Tech Tuesday: LPRC Exhibits New Innovations in Combatting Shoplifting
In this week's Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate's Lauren Asmus talks with Read Hayes of Loss Prevention Research Council. LRPC has a high-tech lab inside of UF Innovate | The Hub in which it works to better understand the theft, fraud, and violence issues companies such as Target and Home Depot face and create precise solutions for them.
Ag Engineer Develops Smart-Spray Technology To Help Reduce Fertilizer, Pesticides
Yiannis Ampatzidis is engaging artificial intelligence to develop a low-cost, smart tree-crop sprayer that can automatically detect citrus trees, calculate their height and leaf density and count fruit.
Tech Tuesday: Amend Surgical CEO Shows Off a Product Called Tissue Tape
A North Central Florida biotech company is working on a new product they say could help wounds heal better. For our revamped Tech Tuesday, our friends at UF Innovate tell us the company drew inspiration from a certain slimy animal.
This Supercomputer Is a Game-Changer for Researchers
The University of Florida is home to one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. It’s called HiPerGator and in this episode of From Florida, Erik Deumens explains how its speed and capacity are making a difference in what researchers are able to do.
RTI Surgical Announces Spin Off of Businesses into Two Independent Companies
UF startup RTI Surgical, a global private label OEM company, announced that the company will spin off its Metals business, creating two independent companies that are focused on the needs of customers and patients in their distinct market segments.
Apps Show Promise To Help Heavy Drinkers Age 21–25 Cut Back
A smartphone breathalyzer and blood-alcohol estimator reduced drinking — even though participants weren’t trying to drink less.
UF Health Research To Create Cancer Vaccine Gets $2.5M in New Funding
The Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s Cure-Search for Children’s Cancer is funding UF's Dr. Elias Sayour’s efforts to create a novel vaccine to treat brain cancer in children.
Clinicians May Now Be Able To Tell COVID-19 From Seasonal Flu With Fast Turnaround Thanks to UF Research
Led by Dr. Z. Hugh Fan, Ph.D., professor at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Dr. John Lednicky, Research Professor at the College of Public Health and Health Professions’ Department of Environmental and Global Health, an interdisciplinary team at the University of Florida has developed a game-changing diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 that is fast, reliable, low-cost and capable of differentiating between COVID-19 and influenza.
New and Upcoming Developments in Glaucoma Treatment
Glaucoma specialist, Dr. Amy Mehta, discusses new and upcoming developments in glaucoma treatment, including an advance by UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech company TearClear.
UF Health Study Suggests Association Between COVID-19 and Erectile Dysfunction
If the threat of death or severe disability isn’t enough to convince someone to get a COVID-19 vaccination, men can add this possible consequence of coronavirus infection — erectile dysfunction.
