Drill Center Guide
This simple tool is an inexpensive, easy to use drill bit guide for drilling accurately centered holes with drill presses or mills.
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When using a drill press or mill, it can be a significant challenge to drill accurately centered holes quickly without using some type of centering jig. The primary way to avoid this requires a special...
Published: 10/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Neil Haney
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > SUNY Canton, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Flexible Nanophotonic Cavity-Enhanced Infrared Photodetectors Employing Double Quantum Wells
Double-quantum-well infrared photodetectors (DQWIPs) integrated with nanophotonic cavities enable highly responsive mid-infrared detection through enhanced intersubband absorption in the thin semiconductor heterostructure. Additionally, the technology is compatible with flexible substrates.
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Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWIPs)...
Published: 10/23/2025
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Inventor(s): Peter Liu, Puspita Paul
Keywords(s): Featured, Imaging: Medical Imaging, Instrumentation, Night vision and thermal imaging, Optics, Research Tool, Sensors, Surveillance, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Semiconductor Devices and Manufacturing
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Point Quality Evaluation Metric (PQM) for LiDAR-Based Mapping and Reconstruction
A novel metric to comprehensively assess the quality of large point-clouds from LiDAR-based mapping.
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LiDAR-based mapping and reconstruction are crucial for various applications, yet assessing the quality of dense maps they generate poses challenges. Current methods often fail to capture completeness, structural information, and local...
Published: 10/22/2025
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Inventor(s): Yash Turkar, Karthik Dantu, Charuvahan Adhivarahan, Pranay Wasudeo Meshram
Keywords(s): Featured, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Electronics
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High-Efficiency, Long-Lifespan LED Driver with Independent Channel Dimming
This invention introduces an electrolytic-capacitor-free LED driver that achieves >94% efficiency, extended operational life, and independent multi-channel dimming in a single compact unit, enabling reliable, energy-optimized lighting for industrial, architectural, and entertainment applications.
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High-power LED systems require long...
Published: 9/26/2025
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Inventor(s): Pritam Das
Keywords(s): CleanTech
Category(s): Campus > Binghamton University, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Robust Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) of Polymers with High Metal Inclusion Content
This invention introduces a metal-polymer filament with up to 70% metal content for FDM 3D printing, enabling durable, precise, and customizable magnetic and metallic parts directly from desktop printers.
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Magnetic component manufacturing faces challenges with traditional techniques such as air gap variability in transformer cores and...
Published: 9/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Scott Schiffres, Pritam Das, Oscar Abundez, Jacob Goodman
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > Binghamton University, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Portable High-Resolution AFM with Electrostatic Levitation
This invention combines electrostatic levitation actuators with triboelectric nanogenerators to enable self-powered shock and vibration sensors. By directly converting motion to voltage and voltage to motion, it eliminates complex control systems, delivering compact, CMOS-compatible sensors for impact detection, fall alarms, and environmental monitoring....
Published: 9/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Shahrzad Towfighian, Ronald Miles, Mark Pallay
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Category(s): Campus > Binghamton University, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Electronics
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Reliable Liquid Metal Composites for Soft Robotics, Electronics, and Thermal Management
This invention introduces oxide-flake-stabilized liquid metal powders that suppress supercooling, enabling reliable phase transitions for tunable stiffness, thermal management, and adaptive devices.
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Liquid metal (LM)-based composites are promising for tunable stiffness, shape memory, and thermal management applications in robotics, electronics,...
Published: 9/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Pu Zhang, Jiexian Ma
Keywords(s): CleanTech
Category(s): Campus > Binghamton University, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Electrically Programmable Surfaces for Dynamic Control of Wetting and Adsorption - No Fog, No Damage, No Shock
This invention introduces electrically programmable surfaces using 2D materials like graphene to reversibly switch between hydrophilic and hydrophobic states, enabling dynamic wetting and adsorption control for advanced industrial applications.
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Industries such as energy, aerospace, and manufacturing require adaptive surfaces to control...
Published: 9/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Scott Schiffres, Morteza H. Bagheri
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > Binghamton University, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Energy-Efficient Preheater for Advanced Data Center and Electronics Cooling
This invention introduces a regenerative preheater for phase change cooling that reuses waste heat to preheat refrigerant, reducing subcooling, improving efficiency, and eliminating the need for external heaters.
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Data centers and high-performance computing systems, especially those powering AI, generate extreme heat that challenges cooling...
Published: 9/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Sadegh Khalili, Bahgat Sammakia
Keywords(s): CleanTech
Category(s): Campus > Binghamton University, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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High-Efficiency Wide-Angle Bragg Mirror for Advanced Lighting Systems
This invention introduces a multi-material Bragg mirror that eliminates light leakage at the Brewster angle, enabling brighter, more efficient, and higher-quality solid-state lighting for automotive, projection, and medical applications.
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Conventional dichroic and Bragg mirrors, typically made from alternating layers of two materials,...
Published: 9/24/2025
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Inventor(s): David Klotzkin, Xin Wen
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Category(s): Campus > Binghamton University, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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