Innovation Thursday – a deep dive into a newly emerging technology or companies – is a regular feature at WRAL TechWire. With VinFast set to break ground Friday for a new electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Chatham County, this week’s focus is EVs and their impact on the overall U.S. economy.
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Juliane Nguyen, Professor and Vice Chair with the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, shares her experience serving as a faculty mentor with the Venture Catalyst program. Juliane explores the impact of the VC fellows in identifying unmet clinical and market needs, providing transformative market research and instilling confidence in moving forward with medical technology development through mutual learning.
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“3D printing has revolutionized manufacturing, but we’re not aware of previous technologies that allowed you to print 3D metal objects at room temperature in a single step,” says NC State Professor Michael Dickey. “This opens the door to manufacturing a wide range of electronic components and devices.”
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As the conversation around artificial intelligence gains momentum, experts continue to tout the potential benefits of AI. However, organizations and employers may wonder how best to implement this nascent technology at their workplace. In particular, what sort of framework should organizations and employers use when considering this new technology? The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise turns to some experts for answers.
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Vision transformers (ViTs) are powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can identify or categorize objects in images – however, there are significant challenges related to both computing power requirements and decision-making transparency. Researchers have now developed a new methodology that addresses both challenges, while also improving the ViT’s ability to identify, classify and segment objects in images.
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As ag tech businesses around the world seek better and more environmentally sound ways to protect food crops from disease and pests, two companies with a major presence in North Carolina have decided to work together to find solutions.
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INNOVATION THURSDAY: Agricultural startup IngateyGen, LLC , a portfolio company of AgTechInventures, LLC, recently moved from Elizabeth City to Research Triangle Park and is already reaping benefits from the area’s rich resources. The company is working to use gene-editing technology to produce low allergy peanut varieties.
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The RTP startup is pioneering what it believes to be the first all-natural, self-assembling nanoparticle technology designed to encapsulate a variety of nutraceuticals, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, CBD and other cannabinoids through its proprietary JoChe process (pronounced joe she).
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KickStart Venture Services celebrates the first 3.8 Initiative cohort, a program bolstering startup board leadership for women created in partnership with the RTP chapter of Women In Bio.
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