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Market Snapshot: Remote Patient Monitoring
The field of telehealth is increasingly used by practitioners and patients to address acute or long-term medical concerns. Within this broader field, remote patient monitoring allows patients to use mobile medical devices and technology to gather patient-generated health data (PGHD)


Market Snapshot: Aircraft Composites
Composites have been used in the aerospace industry for decades and are prized for their exceptional strength and light weight. As the percentage of aircraft bodies using these materials increases, so does the need for improved techniques and properties for


Market Snapshot: Additive Manufacturing
From schools and public libraries to the Department of Defense and industry, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology is being used everywhere. Additive manufacturing (AM) encompasses many technologies, including subsets like 3D printing, rapid prototyping, direct digital manufacturing, layered manufacturing


Market Snapshot: Autonomous & Semi-Autonomous Vehicles
The automobile and driving have been cornerstones of both industry and daily life for over a century. However, in recent years more and more portions of this way of life have become automated. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)


Market Snapshot: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
As recently as a decade or two ago, the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) becoming a part of our everyday lives seemed like a bit of a stretch to the average person, however, today many of us use it to


Market Snapshot: Smart Grid Technology
When we think about next generation technology and innovation many of us think about advances in computing, medical devices, miniaturization of electronics, and more, but what is truly powering that innovation? While the power and electric grid has changed over


Market Snapshot: Coatings & Corrosion Inhibitors
The National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) was established in 1943 by eleven corrosion engineers from the pipeline industry, and now serves nearly 36,000 members in over 130 countries. In its comprehensive 2016 “International Measures of Prevention, Application and Economics


Market Snapshot: Point-of-Care Testing
The effective management and control of infectious diseases presents a critical challenge for healthcare workers and officials across the globe. Fortunately, advances in the development and adoption of point-of-care testing (POCT) solutions may provide solutions to this challenge by quickly


Market Snapshot: Radiation Monitoring & Detection
What do earthquakes in Japan, cancer diagnostics, and arms security have to do with each other? Radiation monitoring and detection devices are part of an evolving social, political, and technological landscape related to shifts within the energy, medical, defense, and


Market Snapshot: Smart Cities
How smart is your city? While this may seem like a subjective question, it is now a question that may be answered on a global scale. Increasing urbanization has given rise to smart cities, which are cities that utilize Internet


Has your organization’s Invention Machine stalled?
Background vector created by Rawpixel.com – Freepik.com Unhappy with the lack of inventions coming out of your R&D expenditures? What to do next can be a complex issue. Depending on the importance of inventions driving current and future business, re-starting
Delays in the Release of the DOE SBIR Funding Opportunity Announcement can be a Bonus!
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been frustrated by the delay in the release of the Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Your plan was to have as much time as possible to prepare a responsive proposal