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Getors get involved in creating innovative technology.

Andrew Rinzler, a UF physics professor, helped create a transistor that could create sharper, more energy-efficient TV screens powered by carbon nanotubes. These devices might help put organic light-emitting diodes — which use less energy and don’t have the viewing angle problems as regular LED backlighting — into a TV near you.

The Florida Museum of Natural History lets visitors to the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens learn about the nature of science from their phones. As part of a National Science Foundation project, the museum created free apps for the iPod touch and iPhone that can be used to enrich the experience at the zoo.

ViewRay has received landmark patents for cancer-treatment technology developed by James Dempsey while he was an associate professor at UF. The system, a combination of MRI and radiotherapy technologies, will let clinicians see exactly where radiation is being delivered, allowing them to optimize the treatment for each patient.

Florida Sustainables, a UF startup founded by chemistry student Ryan Martin (BS ’04, 9LAS) and UF professor Steve Miller, won the second-annual Cade Prize for Innovation for its biodegradable plastic. The award includes $50,000, a year of free rent and services at the Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center and $5,000 in legal services.

Flying dinosaurs’ crests weren’t just for looks: UF associate professor Rick Lind and graduate student Brian Roberts, (MSAE ’09, 9ENG) along with an international team, designed an aircraft inspired by a pterosaur’s crest. Placing a rudder at the front of an aircraft improved its turning radius by 14 percent.


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