Summary:
Erica O'Grady interviews S. Michael McCorquodale, founder and CTO of Mobius Microsystems. McCorquodale used technology based on his dissertation work to enter 10 academic competitions - and won 9 of them! - to collect seed capital to launch his company. His revolutionary semi-conductor could change the future of radio-frequency architecture.
Ruba Borno and Tzeno Galchev, representing Potentia, are developing forms of sustainable energy using natural sources. Borno, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering at University of Michigan, has developed a process to generate electrical power scavenged from the environment via evaporation. Tzeno Galchev, also a PhD candidate, is developing processes to transform kinetic energy (vibrations) into electrical power. Potentia has a patent but not yet a business plan.
UT's first place winner, Michael Callahan, founder of Ambient Corp., has developed "Audeo," a communication interface that captures neurological info from the brain and translates it into speech without requiring physical movement. To date, Callahan has supported his work through academic competitions and hopes to launch his technology into a company.
