TechConnect News™

Innovation & Investment:

• Energy Independence and Micro Grid Opportunity Focus of Second Annual Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit August 30-September 2
  As an island state, Hawai‘i’s expedited need for renewable energy and self-sufficiency makes it a perfect location for innovators to develop and implement new technologies on the state’s microgrids.
• National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF) 2010 Conference Theme: Funding Innovation-Accelerating the New Economy
  NASVF President Jim Jaffe introduces TechConnect community to organization and its mission
• Ireland Announces Multi-Million Research Funding Plan
  More than $47 million USD to go to country’s university research centers.
• Nanostart Increases Its Stake in BioMers
  BioMers is a spin-out company from the National University of Singapore
• National Nanotechnology Initiative at Ten: Nanotechnology Innovation Summit
  Unprecedented showcase of U.S. breakthrough technologies through support of 25 government agencies to take place December 8-10, 2010, in Washington DC

Chemicals, Materials & Energy

• Butterfly Wings Inspire New GE-DARPA Advanced Sensors Project
  Research group looks to replicate sensitivity of Morphos butterfly wings and apply to new generation of sensor technology
  
• University-Business Partnership Look to Develop Novel Solar Thin Film
  Transparent film developed by the University of Leicester could be more effective than PV panels

Electronics & Microsystems:

• Fractals Make Better Superconductors
  European research team discovered that optimal superconductivity was obtained when the microstructure was most ‘connected’

Health Sciences and Biotech/Pharma:

• BioPharma Company Licenses Technology from MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Mercator Therapeutics also receives $2M in seed level financing
• Fujitsu and Nagoya University Develop Technology Enabling High-Speed Detection of Toxic Proteins Using DNA Aptamers
  Detects toxins 100 times faster than before, holds promise for a future free of food poisoning
• Nano-Transducers Hold Promise For Early Detection of Bone Cancer
  UK researchers develop ultrasonic nano-enabled transducers for cellular imaging

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