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Latest Innovations

Self-Healing Thermoplastic Elastomer

Dr. Jeff Moore from the University of Illinois has developed a self-healing thermoplastic elastomer based on the common commercial epoxy CTBN. The self-healing properties...

Millimeter-Scale Thermal Switch 

Drs. William King and Nenad Miljkovic with collaborators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a millimeter-scale high-contrast thermal switch...

Ultra-Low Frequency Portable RF Transmitter

Professor Bahl from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a new RF transmitter capable of transmitting at frequencies below 3 kHz while exploiting...

Solid State Drive Augmented Data Processing and Storage

Dr. Kim from the University of IL has developed a special driver that creates an illusion of the existence of an Ethernet interface between the host- and SSD-side...

NetDIMM

The emergence of datacenters as single computer entities has made latency a critical consideration in designing datacenter networks. PCIe interconnect is known to be a...

Improved Method for Fabricating a S-RuM Inductor with High Q

This is a new method for fabricating a self-rolled-up membrane (S-RuM) membrane. The invention allows for the fabrication of high-quality-factor milliTesla- and Tesla-...

DiAG A new processor architecture that increases speedup and decreases energy consumption

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a processor architecture that allows for greater efficiency in computing power and energy...

Direct Printing of Ultra-Stretchable Supercapacitors

A promising direct printing method that combines new materials for hybrid, ultra-stretchable supercapacitors. Supercapacitors can quickly discharge making them ideal for...