindness or low vision

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., and CORVALLIS, Ore. – Leaders at Independence Science and ViewPlus Technologies have announced a collaboration to develop new science access tools for people who experience blindness or low vision. Mike Hingson, spokesperson for Independence Science, said ViewPlus Technologies will leverage Independence Science’s team of blind scientists to inform product development road maps….

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Purdue agrivoltaic farming structures and software harvest solar power at lower cost and with minimal impact on crop yield

Innovative modules created at the College of Agriculture and College of Engineering are mounted low and rotate to allow farm equipment to pass WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have improved upon traditional solar energy structures used in agrivoltaic farming, a sustainable system that generates electricity from the sun while row crops like corn,…

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Purdue biology innovation allows the introduction of valuable traits in plants without creating transgenic plants

Patent-pending novel Agrobacterium strains deliver transfer DNA to a plant’s nucleus without integrating it into the genome WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Academic researchers and companies in the agricultural biotechnology sector will be able to use a patent-pending Purdue University biology innovation to introduce valuable traits to plants without integrating novel DNA into a plant’s genome….

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From artisanal to automatic: Purdue tool allows greater control, speed for semiconductor manufacture

Users can customize a recipe to peel 1-atom-thick 2D materials like graphene from a surface and affix it onto another  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending tool to make the manufacture of ultrathin semiconductors more consistent, controllable and repeatable than traditional methods. Thomas Beechem, an associate professor of mechanical engineering…

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Purdue startup Aerovy Mobility develops cloud software to support infrastructure for electric aircraft

Company’s cloud-based software suite includes planning and operational solutions WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The advanced air mobility sector, which includes electric-powered urban and regional aircraft, may become a $1.5 trillion market by 2040. A new Purdue University-connected startup could benefit airport and vertiport operators and real estate developers looking to establish advanced air mobility technology…

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High-tech toolkit to analyze digital evidence made more efficient and budget-friendly for law enforcement agencies

Purdue University researchers simplify FileTSAR+ functionality and packaging to improve setup, use and maintenance WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Local, state, federal and international law enforcement agencies that reconstruct and analyze digital evidence to solve crimes can use a high-tech toolkit from Purdue University that has been upgraded to be easier and more cost-effective to set…

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Changing lives through inventions: Purdue jumps to the top 5 of global leaders in US patents received

Purdue University researchers tallied 192 US patents on their inventions in 2022 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Exciting and dynamic inventions discovered and developed by Purdue University researchers are improving people’s lives around the world. A system that processes agricultural field images for remote phenotype measurements. A 3D printer that continuously prints structures as small as…

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Purdue researchers build transparent conductors without expensive rare-earth indium

Purdue University patent-pending polymer technology achieves the same results as indium-based conductors at a lower cost WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have created transparent organic conductors from patent-pending polymers that achieve the same results and properties as traditional conductors made from rare-earth minerals but are less expensive and can be created from more…

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Insignum AgTech and Beck’s collaborate to help corn ‘talk’

Plant genetic innovation indicates if crops have been exposed to disease, insect pests or fertility loss ATLANTA, Ind. – Insignum AgTech® and Beck’s have signed an agreement to test Insignum’s innovative corn traits in Beck’s elite varieties. The companies will collaborate to cross the trait into proprietary Beck’s genetics for field-testing in 2023 to evaluate…

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