From Gartner: “Leaders Should Examine Technologies with Transformational Potential for Their Business – The 25 disruptive technologies to watch on the Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2024 fall into four key areas: autonomous AI, developer productivity, total experience, and human-centric security and privacy programs.”
DARPA operates on the principle that generating big rewards requires taking big risks. But how does the Agency determine what risks are worth taking?
George H. Heilmeier, a former DARPA director (1975-1977), crafted a set of questions known as the “Heilmeier Catechism” to help Agency officials think through and evaluate proposed research programs. DARPA Detail Page
The Echo Mesa Ventures Ultimate Investor Intro provides a framework for efficiently and effectively encapsulating the core values of a company. This allows founds to succinctly communicate value both in writing and verbally. This should be thought of as an exercise, with the output generally committed to memory or used as a writing template, and dynamically adjusted depending on the audience. Think of it as a good baseline pitch to keep in your head, and be ready to riff on it on the spot.
For the corn farmer who needs to monitor multiple fields simultaneously, we provide LauraGrow, an agricultural sensor network that uses a self-healing LoRa mesh network, solar power, and industry leading sensors to provide real time, high accuracy and high reliability crop data to farmers. Unlike traditional crop sensors who have unreliable and high maintenance wired sensors or require expensive aircraft flights, our combination of low cost, high accuracy sensors with field-hardened power and networking technology gives farmers better more reliable data at a lower cost.
We are raising $3M convertible debt round in the next 18 months from Series A agricultural investors to scale our team and invest in technology R&D and market launch of our product.
FLX Solutions is disrupting the robotics industry with highly functional and intelligent robots that are miniaturized to operate in spaces that humans and traditional robots cannot easily access. Our first product, The FLX BOT is a patented, snake-like robot that is one inch in diameter and expands, braces, and climbs to perform many customizable actions.
We’re reinventing how parents shop for their children by reducing consumerism and saving families time and money. Shop online for brand name, quality checked, secondhand and open box gear with nationwide shipping. To earn money back on gently used gear, sellers can sign up for our convenient, contactless pickup and drop off services.
M.C. Squares locally manufactures home and office products in innovative ways using advanced materials. We launch by selling direct to consumers using authentic influencers and mountains of content while eyeing eventual retail placement.
Mindpass is a developer of advanced cybersecurity software used to protect and secure accounts. With a strong IP portfolio and market lead in knowledge based, 3D and metaverse authentication, Mindpass is leading the charge as cybersecurity meets the metaverse.
Sharper Sense is a neurostimulation patch that enhances sensory acuity when worn on the neck. Increased accuracy of hearing, vision, and touch improves performance on a wide variety of tasks by reducing likelihood of misperceptions and associated human error.
TipTap is a mobile, wireless device enabling contactless acceptance of any digital payment source in preset denominations. TipTap functions as a standalone point-of-sale device without cumbersome equipment or complicated backend technology, providing a simple, affordable solution for small denomination transactions, anywhere, anytime.
Audazzio is a communication platform that provides in-venue and at-home fan engagement opportunities for teams and broadcasters. It leverages data-encoded micro-signals to instantly create valuable second-screen opportunities on viewer phones and tablets, with benefits for broadcasters, sponsors, and consumers alike.