InfraSonic Portable Cardiac Output Monitoring System
This invention is a portable cardiac monitoring technology designed for healthcare providers, athletes, and digital health companies that need continuous insight into cardiovascular performance. Using a single chest-mounted sensor, it provides non-invasive, real-time measurements of stroke volume and cardiac output during daily activities and exercises.
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Optomechanical Acoustic Particle Velocity Sensor
Inspired by biological hearing systems, this invention provides an ultrasensitive, low-noise, miniaturized optomechanical acoustic particle velocity sensor that detects weak velocity signals in confined spaces. By directly sensing acoustic particle velocity rather than pressure, it measures vector components of sound fields, enabling enhanced localization...
Integrated Planning for Safer, Smarter Autonomous Urban Driving
This technology enables autonomous vehicles to plan high-level tasks and low-level motions in a unified, adaptive framework. By continuously sharing safety and efficiency information between planning layers, vehicles can make smarter decisions in complex, unpredictable urban environments. The result is safer navigation without sacrificing operational...
Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Search for Distributed Video Surveillance
This technology lets users search surveillance video in real time using simple descriptions, solving the problem that current systems rely on sending large amounts of video or using biometric tools that are slow and raise privacy concerns. By processing data closer to where it is collected, the system delivers faster results, protects privacy, and uses...
High-Efficiency, Long-Lifespan LED Driver with Independent Channel Dimming
This invention introduces an electrolytic-capacitor-free LED driver that achieves >94% efficiency, extended operational life, and independent multi-channel dimming in a single compact unit, enabling reliable, energy-optimized lighting for industrial, architectural, and entertainment applications.
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High-power LED systems require long...
Robust Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) of Polymers with High Metal Inclusion Content
This invention introduces a metal-polymer filament with up to 70% metal content for FDM 3D printing, enabling durable, precise, and customizable magnetic and metallic parts directly from desktop printers.
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Magnetic component manufacturing faces challenges with traditional techniques such as air gap variability in transformer cores and...
Portable High-Resolution AFM with Electrostatic Levitation
This invention combines electrostatic levitation actuators with triboelectric nanogenerators to enable self-powered shock and vibration sensors. By directly converting motion to voltage and voltage to motion, it eliminates complex control systems, delivering compact, CMOS-compatible sensors for impact detection, fall alarms, and environmental monitoring....
Reliable Liquid Metal Composites for Soft Robotics, Electronics, and Thermal Management
This invention introduces oxide-flake-stabilized liquid metal powders that suppress supercooling, enabling reliable phase transitions for tunable stiffness, thermal management, and adaptive devices.
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Liquid metal (LM)-based composites are promising for tunable stiffness, shape memory, and thermal management applications in robotics, electronics,...