Monday February 15, 2010 PediaFlow(TM) VAD Consortium Receives $5.6 Million NIH Contract to Ready Device for Clinical Trials
LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc. and its fellow Consortium members have been awarded a $5.6 million contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pursue the continued development of the PediaFlowTM VAD, an implantable...
Tuesday February 09, 2010 Toyota Brake and Throttle Recalls Expose Urgent Need for Hi-Rel Design in Automotive Electronic Control Systems
The growing complexity of automobiles is creating an urgent need for Hi-Rel Systems Design. Even Toyota, a company renowned for high quality and advanced engineering, is facing issues with some of the most basic functions in...
Tuesday October 06, 2009 Grid-Scale Electricity Storage System In Development
Gravity Power LLC, a venture-funded start-up company formerly known as LaunchPoint Innovations LLC, has emerged from stealth mode to announce the development of a revolutionary grid-scale electricity storage system. The company's...
Monday September 21, 2009 LaunchPoint Announces Powerful New Electric Motor
LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc. has completed optimization and initial prototyping for a high efficiency, high power density, Halbach array electric motor. With a total weight of only 1.4 pounds, this electric motor produces 7...
Wednesday August 05, 2009 New Research Could Open Door to Megawatt Energy Storage Flywheels
Innovative adaptive control techniques will enable the cost-effective and reliable operation of maglev high-speed energy storage flywheels.