IEEE Innovation Nation invites teams to compete in submitting innovative startup proposals with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and maths. Prizes include a 3-month training programme, cash and being accorded IEEE Innovation Nation Fellows. The training curriculum includes:
- What is, what if, what wows?
- Difference between any problem and a problem worth solving
- Finding the right founders, partners and advisors
- Share structures, contracts, patents and trademarks
- Venture vs angel capital
- Fancy stuff vs what customer wants
- Executing a product launch
The programme is conducted in three countries: BA, SL, MY. Local partners: SMA-TEGAS, FutureLab, MaGIC, Founders. Apply before Sep 1st here.
Electronics Startups
As IEEE is an electronics association, here are some latest electronics startups (some material from EEtimes).
As IEEE is an electronics association, here are some latest electronics startups (some material from EEtimes).
- Spark - Bluetooth is so 1990s
- Syntiant - Ultra-low-power, always-on voice input
- Movellus - Digital, not analog, phased-locked loop
- Movandi - Because 5G can't penerate glass or walls
- Proplus - Enhanced SPICE integrated circuit simulator
- Navitas - Energy: use gallium nitrite instead of silicon
- Irresistible - Fullerene materials for electron-beam lithography
- AccelerComm - Advanced channel coding (error correcting codes)
- UpMem - 15x speed gain by adding processors into memory chips
- Kyulux - Hyperfluorescence OLEDs that do not rely on rare earths
- FMC - RAM from ferroelectric hafnium oxide vs dielectric semicon