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Battling “COVID-Somnia”
Given this, how has the global community’s sleep been impacted by the current pandemic, which has all the makings for sleepless nights?
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SRI’s Manta underwater kite system to provide reliable, eco-friendly and cost-effective power from tides
SRI’s Manta system will harness the incredible power of tides and rivers.
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Celia Merzbacher appointed executive director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 15, 2021 – The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) today announced the appointment of its new executive director, Celia Merzbacher, effective immediately.
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75 Years of Innovation: Head Start program
The delivery of a rich and resourceful education program for low-income and disadvantaged children
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SRI International awarded $11.5 million DARPA contract to accelerate fully homomorphic encryption
A practical fully homomorphic encryption capability could secure data being processed on, and sent to, untrusted clouds
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SRI International receives contract on Ditto Project under DARPA AI Exploration Program
The Ditto project seeks to use microelectronic system simulation to explore third-wave artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that incorporate real-world knowledge into modern machine learning (ML) functions and systems.
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75 Years of Innovation: Acoustic Modem
Commercialization of acoustic modems to allow mass adoption
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Featured innovator: Samson Phan
SRI senior research engineer is leading exciting advancements in space robotics
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Expanding cancer immunotherapy by exploiting recall immunity – a new co-therapy option for checkpoint inhibitor
SRI International has developed a novel immunotherapy that is capable of delivering previously encountered antigenic peptides specifically to cancer cells and facilitating their presentation through the MHC class I pathway.
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75 Years of Innovation: Handwriting recognition
The ability to verify handwritten signatures in real-time
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75 Years of Innovation: Banking Automation ERMA
A system to provide automated handling of personal checking accounts
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Invent, Apply, Transition: Making moments of inspiration come to life
The deft execution of this three-pronged business model is at the foundation of the nonprofit’s world-changing technological advancements
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75 Years of Innovation: Color television
The second NTSC standard, chosen in 1953, was still used until 2000. This standard was chosen for its compatibility with existing black and white sets
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Immunology is coming to the rescue
SRI scientist explores how to tame and leverage the human immune system to prevent allergies and fight disease
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75 Years of Innovation: Synthetic polymer, Zylon
A plastic that overtook Kevlar in the 1980s as the world’s strongest polymer
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SRI introduces DiaCyt™ CNS drug-delivery platform at 2021 JP Morgan Conference
Novel peptide-based technology delivers molecular cargo through the blood brain barrier, enabling CNS drug discovery and therapeutic delivery
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Featured innovator: Thomas Low
The director of SRI International’s Robotics Laboratory has built a career filled with breakthroughs and world-firsts
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75 Years of Innovation: Eyetracker
How SRI opened the world’s eyes to the power of eye-tracking
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