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Sam T. Liss
Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships
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Invention
Net-Zero House with Living Lab Provides Testbed for Sustainable Innovations
HouseZero is a data-driven living laboratory to drive a greater understanding of building in real-world use and the headquarters for the Harvard Center For Green Buildings And Cities. The original home was built in Cambridge, Massachusetts before…
Investigators
- Ali Malkawi
Invention
Soft Upper-Body Robot for Stroke Survivors
Stroke survivors often have difficulty with upper body movement, and rehabilitation at home can be challenging. Exoskeletons can be incredibly beneficial for ergonomic structural support in rehabilitation, but due to their size, cost, and…
Investigators
- Conor J. Walsh
- Thomas Proietti
- Ciaran O'Neill
Invention
Silicone-based Wearable Sensors for Higher Reliability and Performance
Flexible sensors are attached to a surface to measure the amount of deflection or bending. They are well suited to measuring movement in various applications, including human-machine interfaces and rehabilitation. However, strain detectors developed…
Investigators
- Conor J. Walsh
- Oluwaseun A. Araromi
- Addison Liu
- Robert J. Wood
Invention
Robotic Grasping via Entanglement
Picking up and moving irregular or fragile objects can be difficult to automate. Robotic graspers require awareness of the object's shape and areas of fragility. The pressure must be strong enough to hold the object's weight but delicate enough not…
Investigators
- Robert J. Wood
- Kaitlyn Becker
- Nicholas Charles
- Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan
- Clark Teeple
Invention
Supermode Optical Resonator
Optical resonators trap light and amplify it to build power. They then emit it in a more controlled powerful form. They are used as laser sources, signal amplifiers, and sensors. They make telecommunications more efficient by enabling information to…
Investigators
- Federico Capasso
- Vincent Ginis
- Cristina Benea-Chelmus
- Jinsheng Lu
- Marco Piccardo
Invention
Unlocking Long-Range Entangled Quantum States
Long-range entangled quantum states are a key part of realizing the full potential of quantum computing technology; they provide the foundation for error correction, enable universal quantum computation, and enhance quantum algorithms and metrology,…
Investigators
- Ashvin Vishwanath
Invention
Quantum Network-Based Voting: Enhancing Election Integrity and Efficiency
Voting security is crucial for preventing fraud, maintaining public trust, and is a cornerstone of democratic governance. The development of large-scale quantum computers opens the possibility of efficiently solving advanced voting protocols and…
Investigators
- Mikhail D. Lukin
Invention
Scalable, High-Efficiency, Single-Photon Source for Quantum Networking
Quantum information processing holds the promise of enhanced security, advanced information processing, long-distance communication capabilities, and improved data privacy for the future of networking and communications technologies. Efficient,…
Investigators
- Mikhail D. Lukin
Invention
Wearables to Monitor Strength Training
The ability to track and monitor one’s own exercise routine is fundamental to assessing overall fitness and supporting a healthy lifestyle. While conventional fitness wearables typically capture metrics relating to cardio output, researchers in the…
Investigators
- Conor J. Walsh
Invention
Deterministic entangled photon pair sources for quantum computing
Quantum entanglement, the non-classical correlation between different subsystems, is a key advantage that quantum computing has over classical computational systems. In quantum communication, entangled photon pairs are a crucial component in…
Investigators
- Prineha Narang
- Derek Schawn Wang
- Tomas Neuman