OTHER ELECTRONICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
UPDATE
August 2008
McIlvaine Company
Shocking Technologies Inc. Has New Manufacturing and Development Facility
The new facility, in San Jose is 51,000 sq. ft. and will house Shocking’s nanotechnology research and development labs as well as the company’s manufacturing for its voltage switchable dielectric material which is designed to protect electronic products up to 30KV from electrostatic discharge.
Shocking Technologies is a privately held, venture-backed company with funders that include Redwood City-based ATA Ventures and Arch Venture Partners, which has an office in San Francisco.
Prevost Construction Remodels Bekaert Specialty Films Headquarters
Prevost Construction recently completed a $1.5 million industrial remodel for a state-of-the-art cleanroom area at the headquarters of Bekaert Specialty Films in San Diego.
ETH and Disney Work on R&D
ETH Zurich revealed a five-year R&D initiative with The Walt Disney Co. The Disney Research lab in Zurich will be one of only two newly-created industrial laboratories worldwide. Its mission will be to conduct basic applied research and share technical resources.
The Disney Research lab in Zurich will be the only Disney-related laboratory to be located outside the United States. The second Disney Research lab will be located at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The aim of the two laboratories is to conduct applied research in computer animation, geometric modeling, computational photography, image generation, video processing, artificial intelligence, robotics and related fields.
Working to strengthen its commitment to R&D, the laboratory in Zurich will allow Disney to tap into ETH Zurich's extensive talent in science and technology, specifically in computer animation, computational cinematography, autonomous interactive characters, robotics, and data mining and user interfaces. Up to 10 senior principal investigators will be engaged over the collaboration's initial five-year period. With a total staff of about 20 people, the lab will also engage professors, post docs, consultants, academic collaborators and Disney engineers. Disney Research will open its doors in Zurich in October, and be located at ETH Zurich's main campus in facilities currently under renovation.
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