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Creating Connections, Powering Innovation

Dec. 06, 2017 – At an early age we are taught that it is important to turn things off when not in use. Now, it’s more complicated: roughly 50 devices and appliances in the typical American household are always drawing power, even when they appear to be off, according to a U.S. D
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Transforming Transport

Nov. 28, 2017 – Intel is in. Apple, Google, Uber and chipmaker Nvidia are on board, too. Now, a company called PerceptIN, founded by an entrepreneur who earned all of his degrees, including a doctorate, from UC Irvine, is competing in Silicon Valley’s hottest race: to develop an
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Exploring the Tech Portal Experience

Nov. 22, 2017 – According to conventional wisdom, nine out of 10 startups fail. The problem? It’s not true. The U.S. Small Business Administration says 66 percent of startups make it to two years and roughly half of new businesses survive five years of operation. But often, very
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Techportal Startup Places at Competition

Nov. 20, 2017 – A startup company at Techportal/CALIT2 took second place in a “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition held last week at UCI Applied Innovation. iCellVivo, a division of Biopico Systems Inc., won $700  − and important validation − from a team of expert judges for its
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