ONL Therapeutics, a University of Michigan spin-out biopharmaceutical startup working on sight-preserving therapies for retinal diseases, announced today that it has won a $1.3 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the National Eye Institute.
The SBIR funding will go toward the development of ONL101, a small-molecule peptide initially created for the protection of photoreceptors in retinal detachment—a condition that has earned an orphan disease designation from the FDA—and getting the drug to human clinical trials.
Samsung Electronics announced today that every new connected Samsung device will tie into the company’s smart home environment, which is being built on the SmartThings platform and the Tizen operating system.
Samsung is opening the platform to developers, who can now create apps that utilize sensors and devices in the phone. In one of the apps demonstrated here at the Samsung Tomorrow developers conference, the sound of angry dogs barking flowed from the Sonos home audio system when sensors in the home detected someone who wasn’t supposed to be there.
Cellular Dynamics International CEO Bob Palay envisions a world where the eyes of a person going blind from macular degeneration can be healed by implanting healthy retinal cells that were engineered from the patient’s own blood or skin.
That scenario will still require at least several years and untold millions of research dollars, but it’s not as far-fetched as it might at first sound. Indeed, Palay believes science is finally on the verge of unlocking the door to regenerative medicine—and he thinks his company’s manufactured cells hold the key.
Fagor Industrial, empresa española líder en soluciones integrales para los sectores de hostelería, restauración colectiva y lavandería, presenta su nueva y extensa Generación NEO de frío comercial.
Pour les millions de personnes souffrant de sécheresse oculaire, le seul recours pour atténuer la douleur et l'irritation est d'appliquer un collyre 3 fois par jour.
The Industrial Internet is here: smart, connected machines generating prodigious amounts of data that can be analyzed to improve operations. Inexpensive sensors, ubiquitous connectivity, the ever-declining cost of microprocessors and storage, and the emergence of cloud-based storage and software have made this shift possible. Traditional capital-equipment suppliers—which have historically focused on mechanical- and electrical-engineering disciplines—will need to rethink their business models and respond with new data- and software-enabled services. Implemented correctly, these new business models will allow suppliers to strengthen their ties to the customer and create new revenue sources.
Imagination Technologies is unveiling a dual-core processor for wearable devices such as smartwatches today.
The MIPS-based Ingenic Newton2 platform and Ingenic M200 wearable chip offer an easy way for device makers to create the electronic innards of a wearable device, such as a smartwatch. The new module reduces the area and power required by 50 percent, and it has a MIPS-based processor that is specifically designed for wearable devices, which need enough performance to power a display but also need to operate on low battery consumption.
Well, it turns out selling pre-prepped meals to aspiring home chefs can make a lot of money.
Blue Apron, a company which does just that, today announced it is now delivering 1 million meals per month at $10 a pop. And alongside this milestone, the First Round, BoxGroup, and Stripes Group-backed startup shares that it is now easing into traditional ecommerce with an e-shop for kitchen goods — launching next week.
