How to Lead by Example and Share the Power With Peerfit CEO Ed Buckley
Leadership means serving the people below you. That’s true leadership that I teach to our department heads and anyone in a leadership position at Peerfit. The only way that you can use power correctly is to give it out to the people around you. Peerfit CEO Ed Buckley lives and leads the UF startup’s creed […]
UF Student Leads Company Researching New Digital Trend
Palveshey Tariq is the founder and CEO of Protonode Strategies located in UF Innovate | The Hub. Tariq serves as an expert in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Tariq graduated from UF in 2012 with bachelor’s in math, linguistics, and political science. She then earned a master’s in finance from Harvard and she’s currently pursuing Ph.D. […]
UF Grads Win $500K Grant for Mobility Project
Since his undergraduate years at the College of Engineering at the University of Florida, Matt Bellman has always had interest in innovations involving mobility. In 2015, Bellman’s UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate company, Myolyn, developed bicycles to help paralyzed people exercise. Bellman and Myolyn CEO Alan Hamlet have teamed up to […]
Gainesville Startup Brings Augmented Reality to Special Events
Preview Technologies, a Gainesville startup incubating at UF Innovate | The Hub, is using technology in your phone’s camera to enhance the experience of galas or conferences. On this Tech Tuesday, TV20’s Olana Osborn shows us how advanced technology is making its way into everyday events by using “augmented reality” — she tells us what […]
UF Alumni Startup Company Becomes Finalist in Toyota’s Mobility Unlimited Challenge
At UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate startup MYOLYN is in the running for $1M in Toyota challenge. When Matt Bellman was a child, his mother used to ask him to build her a new body. His mother was diagnosed with breast and thyroid cancer, both of which took a toll on […]
Toyota Announces Finalists in Mobility Competition
Innovation is constantly changing lives, whether it be through technology, green energy, health, or other means. Toyota’s Mobility Unlimited Challenge that first launched in 2017, is a global competition striving to inspire developers in the creation of new technology for people who deal with lower limb paralysis. Inventors and engineers from across the globe submitted […]
Area Companies Innovating Medicine and Patient Care
Imagine a medical company dedicated to repairing peripheral nerve damage that could save the arm of a battle-injured U.S. soldier, or another that created a blood test for detecting concussions. Another company is working fervently to create a vaccine to prevent and/or reverse Type 1 diabetes while a digital health company has developed a patented […]
Empowering Women in Technology Startups
(The University of Florida is home to EWITS, a 10-week, hands-on, experiential learning program intended to help professional women understand the process of commercialization of an invention. This feature article explains more.) When Julie Johnson first started working in the lighting design industry, providing the best lighting solution for buildings was fairly simple. First, design […]
The Hub Provides the Environment for Bridging the Skills Gap
(Mark Long, director of Incubation Services at UF, explains how UF Innovate | The Hub incubates startup companies and benefits local entrepreneurs.) “There’s a reason a business incubator is called an incubator and not a microwave,” I often say. “That’s because growing a company takes time.” Incubation brings to mind what a chicken does for […]
IMHC Scientists Create Exoskeleton That Lets Paralyzed Walk
Pensacola scientists who created a robotic exoskeleton allowing paralyzed people to move are among five finalists in an international competition sponsored by Toyota. The team from Pensacola’s Institute for Human and Machine Cognition received a $500,000 grant on Monday to further develop their project. They will compete for $1 million next year in Tokyo. IHMC partnered with UF […]