News Category or Year: 2015
NC IDEA WINNER: Rheomics, Building Tools For More Accurate Blood Testing
Rheomics is one of six startups to win ~$50K in grant funding from the nonprofit Durham-based NC IDEA Foundation. Since 2006, the foundation has awarded nearly $4.2 million to 104 startups around the state. The six companies were narrowed from nine finalists, … Read more
The New Social Network (feature on telepresence research at UNC)
Aman sits outside a café in North Carolina. His wife, in Paris, calls him and tells him she would like to have lunch. He puts on a pair of eyeglasses and presses a button. Then, suddenly, she is sitting across … Read more
Entrepreneurship and education come together in new master’s program
UNC officials say the new Master of Arts in educational innovation, technology and entrepreneurship, which was introduced on Monday, is the first of its kind in the U.S. Although it is based in the School of Education, the program has … Read more
DARPA seeks “non-traditional” robotics innovators
The government has a robotics problem. Government grants for cutting edge robotics research and development typically favor large military contractors. But a lot of the development in robotics these days comes from individuals, startups, and university labs capitalizing on developments … Read more
Syrian immigrant Bahij Dahdal juggles parenting and school (CS major profile)
For transfer student Bahij Dahdal, school is not the only thing he has to worry about each day. The father of three has to get up early each day to take his children to school before making the commute to … Read more
Computer science majors outpace department’s budget, faculty
The computer science department at UNC is using one of the largest classrooms on campus, but students still complain they can’t get into classes they need. The number of computer science majors at UNC has increased fivefold since 2010. In … Read more
Workshop shows that data matters at Carolina
When you put more than 50 faculty members, center directors, and researchers from 30 different campus units in a room, ideas are inevitable. However, all the attendees at the Data@Carolina Workshop last week agreed on one point: The explosion of data presents … Read more
How Impulsonic Makes VR & Gaming More Immersive… With Help From the Triangle
What do you get when you mix a group of computer science PhDs, a vibrant startup culture and an ultra-supportive university department? You get Impulsonic, the Carrboro-based startup that’s pioneering work in the software of computerized sound, while making the case … Read more
eBay buying Twice (founded by alumnus Calvin Young) in hopes of bringing back amateur sellers
eBay wasted little time in starting its new mission of rebuilding its marketplace. On the same day eBay began trading separately from its former payments unit, PayPal, eBay revealed it will be buying the core technology of second-hand clothing e-retailer Twice for … Read more