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Technology Description: We present a smartphone app which, when paired with a conventional smartphone and an ear-level device (i.e., wired or wireless ear buds), can provide a user with a cost-effective and complete assistive hearing aid system for both monaural and binaural applications. Using integrated microphone(s) and camera(s) of iOS-based...

Published: 1/7/2022 | Inventor(s): Issa Panahi

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Category(s): Electronics, Healthcare, Signal Processing, Software & Information Technology

Encapsulated Thermoacoustic Projector Based on Free-Standing Carbon Nanotube Film

Technical Summary: There are promising applications for thermophones in high power sonar arrays, flexible loudspeakers, and noise cancellation devices. Transparent CNT sheets have the density of air, the electrical conductivity of metals, and the flexibility to fit to any curved surface. Thermoacoustic (TA) sound generation results from temperature...

Published: 11/3/2020 | Inventor(s): Ali Aliev, Ray Baughman

Keywords(s): Communications, Devices, Electronics, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Materials

Category(s): Electronics

Multiplexed Chip System for Analysis of Drug Activity in Cell Extracts

This technology uses multielectrode chips with DNA monolayers to analyze drug activity of DNA-damaging cancer treatments to inform therapeutic decisions for personalized medicine. Due to the unpredictability of cancer drugs, it is difficult to identify which therapy will work most effectively for each individual while producing minimal side effects....

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Jason Slinker, Dimithree Kahanda, David Boothman

Keywords(s): Assay, Biomarkers, Cell Lines, Devices, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Materials, Medical, Membrane, Microfluidics, Processes, Therapeutics

Category(s): Electronics, Diagnostics, Healthcare, Research Tools

Virtual Body-Weight Support via Lower-Limb Exoskeleton

Summary:This is a novel control system for powered lower-limb exoskeletons (or orthoses) that provides body-weight support (BWS) for people who have sustained a stroke and other neurological injury. Patients are provided with BWS during conventional gait retraining to help them produce the coordinated muscle activities needed for walking. Although current...

Published: 5/20/2020 | Inventor(s): Robert Gregg, Ge Lv, Hanqi Zhu

Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Motors, Research Tools, Sensors & Controls, Signal Processing, Therapeutics

Category(s): Electronics, Healthcare, Robotics, Control Strategy, Devices, Mechanical Systems

BOOTSTRAP: Behavior Obfuscation and Hardware Trojan Detection through Selective Post-Fabrication Transistor-Level Programming

The University of Texas at Dallas is seeking companies interested in commercializing a technology that addresses the key security challenges of contemporary semiconductor manufacturing by enabling several design obfuscation features. This technology, termed a transistor-level programmable fabric (TRAP), builds on all of the capabilities currently offered...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Carl Sechen, Georgios Makris, Jingxiang Tian, Gaurav Rajavendra Reddy

Keywords(s): Cybersecurity, Devices, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Semiconductor, MEMS & Nanotechnology

Category(s): Electronics

Sheath-Core Fibers for Superelastic Electronics, Sensors, and Muscles

Summary:From fitness trackers to smart clothing, wearables are in high demand. Researchers at UT Dallas have invented a new class of elastic wires that can be woven into clothing or made into super-stretchy charger cords. Lighter-than-air, electrically conductive sheets of tiny carbon nanotubes are wrapped around a long rubber core to create conducting...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Ray Baughman, Shaoli Fang, Carter Haines, Hongbing Lu, Dong Qian

Keywords(s): Biomaterials, Industrial & Manufacturing, Mechanical Systems, Medical Devices, Motors, Nanotechnology, Polymers, Robotics, Sensors & Controls, Textiles

Category(s): Materials, Electronics

Low-Cost, Small-Size Multi-String LED Driver Circuit Architecture

Overview The University of Texas at Dallas is seeking companies interested in commercializing a novel LED driver circuit architecture which promises to provide a low-cost, small-footprint Light Emitting Diode (LED) driver solution for a large variety of applications, including backlighting for portable devices, electronic displays, street lighting,...

Published: 6/7/2013 | Inventor(s): Dongsheng Ma, Rajdeep Bondade, Yikai Wang

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Category(s): Electronics

Electrolyte-Free Charge Injection Tuning of Carbon Nanotube Sheets – Offering Novel Supercapacitor Technology

This invention utilizes bulk material property modification via hole or electron injection into conducting and porous materials including but not limited to carbon nanotubes. Bulk carbon nanotube (CNT) assemblies (sheets, rods, etc) can be charged electrochemically in an electrolyte bath. After the CNT sheet is charged (positively or negatively) in...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Dong-Seok Suh, Ray Baughman, Anvar Zakhidov

Keywords(s): Carbon Nanotubes, Chemistry, Devices, Drug Delivery, Energy Storage & Battery, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Nanotechnology, Research Tools, Textiles

Category(s): Energy, Materials, Electronics