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The 10,000 sq ft joint New Renaissance Institute<\/strong> and New Renaissance Technology and Intellectual Property (NRT&IP)<\/strong><\/em><\/a> facility in Burlingame CA provided closely-integrated interdisciplinary laboratory and library space to NRI research and development activities in 2012-2017.<\/p>\n NRI\u2019s Burlingame Optics Laboratory<\/strong><\/em><\/a> continued NRI\u2019s research in lensless light-field imaging<\/a>, lensless microscopy and optical tomography<\/a>, and Fractional Fourier Optics <\/a>and supported new work supporting optical sensors for microfluidic systems, LED-based photochemical processors, and hybrid wavelength-selective light-emitting\/light-sensing pixel elements for advances in imaging systems. Some of NRI\u2019s lensless light-field imaging<\/a> is being licensed by NRI\u2019s third spinout company NoLens<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n NRI’s Burlingame Microfluidics Systems Laboratory<\/strong><\/em><\/a> continued NRI\u2019s microfluidics research in conduit-based bus and neighbor-chained microchannel fluidics and gas transport systems, reconfigurable microfluidic chemical processors, software authoring tools for configuration-definition and operating-process scripts, microfluidic valves and pumps, and product roadmaps for viable mass-produced reconfigurable microfluidic biochemical and chemical processors.<\/p>\n NRI\u2019s Burlingame Biosensor and Chemical Sensor Laboratory<\/strong><\/em><\/a> began NRI\u2019s work in advancing these types of sensors, particularly involving adapted LED technologies, printed electronics, bioFETS, adapted colorimetric methods, and other sensor approaches.<\/p>\n As an example of interdisciplinary work benefiting from the closely integrated R&D environment, a combination of NRI lensless microscopy and optical tomography technologies, NRI conduit-based bus and neighbor-chained microchannel fluidics and gas transport systems, NRI microfluidic sensors, and other technologies were used to develop NRI\u2019s next-generation microplate technologies original conceived by Pooncharas Tipgunlakant<\/a> while she was at NRI; this promising technology and related intellectual property is being licensed by start-up Advanced Microplate Technologies (AMT)<\/a> which plans to further develop and productize this exciting technology area.<\/p>\n NRI\u2019s Burlingame Biosignaling Network Modeling Group<\/strong> (not pictured) continued NRI\u2019s large ongoing research and software development project in modeling systems for biochemical networks<\/a>.<\/p>\n NRI\u2019s Burlingame Environmental Science Group<\/strong> (not pictured) further developed NRI\u2019s research in , particularly in the areas of groundwater modeling, urban watersheds, and natural attenuation.
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NRI\u2019s Burlingame User Interface Laboratory<\/strong><\/em><\/a> continued NRI\u2019s research in timbre-based data sonification<\/a> and supported several user interface design projects for several of the specialized laboratories. (The pleasant open areas and window light also hosted several temporary \u2018visiting\u2019 hardware projects.)<\/p>\n