UF Innovate | The Hub News

Gainesville Startup Brings Augmented Reality to Special Events

Preview Technologies, a Gainesville startup incubating at UF Innovate | The Hub, is using technology in your phone’s camera to enhance the experience of galas or conferences. On this Tech Tuesday, TV20’s Olana Osborn shows us how advanced technology is making its way into everyday events by using “augmented reality”...

UF Grads Win $500K Grant for Mobility Project

Since his undergraduate years at the College of Engineering at the University of Florida, Matt Bellman has always had interest in innovations involving mobility. In 2015, Bellman’s UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate company, Myolyn, developed bicycles to help paralyzed people exercise. Bellman and Myolyn CEO Alan...

Toyota Announces Finalists in Mobility Competition

Innovation is constantly changing lives, whether it be through technology, green energy, health, or other means. Toyota’s Mobility Unlimited Challenge that first launched in 2017, is a global competition striving to inspire developers in the creation of new technology for people who deal with lower limb paralysis. Inventors and engineers...

UF Alumni Startup Company Becomes Finalist in Toyota’s Mobility Unlimited Challenge

At UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate startup MYOLYN is in the running for $1M in Toyota challenge. When Matt Bellman was a child, his mother used to ask him to build her a new body. His mother was diagnosed with breast and thyroid cancer, both of...

Area Companies Innovating Medicine and Patient Care

Imagine a medical company dedicated to repairing peripheral nerve damage that could save the arm of a battle-injured U.S. soldier, or another that created a blood test for detecting concussions. Another company is working fervently to create a vaccine to prevent and/or reverse Type 1 diabetes while a digital health...

The Hub Provides the Environment for Bridging the Skills Gap

(Mark Long, director of Incubation Services at UF, explains how UF Innovate | The Hub incubates startup companies and benefits local entrepreneurs.) “There’s a reason a business incubator is called an incubator and not a microwave,” I often say. “That’s because growing a company takes time.” Incubation brings to mind...

Empowering Women in Technology Startups

(The University of Florida is home to EWITS, a 10-week, hands-on, experiential learning program intended to help professional women understand the process of commercialization of an invention. This feature article explains more.) When Julie Johnson first started working in the lighting design industry, providing the best lighting solution for buildings...

IMHC Scientists Create Exoskeleton That Lets Paralyzed Walk

Pensacola scientists who created a robotic exoskeleton allowing paralyzed people to move are among five finalists in an international competition sponsored by Toyota. The team from Pensacola’s Institute for Human and Machine Cognition received a $500,000 grant on Monday to further develop their project. They will compete for $1 million next year in...

Province Expands TAO Connect Mental Health Service

An online therapy service first used on a trial-basis in Newfoundland and Labrador is now expanding province-wide. UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate Therapy Assistance Online, also known as TAO Connect, is an e-health technology service that was launched last February in Canada. It combines online educational...

Gainesville Program Empowers Women in Tech and Engineering

On this Tech Tuesday, we spoke to the winning team in this year’s installation of EWITS – empowering women in technology startups. EWITS is a 10-week program in which women learn how to overcome hurdles they may face in a startup. The program, an effort of the Collaboratory of Women...