Venture & Innovation

Seeking bigger piece of Pentagon pie: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency brings its menu of wants to NC

Sep 27, 2023

Last week, Dan Barkin of Business North Carolina attended an event in Greensboro held by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This is the agency that helped give birth to the Internet, and GPS and stealth technology. Its mission, in the aftermath of the Sputnik surprise 66 years ago next week, has been to help revolutionary technology become reality and ensure our military stays ahead of our adversaries. So how might DARPA benefit North Carolina?

How best to milk cows? NC A&T utilizes robotic system – it’s on demand

Sep 27, 2023

How to milk cows in today’s tech dominated world? North Carolina A&T utilizes a robotic system.

ChatGPT becomes more human: AI can see, hear, speak – what’s next?

Sep 25, 2023

You can now speak aloud to ChatGPT and hear the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot talk back. Here are the details.

From 2D to 3D through AI: Imaging technique from NCSU could boost autonomous tech

Sep 25, 2023

Researchers have developed a new method to help artificial intelligence (AI) extract 3D information from 2D images, making cameras more useful tools for these emerging technologies.

Triangle Startup Guide update: Here’s latest info for entrepreneurs

Sep 25, 2023

Each week, the exclusive WRAL TechWire Triangle Startup Guide is updated. Here are some of the latest updates and additions.

Boosting solar power: Duke researchers are exploring ways to improve panels

Sep 25, 2023

At Duke, Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, PhD, who is the Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and her colleagues are working on new photovoltaic technology that could one day capture more energy from sunlight.

Tiny robot capable of navigating live tissue could boost fight against lung cancer, UNC researchers report

Sep 25, 2023

To better fight lung cancer, TUNC –Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on an extremely bendy but sturdy robot capable of traversing lung tissue to deal with very small, hidden tumors.

Forget shades: NC State researchers unveil next generation of ‘dynamic windows’

Sep 22, 2023

Researchers have demonstrated a material for next generation dynamic windows, which would allow building occupants to switch their windows between three modes: transparent, or “normal” windows; windows that block infrared light, helping to keep a building cool; and tinted windows that control glare while maintaining the view.

Lessons from on the beach: Shibumi’s journey to providing shade worldwide

Sep 22, 2023

“It seems to me that early on in the life of a business, companies require so much more of your time and effort because you’re starting from nothing to kind of get things off the ground,” a top Shibumi exec says. “Eventually, when your business is established, you have different challenges from the ones you faced in the early years but you also get to learn and grow from them.”

Kenan Institute names UNC professor as director of research

Sep 21, 2023

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Finance Professor and Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Scholar Camelia Kuhnen has been named director of research for the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.

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