Just as transformative ideas and discoveries often arise from unexpected places, innovators and entrepreneurs are as likely to come from a small town in Ohio as Silicon Valley.
To help give a more diverse group of inventors, entrepreneurs and researchers the tools they need to bring bold science and engineering ideas to the marketplace, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has formed new public and private partnerships to give a larger community of innovators access to its successful Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program.
Image: Wearless Tech Inc., a San Francisco-based technology startup, will showcase its new intelligent video baby monitor, Cocoon Cam, in the first-ever White House Demo Day on Aug. 4, 2015. The Cocoon Cam is designed for parents looking for a simple and secure way to monitor their newborns. The Cocoon Cam team--Sivakumar Nattamai, Rubi Sanchez and Pavan Kumar (shown above from left to right)--successfully completed NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) training in July. The I-Corps curriculum prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and broadens the impact of select, NSF-funded, basic-research projects. Credit: Wearless Tech, Inc.
