News on University Spinoffs

SensAble Technologies, an MIT spinoff developing 3D touch-enabled solutions, announced a new addition to its SensAble Authorized Production Center (SAPC) program on Tuesday, April 27. The new addition, BonaDent Dental Laboratories of Seneca Falls, NY and West Melbourne, FL will be able use the SensAble Dental Lab to provide design and/or fabrication services to other dental labs, allowing them to outsource CAD/CAM abilities. SensAble Technologies’ haptic technologies are utilized in multiple industries, including robotics, toy and footwear design, and surgical simulation.

wondertouch by GenArts, an MIT spinoff that provides specialized visual effects software, announced the availability of particleIllusion for After Effects (pIAE) for Adobe After Effects on the Mac on Wednesday, April 21. Previously available as a both a standalone product and a plugin for Windows, pIAE for the Mac gives artists the abillty to create particle effects inside of Adobe After Effects.

Allurent, an MIT spinoff powering superior online shopping experiences, announced on Wednesday, April 21, that The Land of Nod has chosen Allurent on Demand. The partnership will add shopping flair to The Land of Nod’s website, Facebook business page, and company blog.

Allurent on Demand is a hosted, software-as-a-service offering that deploys interactive merchandising widgets to retailers’ existing websites, including social media sites. The Land of Nod will use Allurent on Demand to highlight new merchandise.

Cogito Health, an MIT spinoff focused on extracting meaning from speech behavior, announced on Tuesday, April 20, the addition of Dr. Vaughn Keller as a Senior Advisor. Prior to joining Cogito Health, Dr. Keller was Director of the Health Behavior Laboratory at the University of Miami-Humana Health Services Research Center.

M2S, an MIT spinoff providing medical data and image management, announced on Monday, April 19, 40 technological advances during the first quarter of 2010. Among the announced advances include: updates to Clinical Data Pathways powered by M2S; an integration between Clinical Data Pathways and Pervasive Software’s clinical system; integration between M2S and Consensus Medical Systems’ Vascular lab software VascuBase; and a new post-operative processing option for M2S’ endovascular treatment planning service.

Luminus Devices, an MIT spinoff that develops and manufactures high performance solid-state light sources, announced on Monday, April 19, that Philips Selecon is using the Luminus CBM-380 chip as opposed to an LED array to power its FOCUS LED. The CBM-380 contains one color mixing PhlatLight LED, capable of delivering 3,500 lumens reliably without costly lamp changes or high energy consumption.

ThingMagic, an MIT spinoff that develops RFID technology, introduced its new Mercury6e (M6e) UHF RFID Module on Wedneday, April 14. The M6e is the world’s smallest 1 Watt, four port module. Among the firsts of the M6e are: being the first four-port UHF RFID module with multi-protocol support, being the first four-port UHF RFID module that operates at greater than 30 dBm, being the first UHF RFID module to deliver FCC and ETSI support in a single module configuration at 36 dBm EIRP and 33 dBm ERP, respectively, and being the first commercially available UHF RFID module based on the Indy R2000 chip from Caltech-spinoff Impinj. A beta program for the M6e is being conducted.

Luminus, an MIT spinoff that develops and manufactures high performance solid-state light sources, made two announcements on Wednesday, April 14, at the Light & Building 2010 Show in Frankfurt. The first announcement focused on new lighting applications using the company’s flagship lighting class LED products, the SST-50 and SST-90.

The second announcement centered on the launch of four new ballasts: LB-030-15, LB-030-09, LB-060-15, and LB-150-48. These ballasts are optimized to power its “big chip” technology LEDs for lighting professionals.