Friday, May 10, 2013 -- New York, NY – LuminAID Lab and Columbia University have entered into an exclusive license agreement for two patent applications that cover inflatable solar powered lighting units.
Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta, founders of LuminAID Lab, designed the solar light units in early 2010 while at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. With a particular interest in providing light to those affected by disaster, crisis, and conflict, their solar powered inflatable lantern design provides up to eight hours of LED light…
Monday, January 7, 2013 via Newswise -- Starting tomorrow, a group from Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV), the technology transfer office at Columbia University, will host a booth at the 2013 International CES in Las Vegas, Nevada. The booth will include highlights from four of Columbia University’s startup portfolio companies, along with other innovative technologies available for licensing from CTV.
Representing the exciting developments in engineering, technology, and startups coming out of New York City’s tech scene at the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow…
Columbia University, in conjunction with Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and Cornell University’s NYC Tech has received a $5 million grant from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to form one of three Proof of Concept Centers (POCC) in New York state.
According to the NYSERDA Press Release, which came out yesterday, Francis J. Murray Jr., President and CEO of NYSERDA, said, “These centers will take innovation to the next stage, by connecting inventors and scientists with business mentors and…