Archive for the ‘siliconvalley edu’ Category

SensorFly

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

The SensorFly is a novel low-cost controlled-mobile aerial sensor networking platform developed by Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley students Aveek Purohit, Zheng Sun, and professor Pei Zhang. A flock of these 29 gram autonomous helicopter nodes with communication, ranging and collaborative path determination capabilities can be extremely useful in sensing survivors ...

Randy Komisar: The Biggest Successes are Often Bred from Failures

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

April 28, 2004 presentation by Randy Komisar for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Entrepreneurship Corner in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. According to Randy Komisar, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, what distinguishes the Silicon Valley is not its successes, but the way in which it deals ...

Silicon Valley Favorite Speakers

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Silicon Valley Workshop TEC's extra-curricular activities are designed to give students the opportunity for hands-on experience in technology commercialization and new venture creation. These programs also reward students for outstanding innovation and creativity. Students meet with industry leaders such as Max Levchin, Chris Michel, Saeed Amidi, and many many more. If you ...

Silicon Valley Campus Leadership Announcements

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

On June 20, 2009 Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon, Dean of the College Engineering Pradeep Khosla and new Director Martin Griss spoke about the success of the university's Silicon Valley campus. The event was part of "An Evening of Impact and Imagination", kicking off the Inspire Innovation campaign efforts ...

Ron Conway: Silicon Valley: Ground Zero for The Deal

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

January 23, 2008 presentation by Ron Conway and Mike Maples Jr. for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Educators Corner in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. During this lecture at Stanford University in early 2008, Angel Investors' Ron Conway and Maples Investments' Mike Maples both explain that geography is (almost) ...