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Here’s Just A Few Of Our Game-Changer Inventions

Next Generation Disruptive Technologies From

Top American Universities

 

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Name:  PLASMA STREAM
Official Site: www.plasmastreamtech.com

 

Overview: The University of Notre Dame has developed Plasma Stream, an active flow control system with plasma actuators which maximizes transportation fuel efficiency. This new system is capable of generating a body force which controls flow separation from a vehicle. By controlling airflow separation the drag force on a vehicle is minimized. Using Plasma Stream, a transport vehicle can be aerodynamically streamlined independent of its actual body shape. “Semi-trucks” and other big transportation vehicles traditionally have used physical parts such as spoilers, bobtails, flow plates, and diverter tabs to move airflow in a desired direction. The problem is this method adds weight. Instead, using Plasma Stream, plasma actuators ionize localized airflow to induce a similar effect without the added structural parts or weight.

Key Benefits:

  • Reducing fuel costs drastically add profits to a company’s bottom line.
  • Less wind drag affecting a semi-truck or transportation vehicle fuel efficiency will be improved.
  • Less horsepower will be required under the same trip conditions.

Visit www.plasmastreamtech.com to learn more about this disruptive technology. Click on image to read article

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Name: TITAN BRICK
Official Site: www.titanbrick.com

 

 

Overview: Titan Brick, an eco-friendly building material, was developed in partnership with the University of Florida: School of Design, Construction, & Planning (Est. 1925).  Titan Brick technology brings a new concept in building. Developers engineered a way to manufacture the common brick using less energy by using cost-efficient and ubiquitous raw materials. Key Benefits:

  • Comprised of 90% dirt yet 2 1/2 times stronger than traditional concrete blocks.
  • Withstands sustained Hurricane 5 Gale Force Winds (Tested & Confirmed in U.S. Department of Energy; Oakridge Laboratory Certified Wind Tunnels).
  • Withstands sustained F4 tornadoes 207 – 260 winds. (Tested & Confirmed in U.S. Department of Energy: Oakridge Laboratory Certified Wind Tunnels).
  • Builders can potentially make 30% to 64% more profit and receive substantial tax credits on every build.
  • Engineers tested & concluded Titan Brick can potentially provide 50% to 60% energy savings over traditional bricks.
  • Mold resistant; drastically improves inside air quality.
  • Fire proof, Termite proof, and Mildew proof.
  • Significantly lower capex compared to clay bricks.
  • Non-toxic; made from sustainable & recycled materials.
  • Uses flexible synthetic rubber adhesive to join materials. Results in faster, less-costly and superior hold to mortar.
  • $70,000 in R & D resulted in a brick with superior properties, unique integrity composites, and exceptionally green & sustainable.

Visit www.titanbrick.com website to learn more about this disruptive building technology.

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Name: SBH BIOFUEL SYSTEMS
Official Site: www.sbhbiofuel.com


Overview:
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a federal program originated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It mandates all transportation fuel sold in the U.S. to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels. There’s a big market to serve as recent reports show US drivers are consuming 350 to 450 million gallons of gasdaily in 2015. Subsequently, this requires 850,000 – 950,000 barrels of ethanol a day to meet this federal requirement. SBH Biofuel Systems Inc. technology has developed an innovative process that will more than double the current economic value of soybean hull. Using our process, a ton of soybean hulls can produce up to eighty five gallons of ethanol. This will meet the current requirement for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) put in place by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2007.

Key Benefits:

  • Ethanol producers will have the ability to generate up to 450 million gallons of ethanol annually.
  • This still leaves up to 2 million tons of high protein (>25%) animal feed by-product to be sold to farmers.
  • The Biofuel industry will be able to meet EPA transportation fuel requirements.
  • Allow farmers worldwide to meet their livestock feed requirements

Visit www.sbhbiofuel.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.



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Name:Thermo-Flex Technologies
Official Site: www.thermoflextech.com

 

 

Overview: In the U.S. 57% of energy consumption is wasted. And 60% of wasted heat is expelled in low-temperature streams (<250 °C). For the Industrial sector specifically, this accounts for one-­third of fossil­ fuel­ related greenhouse gas emissions. Until now, no technology has been successfully marketed for low temperature streams (<250 °C). Thermo-Flex Technologies has now commercialized a Thermoelectric Textile that will universally integrate with current industrial or commercial sources of wasted heat through simple wrapping—like insulation. There are a myriad of areas where low-temperature heat waste can be collected and converted to electricity. One area with great financial opportunity is with wireless sensor technology. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that Wireless Sensor Networks can improve overall production efficiency by 11 to 18% using this technology. This technology has three primary capabilities. It can be: 1.) An accessible source of waste heat. 2.) A recovery technology 3.) A use for the recovered energy.

Key Benefits:

  • Harnesses wasted heat to generate electricity.
  • Improves energy efficiency and to realize cost savings.
  • Builds a cleaner environment for humanity.
  • Enables companies to become emissions-­free.
  • Build a less­ costly energy resource.
  • Economical in regards to current textile and printing manufacturing.
  • Provides localized power to a wide array of sensors that could be incorporated into a network used to monitor system efficiency and environmental conditions

Visit www.thermoflextech.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.


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Name:KNOWN QUANTITY SENSORS, INC.
Official Site: http://www.kqsensors.com

 

 


Overview: 
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have invented, refined and patented an image based occupancy sensor that relies on computer vision techniques to provide a wealth of new occupancy intelligence.

The ability to go beyond sound or motion, enabling a building automation system to estimate number of people, variations in natural day lighting levels, and other occupant behavior is now combined into one powerful sensor.

Key Benefits:

  • Can be customized now according to occupancy count, room/area location
  • Dramatically reduces time delays for lower energy (vacant) room system settings and increase cost savings.
  • Decreases the numbers of sensors needed, lessening the cost of install.

Visit http://www.kqsensors.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.

 

 


Name:Server Dome, Inc
Official Site: www.serverdomes.com

 

 

 

 

Overview: Server Dome has designed an unmanned, virtually maintenance-free, self sustained data center with little to no energy footprint to meet the demands of today’s growing data collection and analysis needs. Architectural uniqueness meets structural integrity and minimal mechanical requirements to reduce cost of systems management by at least eighty percent (from 50% to no more than 10% of data center costs). The geodesic dome structure has proven its value and capabilities since its inception at Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU).

Key Benefits:

  • Accommodates thousands of heterogeneous servers with hundreds of Petabytes of storage
  • Design allows simple restructure without disruption to current operations
  • 30% reduced construction costs and 80% reduced maintenance costs
Visit http://serverdomes.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.


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Name:
Biologic Insecticide, Inc. 
Official Site:
www.biologicinsecticide.com

 

 

Overview: Now BioLogic Insecticide introduces you to a revolutionary low cost, non-toxic pesticide. The prime ingredient is a food approved by the FDA for human consumption and it’s not toxic to children or pets.

Key Benefits:

  • Low cost, easy to find ingredients
  • Non-Toxic- safe for environment
  • No resistance even at higher dosages
  • Application targets desired pests
  • Non-toxic to people, children, pets

Visit http://biologicinsecticide.com/ to learn more about this disruptive technology. Click on image to read article


Patient Code Software, Inc.
Advance Muscle Technologies, Inc.

 

HEALTH, MEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

Name:PATIENT CODE SOFTWARE, INC. 
Official Site: www.patientcodesoftware.com/  


Overview
Patient Code, a decision support application, brings past and potential diagnoses to the forefront, allowing physicians to provide the highest quality of care from a holistic point of view. Evidence-based results are available to the provider in one location allowing for seamless and uninterrupted documentation of all relevant diagnoses. Data points, both historical and recent, are available for review at the time of initial documentation, decreasing the provider spent on the computer while increasing time available for patient:

  • Lab Results
  • Radiology Reports
  • EKG Reports
  • Echocardiogram Reports
  • Other Clinical Data

Patient Code is not a stand-alone system. It may be easily integrated with any major EHR system already in use by a hospital:

  • Cerner/Siemens
  • Epic
  • Meditech
  • Allscripts
  • McKesson
  • Next Gen
  • Athena

Hospitals may customize the weight given to specific data points as well as which data the software accesses. This flexibility makes it easier for each hospital to adjust the tool to their unique needs and presentation.

Visit www.patientcodesoftware.com to learn more about this technology.

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Name:  ADVANCE MUSCLE TECHNOLOGIES
Official Site: www.advancedmuscletech.com

 

 

 

OverviewUniversity of California Davis researchers have developed a nutritional performance enhancement supplement disrupting the sports & fitness industry because it drastically increases the rate of muscle mass growth without having to give up typical exercise & dietary protocols and strategies such as cardio workouts, eating less, or choosing between resistance training vs. long endurance training. This safe new way dramatically increases muscle growth by suppressing a specific molecule located in every muscle fiber. By achieving these muscle gains without having to sacrifice cardiovascular training, athletes can strengthened their endurance capacity and cardiovascular capacity during muscle mass resistance training. Key Benefits:

  • Certified university tests resulted in 80% muscle mass gains vs. 10% typical gains from Creatine; a popular performance enhancing supplement with bodybuilders and athletes.
  • Recent assay results identified 46 high potential ingredients that inhibit the identified protein molecule.
  • All ingredients are natural. Therefore, the supplement is qualified to be classified as a Nutraceutical.
  • Due to the classification Advanced Muscle Technologies, Inc. products will not be FDA regulated.

Visit www.advancedmuscletech.com the website to learn more about this disruptive sport & fitness supplemental technology.

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Name: Autism Diagnostic Technologies, Inc
Official Site: www.autismdiagnostictechnology.com 

 

 

Overview:This breakthrough Autism Diagnostic Technology provides a high degree of diagnostic accuracy for Autism. This new technology will diagnose a child as young as six months old, which will allow for early interventions and parents’ peace of mind. Providing accurate diagnostic imaging allows physicians the knowledge of which area of the brain is affected. With a 90%+ accuracy potential errors are minimized. The test reduces costs associated with specialized healthcare workers’ administering a battery of other tests for diagnosis.

 

Key Benefits:

  • 90%+ accuracy diagnosis of ASD as early as 6-months old
  • Technology can be expanded for use with other brain disorders and disease
  • Technology can be integrated with any CT scan equipment

 

Visit http://autismdiagnostictechnology.com to learn more about this technology.

 

 

 

Name:Enhanced Plasmonic Imaging, Inc
Official Site: http://epimaging.com  

 

 

Overview: Enhanced Plasmonic Imaging offers a novel way to detect minute amounts of bacteria and chemicals for researchers, labs, and governments’ facilities.  This technology provides a novel nano-grating structure that uses a more efficient and cost-effective surface patterning process. Instead of expensive traditional e-beam lithography techniques, this technology uses plasmonic gratings fabricated as soft/hard hybrid nano-structures. Graded nano structures produced enhancements 47 times better than flat gold.

Key Benefits:

  • Nanocone and nanogap grating structure offers up to 47 times enhancement over flat gold. Increases image contrast and detection.
  • Fluorescence enhancement allows lower intensity lighting to give the same or better strength signal as high-intensity illumination.
  • Detects quantities as small as a single particle
  • DNA detection at levels that negate the need for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
  • Existing fluorophores used – no new ones to develop.
  • Virus and bacteria identification without need for culturing for tests such as PSA (prostate specific antigen), tuberculosis, and breast cancer markers.
  • No probe needed to obtain images so the technology does not distort the local environment. It maintains a high level of imaging accuracy.
  • Images the entire sample at one time instead of point-by-point scanning needed to obtain the whole image with near-field scanning microscopy.
  • Lower per-unit cost of manufacturing with the potential to drop even further by leveraging methods of manufacturing at scale.

Visit http://epimaging.com to learn more about this technology.

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING


Titanium Laser Tech, Inc.

Advanced Nano Adhesives, Inc.

Scientific Ceramic Engineering, Inc

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Name:
  TITANIUM LASER
Official Site: www.titaniumlaser.com

Overview: Titanium Laser is a Hybrid Laser Cutting Tool, machining process, capable of increasing material removal rates when machining Titanium, Ceramic and its alloys. The process includes heating a portion of a work piece with a laser beam, Cryogenic-Cooling a cutting tool with a Cryogenic fluid WITHOUT flowing the Cryogenic fluid onto the work piece. Then machining the heated portion of the work piece with the cutting tool.

The Cryogenic fluid is then circulated around the cutting tool to achieve a temperature differential between the work piece and the cutting tool. A temperature differential that is capable of improving removal rates and extending tool life at cutting speeds of above 100 m/min.

Key Benefits:

  • Speed: Drastically improves removal rates at much higher cutting speeds (150 m/min or more) which is much higher than previously thought possible (conventional speeds are 60 m/min).
  • Efficiency: Hybrid machining process with a TiAlN coated tool has been proven to yield an overall increase in efficiency of ~30% and ~40%.
  • Durability: A two to three-fold increase in tool life has been demonstrated improving tool life, reducing cutting force, and improving surface finish could be achieved without any adverse effectson the microstructure and hardness of the finished parts.
  • Costs Reduction: Excessive tool wear and high tooling costs of diamond tools, TiAlN coated carbide cutting tool, and ceramic inserts make the cost associated with machining of these composites very high.

Visit www.titaniumlaser.com to learn more about this disruptive manufacturing technology.

 

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Name: ADVANCED NANO ADHESIVES

Official Site: www.nanoadhesivetech.com

 

 

Overview: Advanced Nano Adhesives is a building material technology that helps produce high quality composite wood materials by incorporating the use of novel adhesives into the manufacturing processes. This innovation improves wood adhesive composition for various wood composite products, including: oriented strand board (OSB), particleboard, and fiberboard. Our technology reinforces non-continuous glue with the capability for formaldehyde-free adhesive formulation. Key Benefits:

  • Lowers manufacturing costs due to the manufacturing of a lighter wood panel boards used for construction & building.
  • Reduces the amount of wood required in each panel board while providing comparable strength of traditional panel boards.
  • Drastic savings on raw material costs, increases transport efficiency and easier handling during building.

Increase in internal bonding strength, modulus of elasticity, and modulus of rupture.
Visit www.Nanoadhesivetech.com to learn more about this disruptive building & construction technology.

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Name: Scientific Ceramic Engineer, Inc.
Official 
Site: http://scientificcim.com/

 

Overview: Using New formulas, Scienctific Ceramic Engineering technology improves ceramic formulation and manufacturing . Tool and die makers no longer face the expense of high heat and pressure in molding ceramic parts which means lower cost dies and molds. The improved ceramic binder replaces toxic additives. SCE combined with the Rapid Die Technology shortens the cored casting process from 24+ weeks to about 8 weeks- a 66% reduction in time. It also lets you construct multiple cavity blocks affordable.  Ceramic injection molding allows you to quickly create complex ceramic components without the need for costly machining. Do it faster and cheaper with Scientific Ceramic Engineering’s proven formula and manufacturing process..

Key Benefits:

  •     Faster time to market for a competitive advantage
  •     Lower capital equipment costs and reduced overhead costs
  •     Effective for complex ceramic shapes with high detail feature fill for those extremely technical projects
  •     Consistent dimensions after sintering for reliable accuracy
  •     Increased green body strength for better machining
  •     Improved strength and toughness for stronger finished product

Visit http://scientificcim.com/ to learn more about this technology.

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SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS


Predictive Aviation Analytics, Inc.

Software Bug Localization, Inc.

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Name: PREDICTIVE AVIATION ANALYTICS
Official Site: www.predictiveaviation.com

 

 

Overview: Predictive Aviation Analytics software helps airlines avoid catastrophic crashes and imminent breakdowns. This saves passenger lives, improves airplane performance, and helps maintain on-time schedules while avoiding aircraft electronic failures that cause flight delays, diverts, and flight cancellations. Predictive Aviation Analytics is the solution to this $40 billion annual problem. It is next generation disruptive technology because it immediately collects all in-flight sensor data plus Flight Data Recorder (FDR) information and analyzes all data “post-flight” whereas current antiquated systems flag problems only if a certain value exceeds a pre-programmed threshold. It is considered “Intelligent Software” because it uses Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to enable the computer to “learn” from repeated usage. It analyzes data to learn “What is normal?”, and “What is a high probability component failure?” This feature can potentially save airlines thousands of dollars daily including millions in legal liability claims if a disaster occurs. Key Benefits:

  • Reduces maintenance costs and reduces Cutting Controllable Maintenance delays by up to 42%.
  • In tests, Predictive Aviation Analytics diagnosed more potential problems then current maintenance systems by up to 70% using only 1.33% of available in-flight data.
  • No expensive avionics hardware installation necessary.
  • In-flight data is sent conveniently via mobile devices and uploaded onto central command servers via Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, cellular networks, or satellite.
  • Reports pilot practices that may lead to engine or structural problems.
  • Reduces repair time by reducing traditional diagnostic.Increases safety by reducing air emergencies through advanced notification.

Visit http://predictiveaviation.com website to learn more about this technology.

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Name:SOFTWARE BUG LOCALIZATION

Official Site: www.softwarebugfinder.com/

OverviewSoftware Bug Localization developed a revolutionary Information Retrieval (IR) model. It points software development teams to the source of their coding errors so they can fix them up to 80% faster than with existing solutions.

Complex software projects create many places for errors or defects. The more layers you add the more chances for bugs.

The Software Bug Localization takes into account the spatial code proximity and term ordering relationships in a code base for improved retrieval accuracy. The retrieval framework uses a fuzzy matching mechanism between the term blocks of the queries and the source code. With Software Bud Localization’s retrieval framework, you obtain significantly higher bug localization accuracies. These retrieval accuracies outperform all other state-of-the-art approaches by 30%– even those programs that take development history into account.

Key Benefits:

  • Accurately localize software defects up to 80% faster 
  • Spend less time chasing down bugs
  • Drastically reduce cost in manpower

Visit www.softwarebugfinder.com/ to learn more about this Technology.

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE


 Innovative Crop Solutions, Inc. 

The Challenge

Production and productivity improvements in agriculture and forestry are crucial to meet the global demand for food, fuel and industrial uses. Threats posed by the effects of deleterious climate change such as water deficiency, biotic and abiotic stress need to be effectively addressed.

The Solution

One of the primary methods of increasing yield is the efficient application of nitrogen. Testing has resulted in an almost 300% biomass increase and over a 60% increase in root length. This technology could be used in a diverse number of crop plants.

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Name:
  INNOVATIVE CROP SOLUTIONS
Official Site: www.newcropscience.com

 

Overview: One of the primary methods of increasing crop yield is the efficient application of nitrogen. Researchers at a major university in the United States have dramatically improved a plant’s nitrogen absorption by regulating amino acid sensors. Agriculture engineers were able to drastically increase plant growth by enabling the maximum plant cell wall uptake & absorption of NITROGEN resulting in a major increase in plant size.

Key Benefits:

  • This process is NOT considered genetic modification by the government.
  • Testing has resulted in almost 300% biomass increase.
  • Testing has resulted in 60% + increase in root length.

Visit www.newcropscience.com to learn more about this Technology.



Progressive Paint Solutions, Inc.

 

RETAIL PRODUCTS

Name: PROGRESSIVE PAINT SOLUTIONS
Official Site: www.paintcancloser.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview: The University of North Dakota has developed an ingenious device; a paint can sealer. If you have painted a room you know the frustration of spilled paint everywhere. On your shoes, clothes, carpet, etc… Plus, the added costs from wasted paint. Put A Lid On It! will make sealing your paint cans quick and easy. Plus, it has a place to store a paint can opener. This simple paint supply tool closes a paint can with just one hit from a rubber hammer, so anyone can use it.

Key Benefits:

  • No more messy paint jobs.
  • Easy to use.
  • One punch seals paint cans tightly.
  • Small, lightweight, convenient size.

Visit www.paintcancloser.com to learn more about this new invention.

Company is currently in talks with Lowes and Home Depot for potential pilot sales project.

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PLASMA STREAM

www.plasmastreamtech.com

The University of Notre Dame has developed Plasma Stream, an active flow control system with plasma actuators which maximizes transportation fuel efficiency. This new system is capable of generating a body force which controls flow separation from a vehicle. By controlling airflow separation, the drag force on a vehicle is minimized. Using Plasma Stream, a transport vehicle can be aerodynamically streamlined independent of its actual body shape. “Semi-trucks” and other big transportation vehicles traditionally have used physical parts such as spoilers, bobtails, flow plates, and diverter tabs to move airflow in a desired direction. The problem is this method adds
weight. Instead, using Plasma Stream, plasma actuators ionize localized airflow to induce a similar effect without the added structural parts or weight.

Key Benefits:

  • Reducing fuel costs drastically add profits to a company’s bottom line.
  • Less wind drag affecting a semi-truck or transportation vehicle fuel efficiency will be improved.
  • Less horsepower will be required under the same trip conditions.
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Partners – Jason and Pranay on their way to Notre Dame Univ. with Corey

Corey and a partner on the way to Notre Dame Univ. with investors and an industry partner.

Corey and a partner on the way to Notre Dame Univ. with investors and an industry partner.


Video of Dr. Corke and Plasma Stream at Notre Dame.

Visit www.plasmastreamtech.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.

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Glowing aerodynamic add-ons could boost big-rig fuel

economy by 7-10%

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SAE Off-Highway Engineering Engineering

About 65% of the fuel that a truck burns is wasted in overcoming highway drag

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 “Headlight white” and “stoplight red,” the characteristic colors of the highway at night, could soon get a companion: “plasma purple”—that is, if a new fuel-saving, aerodynamic technology catches on big with big-rig trucks. The electric plasmas emitted by the devices, which glow purple-violet in the dark, can smooth the turbulent wakes that sweep off the rear edges of truck trailers travelling at highway speeds. Simulations and wind tunnel tests indicate that these novel active-flow control systems could reduce the aerodynamic drag generated by semi-trailers by almost one-fifth, thus lowering fuel consumption by up to 10%.

Plasmas, the lesser-known “fourth state of matter,” are clouds of charged atomic ions created in the air by high-voltage electric fields. The glowing electric-flame phenomena are commonly seen in household air purifiers and more rarely in natural phenomena such as St. Elmo’s Fire, the ghostly purple haze sometimes seen hanging off airplane wings. For application to trucks, strong electric fields emitted by surface electrodes push the plasmas around, producing breezes that can redirect critical airflows at the trailing edges of “bluff-bodied” vehicles such as Class 8 cargo trucks, helping to smooth out the turbulent, high-drag wakes.

Somewhere around 65% of the fuel that a truck burns is wasted in overcoming highway drag, researchers say. And with about 133 million American trucks consuming 60 billion gallons of fuel annually, if only a fraction were to adopt this promising new slipstreaming technology, the effect would soon start to become significant.

Plasma actuators

That’s the ultimate target for Plasma Stream Technologies, the small start-up firm based in Bettendorf, Iowa, that is developing the “dielectric-barrier plasma actuator” devices for trucks. Up to now its concept has been tested solely in supercomputer simulations and sub-scale wind tunnels, but real-world confirmation should come from road tests planned for this March, according to Pranay Bajjuri, a cofounder and investor. Favorable results would mean that the company could proceed toward full commercialization in the hope that retrofit products could hit the market in early 2018, he noted.

(Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HAa-bI6170 for a company video on the technology and its development.)

Bajjuri, whose day job is as an electrical engineer at a heavy-equipment maker, explained that a few years ago he and his partners had searched for promising technology to commercialize and discovered the potential benefits of plasma actuators in improving aerodynamics in applications such as airplane wings, wind turbine blades, and even compressor blades in turbine engines. They also learned that General Motors and other organizations had investigated using plasma-based active airflow control devices for highway vehicles and had achieved favorable results in the lab.

“Plasma actuators have been around for about 15 years, but there’s still no commercial product yet,” Bajjuri said. “We’re trying to be the first to bring them to the commercial market in volume.”

The Plasma Stream team realized that these plasma actuators could replace the many passive flow-control add-ons that trucking firms have employed over the years to reduce vehicle drag, including air deflectors, vortex generators, and aft boat tails.

Simple electrode strips

The simple retrofit device, called eTail, has no moving parts. It’s basically two long, high-voltage electrode strips made of copper separated by an insulator such as Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene), he explained. The 4-inch-wide (102-mm) units are fitted to the top and side trailing edges of semi-trailers. When the juice switches on at speeds of 45 mph (72 km/h) and up, the surface electrodes energize the air above, producing charged ions that the field then sends in one direction as wind. The wind alters “the turbulent, high-energy airflow at the edges and directs it to a low-energy region” right behind the vehicle, minimizing drag losses, Bajjuri explained.

Even though the strap-on eTail system runs on high-voltage current, operations are quite safe because it requires low amperages. “The average power of the electrode strips is only about 1 watt per meter,” he stated. He added that the technology works in all weather conditions—rain, snow and dust—and with an added grid overlay, it might even be possible to heat up the electrodes for deicing in winter.

The company’s prototypes are based on licensed plasma actuator technology developed by a group of aerodynamics engineers and researchers at the University of Notre Dame, said Thomas Corke, who leads the team. “For a ground vehicle, the general approach is to shape the wake, to smooth out the airflow coming off the rear,” he said. “The optimum is to turn the airstream about 12 degrees from the horizontal.”

The flow-control devices are powered by a compact, lightweight power supply also of UND design that can be operated with an Apple iPad. Low power is achieved, Corke said, because “the DC power is pulsed, so the device is powered only for brief intervals,” giving it a duty cycle of 0.001%.

In contract research conducted in late 2015 at Notre Dame, Corke’s team ran CFD simulations to investigate the use of plasma actuators to cut drag on Class 8 truck semi-trailers. The virtual truck’s shape resembled a 1/12th-scale model that had been previously evaluated in wind tunnel tests at the university. The computer simulations sought to determine an optimum arrangement of an aft ramp geometry (the slope and width of the device) and plasma actuators that would in combination, yield a drag reduction comparable to the passive boat-tail retrofit devices currently used on semi-trailers. And unlike conventional boat-tail units, the eTail does not impede easy access via roll-up doors and swing doors.

Plasma Stream’s final design, which features an 11-degree angle, attains this goal, achieving a predicted 22.7% drag reduction at highway speeds that would yield an 11% fuel savings. The design requires only a 4-in extension around three sides of a trailer which makes it considerably smaller than boat-tails, which add about 4.5 ft (1.4 m) to the trailer length. The retrofit product is expected to cost around $2,000, Bajjuri said, and could save somewhere around $8,000 per year in diesel fuel.

The new technology can be installed at various locations around a semi-truck to streamline the aerodynamics including near the gap between tractor and trailer, on the rearview mirrors, and in the front grille area of tractors. The company thinks that the technology could also work on buses, locomotives and racecars.

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TITAN BRICK

www.titanbrick.com

Titan Brick, an eco-friendly building material, was developed in partnership with the University of Florida: School of Design, Construction, & Planning (Est. 1925).  Titan Brick technology brings a new concept in building. Developers engineered a way to manufacture the common brick using less energy by using cost-efficient and ubiquitous raw materials.
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Key Benefits:

  • Comprised of 90% dirt yet 2 1/2 times stronger than traditional concrete blocks.
  • Withstands sustained Hurricane 5 Gale Force Winds (Tested & Confirmed in U.S. Department of Energy; Oakridge Laboratory Certified Wind Tunnels).
  • Withstands sustained F4 tornadoes 207 – 260 winds. (Tested & Confirmed in U.S. Department of Energy: Oakridge Laboratory Certified Wind Tunnels).
  • Builders can potentially make 30% to 64% more profit and receive substantial tax credits on every build.
  • Engineers tested & concluded Titan Brick can potentially provide 50% to 60% energy savings over traditional bricks.
  • Mold resistant; drastically improves inside air quality.
  • Fire proof, Termite proof, and Mildew proof.
  • Significantly lower capex compared to clay bricks.
  • Non-toxic; made from sustainable & recycled materials.
  • Uses flexible synthetic rubber adhesive to join materials. Results in faster, less-costly and superior hold to mortar.
  • $70,000 in R & D resulted in a brick with superior properties, unique integrity composites, and exceptionally green & sustainable.

Visit www.titanbrick.com website to learn more about this disruptive building technology.


TITANIUM LASER

The Product Category:  Manufacturing
The Product: Hybrid Laser Cutting Tool
The Benefits: Titanium Laser is a machining process capable of increasing material removal rates when machining Titanium, Ceramic and its alloys. The process includes heating a portion of a work piece with a laser beam, Cryogenic-Cooling a cutting tool with a Cryogenic fluid, WITHOUT flowing the Cryogenic fluid onto the work piece. Then, machining the heated portion of the work piece with the cutting tool.
The Cryogenic fluid is then circulated around the cutting tool to achieve a temperature differential between the work piece and the cutting tool. A temperature differential that is capable of improving removal rates and extending tool life at cutting speeds of above 100 m/min.

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Visit www.titaniumlaser.com to learn more about this disruptive manufacturing technology. Call to request access to the password-protected investor site.


INNOVATIVE CROP SOLUTIONS

The Product Category:  Agriculture & Forestry
The Product: Amino Acid Regulators
The Benefit: Drastically increases plant growth by enabling the maximum plant cell wall uptake & absorption of NITROGEN.
The Research: Researchers at a major university in the United States have dramatically improved a plant’s nitrogen absorption by regulating amino acid sensors. They were able to alter the plant, resulting in a major increase in plant size, and it is not considered genetic modification by the government.

One of the primary methods of increasing yield is the efficient application of nitrogen. Testing has resulted in an almost 300% biomass increase and over a 60% increase in root length.

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Visit www.newcropscience.com to learn more about this Technology. Call to request access to the password-protected investor site.


SBH Biofuel Systems Inc.

www.sbhbiofuel.com

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a federal program originated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It mandates all transportation fuel sold in the U.S. to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels. There’s a big market to serve as recent reports show US drivers are consuming 350 to 450 million gallons of gas daily in 2015. Subsequently, this requires 850,000 – 950,000 barrels of ethanol a day to meet this federal requirement.

SBH Biofuel Systems Inc. technology has developed an innovative process that will more than double the current economic value of soybean hull. Using our process, a ton of soybean hulls can produce up to eighty-five gallons of ethanol. This will meet the current requirement for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) put in place by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2007.

Key Benefits:

  • Ethanol producers will have the ability to generate up to 450 million gallons of ethanol annually. This still leaves up to 2 million tons of high protein (>25%) animal feed by-product to be sold to farmers.
  • The Biofuel industry will be able to meet EPA transportation fuel requirements.
  • Allow farmers worldwide to meet their livestock feed requirements

Visit www.sbhbiofuelcom to learn more about this disruptive technology.


Thermo-Flex Technologies

www.thermoflextech.com

In the U.S. 57% of energy consumption is wasted. And 60% of wasted heat is expelled in low-temperature streams (<250 °C). For the Industrial sector specifically, this accounts for one-­third of fossil­ fuel­ related greenhouse gas emissions.

Until now, no technology has been successfully marketed for low temperature streams (<250 °C). Thermo-Flex Technologies has now commercialized a Thermoelectric Textile that will universally integrate with current industrial or commercial sources of wasted heat through simple wrapping—like insulation.

There are a myriad of areas where low-temperature heat waste can be collected and converted to electricity. One area with great financial opportunity is with wireless sensor technology. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that Wireless Sensor Networks can improve overall production efficiency by 11 to 18% using this technology.

This technology has three primary capabilities. It can be: 1.) An accessible source of waste heat. 2.) A recovery technology 3.) A use for the recovered energy.

Key Benefits:

  • Harnesses wasted heat to generate electricity.
  • Improves energy efficiency and to realize cost savings.
  • Builds a cleaner environment for humanity.
  • Enables companies to become emissions-­free.
  • Build a less­ costly energy resource.
  • Economical in regards to current textile and printing manufacturing.
  • Provides localized power to a wide array of sensors that could be incorporated into a network used to monitor system efficiency and environmental conditions

Visit www.thermoflextech.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.


Wipe-Rite Technologies

www.wiperitetech.com

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a patent pending sterilization product named Chromic Indication Sterile Wipes (CISW). It’s a medical solution to eliminate or drastically reduce “Never Events” within the hospital community. “Never Events” refers to preventive medical errors that should have never occurred.

In hospitals & clinics, bacteria, yeast, fungi, and viruses easily contaminate equipment. When these contaminants are not thoroughly cleaned properly from the Intravenous (IV) connecting ports they can spread disease to the patient’s bloodstream.

Wipe-Rite wipes uses micro-capsules that hold an FDA approved non-toxic dye which is placed between two gauze pads. The micro-capsules are programmed to respond to friction, pressure, and time. When sterilization protocols are administered in the correct procedure the micro-capsules release the dye; an indicator of proper sterilization.

Key Benefits:

  • Potentially stops over 250,000 Intravenous (IV) related bloodstream infections. These preventable infections cost hospitals more than $9 billion annually in litigation costs.
  • Uses color to show clinicians if the correct amount of time & pressure was used.
  • Wipes insure the time & pressure meet STHP protocol for sterility.
  • Adds another measure of patient safety. Can potentially save about 25% of “Never Event” deaths.

Visit http://wiperitetech.com/ to learn more about this disruptive technology.


Screen Shot 2016-04-17 at 8.57.44 AMName:  PATIENT CODE SOFTWARE, INC. 
Official Site: www.patientcodesoftware.com/  

OverviewPatient Code, a decision support application, brings past and potential diagnoses to the forefront, allowing physicians to provide the highest quality of care from a holistic point of view. Evidence-based results are available to the provider in one location allowing for seamless and uninterrupted documentation of all relevant diagnoses. Data points, both historical and recent, are available for review at the time of initial documentation, decreasing the provider spent on the computer while increasing time available for patient:

  • Lab Results
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  • EKG Reports
  • Echocardiogram Reports
  • Other Clinical Data

Patient Code is not a stand-alone system. It may be easily integrated with any major EHR system already in use by a hospital:

  • Cerner/Siemens
  • Epic
  • Meditech
  • Next Gen
  • Athena Hospitals may customize the weight given to specific data points as well as which data the software accesses. This flexibility makes it easier for each hospital to adjust the tool to their unique needs and presentation. Visit www.patientcodesoftware.com to learn more about this technology.

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QUANTUM DOT ELECTRONICS, INC.

www.Quantumde.com

Research physicists have produced technology to use ferroelectrics on the nano level to deliver unprecedented memory storage capacity- NFRAM. The polarization of the material at the nanoscale level produces a vortex where the charges swirl in a circular pattern. The vortex of charge can then have either a clockwise or counterclockwise spin which can stand for either a “1” or a “0”.

Key Benefits:

  • 100,000 times more dense than current memory storage devices
  • 100 trillion bits per square inch compared to 1 billion bits per square inch with today’s technology
  • No Crosstalk between elements so the data remains distortion free
  • Fewer components required so it’s less complex and may be less costly to manufacture
  • Very Low Power Consumption as it needs no power at all to maintain the data
  • Very high number of write-erase cycles so the memory drive will last significantly longer and be more reliable
  • Up to 100 times faster access to data so you can get more done in the same amount of time.

www.Quantumde.com


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ADVANCE MUSCLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

www.advancedmuscletech.com

University of California Davis researchers have developed a nutritional performance enhancement supplement disrupting the sports & fitness industry because it drastically increases the rate of muscle mass growth without having to give up typical exercise & dietary protocols and strategies such as cardio workouts, eating less, or choosing between resistance training vs. long endurance training.

This safe new way dramatically increases muscle growth by suppressing a specific molecule located in every muscle fiber. By achieving these muscle gains without having to sacrifice cardiovascular training, athletes can strengthen their endurance capacity and cardiovascular capacity during muscle mass resistance training.

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Key Benefits

Certified university tests resulted in 80% muscle mass gains vs. 10% typical gains from Creatine, a popular performance enhancing supplement with bodybuilders and athletes. Recent assay results identified 46 high potential ingredients that inhibit the identified protein molecule. All ingredients are natural. Therefore, the supplement is qualified to be classified as a Nutraceutical. Due to the classification Advanced Muscle Technologies, Inc. products will not be FDA regulated.

Visit www.advancedmuscletech.com the website to learn more about this disruptive sport & fitness supplemental technology.


Intelli-link Router Technologies, INC.

www.intelliroutertech.com

Intelli-link router technologies will pioneer the next great expansion of the web worldwide by solving Internet caching problems caused by the exponential growth of the Internet. Today, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) networks are experiencing the increased burden of information on the Internet backbone, networked routers, and their Internet servers. This causes problems in information accuracy, operating efficiency, and web traffic performance.
Intelli-link Router Technologies, Inc., has developed an intelligent caching system. It uses continually updated algorithms to process global data traffic faster and more efficiently by caching-routing forwarding table entries and managing Forwarding Information Base (FIB) size through minimal non-overlapping prefixes and other methods.


Key Benefits

  • Free up 94.64% of FIB memory size avoiding costly upgrades.
  • Tested and achieved a hit ratio higher than 99.95% using a cache size of just 20K prefixes on a routing table of 372K prefixes.
  • Drastically increases performance with higher hit ratio.
  • ISPs can now enables faster growth and more web traffic.
  • Create more capacity with current hardware.
  • Decrease or eliminate need to upgrading routers.
  • Extend life of expensive line card memory modules
  • Reduces power usage.

Visit http://intelliroutertech.com/ to learn more about this Technology. Call to request access to the password-protected investor site.


PREDICTIVE AVIATION ANALYTICS INC.

www.predictiveaviation.com

Predictive Aviation Analytics software helps airlines avoid catastrophic crashes and imminent breakdowns saving passenger lives, improving airplane performance, and helps maintain on-time schedules. Aircraft electronic failures cause flight delays, diverts, and flight cancellations.

Predictive Aviation Analytics is the solution to this $40 billion annual problem. It is next generation disruptive technology because it immediately collects all in-flight sensor data plus Flight Data Recorder (FDR) information and analyzes all data post-flight whereas current antiquated systems flag problems only if a certain value exceeds a pre-programmed threshold.

It is considered intelligent software because it uses Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to enable the computer to “learn” from repeated usage, what is normal, and what is a high probability component failure potentially saves airlines thousands of dollars daily including millions in legal liability claims if a disaster occurs.

Key Benefits:

  • Reduces maintenance costs and reduces Cutting Controllable Maintenance delays by up to 42%.
  • In tests, Predictive Aviation Analytics diagnosed more potential problems then current maintenance systems by up to 70% using only 1.33% of available in-flight data.
  • No expensive avionics hardware installation necessary.
  • In-flight data is sent conveniently via mobile devices and uploaded onto central command servers via Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, cellular networks, or satellite.
  • Reports pilot practices that may lead to engine or structural problems.
  • Reduces repair time by reducing traditional diagnostic.
  • Increases safety by reducing air emergencies through advanced notification.

Visit http://predictiveaviation.com/ website to learn more about this technology.


ADVANCED NANO ADHESIVES

The Product Category:  Building Materials
The Product: Adhesives for wood composite products
The Benefit: Lowers costs due to the manufacturing of a lighter wood panel boards used for construction & building.
The Research: This technology produces high quality composite wood materials by incorporating the use of novel adhesives into the manufacturing processes.

This innovation improves wood adhesive composition for various wood composite products, including: oriented strand board (OSB), particleboard, and fiberboard. Our technology reinforces non-continuous glue with the capability for formaldehyde-free adhesive formulation.

Visit www.Nanoadhesivetech.com to learn more about this disruptive building & construction technology. Call to request access to the password-protected investor site.


  

PUT A LID ON IT!

The Product Category:  Paint Supplies
The Product: Paint Can Sealer
The Benefit: No More Messy Paint Jobs. One Punch Seals Paint Cans Tightly.
The Research: The University of North Dakota has developed an ingenious device. If you have painted a room you know the frustration of spilled paint everywhere. On your shoes, clothes, carpet, etc… Plus, the added costs from wasted paint

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Visit www.paintcansealer.com to learn more about this new invention. Call to request access to the password-protected investor site.

Company is currently in talks with Lowes and Home Depot for potential pilot sales project.

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INTERMETALLIC DIAMOND DRILLING SOLUTIONS

www.iddrillingsolutions.com

Mining and oil drilling is a very costly endeavor because drills require expensive drill bits. And drill bits break frequently. The drilling industry simply sees this as an “inherent problem” because after decades of using the same inferior drilling bits (made from tungsten carbonite), they have had no alternative…until now. Our drill bits are 800x times more wear resistant because we fuse DIAMONDS, nickel, aluminum and other metals at the MOLECULAR level. The integration of diamonds at the molecular level results in maximum drilling sharpness and maximum cutting strength during the drilling process – even at 800° C.

Key Benefits:

  • Reduces the overall cost of drilling bits; fewer bits are purchased.
  • Increased reliability of bits as they perform faster and more dependably in all strata.
  • Saves on manpower and increases safety as drill bits need changing less often.
  • Cuts faster as bits stays sharper longer.
  • Lasts 5-30 times longer than existing bit technology.
  • Superior to embedded diamond tip drills.

Visit www.iddrillingsolutions.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.


Enhanced Nano Composites Inc.

www.enhancednanocomposites.com

Carbon Nanotubes are cylinder-like tubes, made entirely of carbon, and used to manufacture  laminated composite structures. Imagine a honeycomb. Now, roll the honeycomb into a cylinder and you have imagined a large-scale nanotube. And because of this design, Carbon nanotubes are very strong, in fact, 200 times stronger than steel.

In fact, Carbon Nanotubes have one of the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any material known to mankind. They also possess good mechanical, electrical and thermal properties which enables them to have 100 times more electric current than copper.

Due to their unique properties Carbon Nanotubes can be used in many applications such as: nanomedicine, electronics, architecture, sports equipment and many other industries.

Key Benefits:

  •     Cost effective
  •     Increases ultimate tensile strength by 72%
  •     Increases toughness by 124%
  •     Increases elastic modulus by 59%
  •     Less CNT filler loading
  •     Environmentally friendly
  •     Ease of production – into bulk

Visit www.enhancednanocomposites.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.


Safety Spray Innovations

www.safetysprayinnovations.com

Between 1990 and 2006, emergency rooms treated about 267,269 children (under 6) for household cleaner poisoning. A 2010 Nationwide Children’s study found spray bottles injured children more than any other poison source.

What can parents do to protect their children? Safety Spray Innovations uses a unique Safety Spray grip on all spray bottles. The bottle simply requires the user to depress two levers: One at the palm of the hand, the other at the trigger.

While it’s easy for adults to operate, children lack the coordination, hand size, and cognitive skills to activate the spray.

Key Benefits:

  • Reduces child poisoning from toxic cleaners and other chemicals stored in spray bottles.
  • Child resistant yet senior friendly to operate.
  • Safety. Requires the user to depress two levers to open.

Visit www.safetysprayinnovations.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.


Universal Screwdriver

www.universalscrewdriver.com

Universal Screwdriver takes the guesswork and frustration out of matching a screwdriver tool with it’s complementary “driver head” or “bit”. Today’s screwdrivers come with hundreds of driver head options to turn a screw. The problem is that finding the matching screwdriver with the right head is like putting together a puzzle where one keeps trying to fit a piece until a match is found.

Now there is a smarter more time-efficient way. Universal Screwdriver uses a two piece system; a metal head + a rubber tip. The final design of the Universal Screwdriver metal head is an intelligent composite of the most common geometrical shapes by leading screwdriver brands and screwdriver types such as: Phillips, Torx, hex, and flat geometries.

Having screwdriver in contact with all screw “torque points” is the key to easily turning screws. Universal Screwdriver has a unique polyurethane rubber tip that ensures maximum contact with as many screw head geometries and “torque points” as possible.

Key Benefits:

  • Saves time by eliminating the task of searching through hundreds of screw heads or bits to find the right fit.
  • Saves money by avoiding the purchase of hundreds of screw head kits.
  • Polyurethane rubber does NOT provide any additional torque points until screw size 4 to not interfere with small slotted screws.
  • Polyurethane rubber allows for more torque points for screw sizes above 4.

Visit www.universalscrewdriver.com to learn more about this disruptive technology.


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Name: SOFTWARE BUG LOCALIZATION
Official Site: www.softwarebugfinder.com/

Overview:

Software Bug Localization developed a revolutionary Information Retrieval (IR) model. It points software development teams to the source of their coding errors so they can fix them up to 80% faster than with existing solutions.

Complex software projects create many places for errors or defects. The more layers you add the more chances for bugs.

The Software Bug Localization takes into account the spatial code proximity and term ordering relationships in a code base for improved retrieval accuracy. The retrieval framework uses a fuzzy matching mechanism between the term blocks of the queries and the source code. With Software Bud Localization’s retrieval framework, you obtain significantly higher bug localization accuracies. These retrieval accuracies outperform all other state-of-the-art approaches by 30%– even those programs that take development history into account.

Key Benefits:                                                                                                                         

  • Accurately localize software defects up to 80% faster 
  • Spend less time chasing down bugs
  • Drastically reduce cost in manpower

Visit http://softwarebugfinder.com to learn more about this Technology.


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