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Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Print better plastics with carbon fiber (303)What’s light as plastic, strong as steel and less expensive per pound than the chassis of an Italian sportscar? Carbon fiber reinforced polymers, duh! Join the Overground as they extend their tour of the mind-bending world of materials science to the juncture of additive manufacturing, uncompromising structural rigidity and sustainable sourcing. It’s the only podcast in your feed that will point you in the general direction of building your own Pontiac Fiero chassis from locally sourced organic ingredients. Featured Technologies: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admt.201600084; https://patents.google.com/patent/US10406750B2/en?q=%22carbon+fiber+reinf...

2020-07-2017 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Carbon Nanotubes, churros and rebar (302)Join us as we explore further innovation involving sheets of carbon – rolled up into a delicious churro of nearly infinite reinforcing strength: carbon nanotubes. It’s awesome rebar, it’s the business end of a molecular analyzer, its formed from advanced chemical deposition, and scientists are cranking it out – by the centimeter. Featured Technologies: https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology/introduction/introduction_to_nanotechnology_22.php; https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191213142422.htm; https://patents.google.com/patent/US9896340B2/en?q=(%22carbon+nanotubes%22+%2fand)+(rebar)&assignee=university&oq=(%22carbon+nanotubes%22+%2fand)+(rebar)+assignee:university; https://patents.google.com/patent/US8961757B2/en?q=%22carbo...

2020-07-1320 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Return to Graphene (301)We begin season three(!) as materials science makes astonishing leaps forward. Join the Overground as we shelter in place with a limited series on materials science innovation. First stop, friend of the show, Graphene! The crew discusses how graphene will be the optical interstate onramp to the rail network of our information science infrastructure... or something... and smart medical instruments that will measure your vitals while they save your life. Featured Technologies: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140056551A1/en?q=graphene+%2fand&q=photonics&assignee=university; https://patents.google.com/patent/US7745528B2/en?q=(graphene+%2fand)+(thermal)&assignee=u...

2020-07-0619 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Vaccines at warp speed (249)What if the lasting legacy of COVID-19 is...not all bad? Leavening the horror of pandemic disease is the shockingly fast development of a vaccine. Right now, two COVID-19 vaccine candidates are roaring into full-on human testing, and may be ready to inoculate the world by 2021. Featured Technologies: https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/comment/operation-warp-speed-finalists-funding-initiative/; https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243; https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/vaccines/Adenoviral-vectors-new-COVID-19/98/i19 Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-06-2918 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: What we don’t know about COVID-19 (248)This week the OG crew discusses all that is unknown about COVID-19, and what that means. Still up the in air: basically all the complex biology, infectious rate, latency, immunity, co-morbidity and potential vaccine efficacy. But take heart, listeners because there are a few things science is confident about. Featured Technologies: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7267810/; https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01824-5; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser...

2020-06-2217 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Sun Rockets! (247)This week the Overground looks at solar power and rotating multi-chamber rockets. Join the crew as they contemplate how solar power is like a well-diversified retirement account, how to pronounce Elon Musk’s youngest child’s name and why is Joe so gosh darn insincere. Featured Technologies: https://www.sciencealert.com/solar-cell-technology-has-toppled-three-new-records-just-this-month Rotating detonation rocket engine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010218019305838?via%3Dihub Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-06-0820 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Brain Mysteries! (246)The Overground takes another week off from monitoring viral pandemics to get more personal – the mysteries of the human brain Join the crew as we luxuriate in the infinite mystery of the human mind: brain implants that cure blindness, the electromagnetic basis of the ego and the scientific feasibility of telepathy. Overground platinum members get double miles this week! Featured Technologies: Brain implant https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867420304967 new process of wireless, self-propagating neural communication: https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP276904 Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @U...

2020-06-0117 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Physics Fun! (245)Join the Overground as we kick back and let the COIVD-19 Pandemic do its own thing a few weeks. That’s right, the crew is taking a Zoom to the poolside with a relaxing, frosty glass of...quantum physics. C’mon and join us—its Schroedinger’s cat somewhere! Possibly Australia and Austria -- at the same time! Featured Technologies: Nuclear Resonance: https://www.sciencealert.com/in-an-accidental-discovery-australian-engineers-solve-58-year-old-quantum-mystery; Quantum radar: https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-are-investigating-ways-to-use-entanglement-as-a-fancy-new-kind-of-radar; https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/19/eabb0451 Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to M...

2020-05-2518 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Innovations in COVID-19, part III (244)Listen in as the gang channels the four Shrinking Walls OF THE PRISON THAT IS A MAN’s MIND into a calm rational discussion of just how dang hard it is to make vaccines. Tyler lightens the mood with a glimpse into the near future, where autonomous networks of CRISPR armed robots read the next emerging pandemic viruses inside our cells and synthesize a vaccines on demand—possibly administered in our Soylent Green—to make social distancing a kitschy retro sitcom gag. Featured Technologies: Vaccine timeline (https://theconversation.com/what-needs-to-go-right-to-get-a-coronavirus-vaccine-in-12-18-months-136816); vaccine platform (https://www.unemed.com/product...

2020-05-1822 min

2020-05-1821 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: COVID-19, part II (243)Summary: Join the Overground as they continue to explore university innovations for COVID 19. Fresh from the AUTM marketplace, the crew discusses next-generation artificial intelligence applications to design new drugs; new approaches to diagnosing viral diseases; and a few of the implications of the first post-CRISPR pandemic. Also, how hard is it to *get away with* murder these days? Featured Technologies: Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) (https://autm.net/about-tech-transfer/covid19/covid-19-licensing-guidelines); A.I.-based drug repurposing (https://aim.autm.net/public/project/54026/); Rolling Circle DNA replication (https://aim.autm.net/public/project/54030/); CRISPR-based viral diagnostic (https://aim.autm.net/p...

2020-05-1127 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: COVID-19, part I (242)Social distancing will not disrupt innovation! Join the Overground from home as they do their part to catalog how university innovation is addressing this historic pandemic. The crew discusses the multifaceted innovative response to COVID-19 coming from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including a new approach to sterilize equipment using ultraviolet radiation, the early results of the Remdesivir clinical trial and a slew of other new inventions: face guards, intubation shields, aerosol mask filters, diagnostic kits and a COVID-19 screener app. Most importantly, learn the most comfortable (or maybe least uncomfortable) way to get a nasal swab! Featured Technologies: U...

2020-05-0403 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: COVID-19, part I (242)The Overground crew takes a closer look at some of the innovations coming out of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. There's a lot of them, so this might take a minute. Featured Technologies: UV cleaning technique (https://www.unemed.com/news/unmc-nebraska-medicine-reuse-ppe); Remdesivir trial (https://www.unmc.edu/news.cfm?match=25531); Intubation shield (https://www.unemed.com/product/intubation-box); Infectious Aerosol Capture Mask (https://www.unemed.com/product/infectious-aerosol-capture-mask); Infectious aerosol filter housing (https://www.unemed.com/product/infectious-aerosol-filter-housing); COVID-19 technologies for licensing (https://www.unemed.com/product-category/covid-19) Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler S...

2020-05-0426 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: VA Showcase—Cyborgs (241)The only podcast brave enough to say with a straight face, “the gag of the electronic sphincter,” looks at how our government is using our veterans to make human-machine hybrids to help address the infirmities of the human condition. The Overground looks VA’ approaches that address urinary incomitance, neurodegenertive swallowing disorders and anyone confined to an iron lung. Featured Technologies: https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/smart-artificial-urinary-sphincter-to-treat-urinary-incontinence/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/microelectronic-throat-stimulator/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/3d-printed-artificial-lungs/; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used wit...

2020-04-2716 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: VA Showcase—Pitching easy-button startups (240)It’s back: arbitrary rules, unfair standards, solemn honor, a giant fake sack of money – it's another pitch off! Join the Overground as they present two easy-button startups made from VA innovation... to our special guest judge, Emily Chen Newton of KIOS's Made in the Middle. Featured Technologies: https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/portable-pillow-embedded-with-sensors-to-collect-data-for-sleep-studies/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/self-leveling-walker-2/ https://www.kios.org/programs/made-middle Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-04-2020 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: VA Showcase—Imaging (239)Join the Overground as theyexplore the amazing work of the VA in functional MRI and CT segmentation. Featured Technologies: https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/advanced-segmentation-techniques-and-computed-tomography-to-assess-and-address-brain-atrophy/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging-software/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-04-1317 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: VA Showcase—Skin (238)The parade of VA innovation continues as the Overground tours innovations related to skincare. Learn how new technology from the VA addresses the horrific (and shockingly widespread) incidence of pressure ulcers. And another innovation find an interesting way to look at those hard-to-see places. Featured Technologies: https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/skin-screening-wand-camera/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/computer-based-system-for-highly-accurate-monitoring-of-pressure-ulcers/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-04-0616 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: VA Showcase—Vision (237)The next installment of the Overground’s tour of VA innovation visits new innovations in vision, beginning with diabetic retinopathy. The crew also looks at a new way to decrease the effects of eye surgery scarring. Featured Technologies: https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/goggles-for-diagnosing-retinal-disease/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/histone-deacetylase-inhibitor-for-improved-glaucoma-surgery-outcomes/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/guide-system-for-the-blind/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-03-3019 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: VA Showcase--Diabetes (236)The Department of Veteran Affairs, in addition to taking excellent care of the nation’s veterans, is on the forefront of healthcare innovation. Join the Overground as they ponder new drug targets to treat obesity, new mechanisms to regulate diabetes and the inner four-yea-old living inside every scientist. Featured Technologies: https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/biomarker-for-early-detection-of-type-1-diabetes/; https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/composition-methods-prevention-treatment-diet-induced-obesity/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-03-2314 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Water (235)The Overground wraps its series on shortages with dive into water. Only about 1 percent of the planet’s water is actually drinkable, and the number of thirsty people is only getting......bigger. University innovation to the rescue! With minimal heat new technology makes desalination possible using an elegant filter design. Come for the innovation, stay for the summary of the first act of Frozen, the polar sea currents and international scandal involving iceberg smuggling. It’s been a great series, gentle listeners. Which episode did you like best? Featured Technologies: Clean water crisis: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/freshwater-crisis/; Mobil...

2020-03-1614 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Novel coronavirus (234)The Overground interrupts its regularly scheduled program to take a closer look at academic innovations that could provide support and solutions to the novel coronavirus sweeping the planet. Useful links: https://nebraskamed.com/covid; https://www.biospace.com/article/moderna-s-coronavirus-vaccine-ready-for-clinical-trials/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-03-0916 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Phosphorus (233)The Overground gets kind of...gross. It's not every day that we learn the secret of turning lead to gold is...wait for it...urine. Also, phosphorus. We’re running out of phosphorus! University to the rescue! Wait. Did that say "urine?" *Note: The featured technology does not nano-bind Phosphorus, but instead holds the water to prevent phosphorus leeching. Featured Technologies: The world is really running out of phosphorus: https://cosmosmagazine.com/chemistry/the-world-is-running-out-of-phosphorus-and-that-s-a-really-bad-thing; https://patents.google.com/patent/CN106947157A/en?oq=CN106947157A; Phosophate recovery from water: http://www.ndsuresearchfoundation.org/green-technologies Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2sc...

2020-03-0212 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Truth (232)Even as we drown in more and more information we grow more and more uncertain about what’s true. The Overground takes a turn for the morally ambiguous as they discuss how human technology has made it harder to know what to believe. University innovation to the rescue? University innovation is, um, reading the text messages, ahem, between patients and... uh... their therapists. Which, could have some beneficial impact, right? Also, Tyler talks about the ethical dilemma of information technology. Featured Technologies: 21 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38820046-21-lessons-for-the-21st-century; https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170323065A1/en?oq=15%2f524...

2020-02-2418 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Rare earth elements (231)Rare earth elements are supposed to be rare, but this is getting ridiculous. Rare earth elements make highly efficient catalysts and magnets, and they’re critical resources for the electric-driven green economy. Demand is outstripping supply, and the elements are not evenly distributed across the nations of the earth. University innovation to the rescue! There are now next-generation magnets that are rare-earth element free, and in the future, these precious elements will come from a place they’re not, well, rare. Featured Technologies: Asteroid robot drill arm https://patents.google.com/patent/CN102967484A/en?oq=cn102967484; Rare earth free rare ea...

2020-02-1715 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Sand (230)There is an impending sand shortage...no, really! The special sand (no, really!) that is suitable for making concrete is getting harder to find (seriously!). No matter the cause—rising sea levels, greater use, inadequate old-timey chain gangs breaking rocks–university innovation to the rescue! The gang discusses ways to replace sand in concrete and the hottest new career field of the 2040s: robotic sand mining submarine robot operator. Featured Technologies: We’re running out of sand: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2019/08/22/were-running-out-of-sand-and-cities-are-to-blame/#5a0224ff1240; Sturdy Sand Recovery Robot Submarine: https://patents.google.com/patent/CN107117276A/en?oq=CN107117...

2020-02-1013 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Antibiotics (229)Imagine a world where things like routine surgery, minor injuries and routine dentistry could kill you. That dreary past may be our collective future...University innovation to the rescue! New economic models to develop new antibiotics; new computer models to accelerate antibiotic discovery and how the solution to the antibiotic pipeline is...Henry Ford? Featured Technologies: Computer Assisted Antibiotic Discovery https://patents.google.com/patent/US8635031B2/en?oq=8%2c635%2c031; Policy recommendations: https://www.statnews.com/2019/10/15/antimicrobial-drugs-new-policies-incentives/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40319-018-00782-w Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https...

2020-02-0316 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Helium (228)Did you know that Helium production is associated with natural gas extraction, that it liquifies at wicked cold temperatures, easily evaporates into a gas and is nearly impossible to efficiently store – AND WE’RE RUNNING OUT!? University innovation to the rescue! Join the Overground as they discuss new ways to more efficiently extract precious, precious helium as prospectors seeking the next big helium score. Featured Technologies: Helium Extraction Frame https://patents.google.com/patent/CN109731551A/en?oq=CN109731551A; US Helium startup active in Western Canada: https://weil-group.com/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@Entrepr...

2020-01-2714 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: No shortage of shortages (227)The Overground gets foreshadow-y and you’re invited to share the vibe. The path of season two leads to discussion of shortages: critical materials, solutions for deadly disease and the human brain’s capacity to see the world as it really is – we're running out of all of them! Innovation is the one resource you can always rely on and, in the coming weeks, dive into university solutions to impending shortages Innovation Overground style! Featured Technologies: NONE! Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gres...

2020-01-2011 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: 21st century vaccines (226)Summary: Join the Overground crew as they delve into the mysterious and astonishing power of your immune system. University innovation is set to produce flu vaccine on demand as the devious virus mutates. Others are using vaccines to turn the human immune system into a 21st century biochemical cruise missile to make cancer deaths a thing of the past. Featured Technologies: DNA Flu Vaccine https://patents.google.com/patent/US10398769B2/en?oq=14%2f910%2c136; Vaccine approach to cancer https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/124/21/4504/91997/Three-Steps-to-Breaking-Immune-Tolerance-A Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed...

2020-01-1321 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Getting off this rock (225)It’s a new year, so let's find a new planet! Start 2020 with space elevators and self-constructing 3D printed rockets. The Overground crew is here to give you options! Featured Technologies: Space Elevator https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2170193/china-has-strongest-fibre-can-haul-160-elephants-and-space; https://phys.org/news/2018-09-japan-mini-space-elevator.html Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2020-01-0618 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Pitch-off! Helping the Huskers not stink (224)The New Year is around the corner, and you know what that means. Yup, college football bowl season! This week the crew look for a competitive advantage in their second-ever pitch competition, which pits next-generation augmented reality against dissolving pep strips. Featured Technologies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma2RTs7GQqM ; Haptic device with indirect haptic feedback https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190265818A1/en?oq=16%2f407%2c396 ; Wearable 3D augmented reality display https://patents.google.com/patent/US10326983B2/en?oq=15%2f122%2c492; orally dissolving strips https://aim.autm.net/public/project/46097/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@da...

2019-12-3016 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Merry Christmas 2019! (223)The crew brings Christmas future to Christmas present. Technology is arming Santa with an armada of drones, a fleet of self-driving cars, and end-of-year technology good cheer! Merry second Christmas listeners! Featured Technologies: improved computer vision for driving https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180150704A1/en?oq=15%2f824%2c435; Digital processing of video images https://patents.google.com/patent/US8599266B2/en?oq=10%2f519%2c818; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-12-2315 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Innovation is in the eye of the beholder (222)Discount neighborhood ophthalmology got you down? Losing faith in off-label, anti-fungal medication to degenerative vision disorders? Midwestern eye innovation to the rescue! Join the Overground as they discuss next generation cell-based therapies, different flavors of stem cells and retinal sod. Also: cybernetic eyes. Featured Technologies: https://www.mwdrugdevelopment.com/speakers/treat-macular-degeneration/; https://www.mwdrugdevelopment.com/speakers/treat-macular-degeneration/; https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/16/stem-cell-therapies-macular-degeneration/; Brain implant partially restores vision: https://www.bcm.edu/news/neurosurgery/second-sight-study-brings-sight-to-blind. Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used wi...

2019-12-1615 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but there’s an app for that (221)How is lifesaving surgery like a trip to Lowes? The Overground looks to new innovations in orthopedic surgery and discusses how bioabsorbable bone fixation will change lives; how in the future implants will be made from medicine and the innovation best described as: “rammer jammer yellow hammer.” Featured Technologies: https://www.cartilagen.com/ Bioresorbable orthopedic implants: https://aim.autm.net/public/project/48069/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-12-0914 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Protein, rock molecule (220)The Overground crew turns it over to Tyler...and things get nerdy! Learn the four layers of structural organization of the Sid Vicious of biomolecules, the Mick Jagger of cell biology, the Bono of structure-function biology: Proteins! Featured Technologies: Peptide-based methods to treat neurological injury https://content.cu.edu/amctech/show_tech.cfm?T=2050686&s=at Hormone analogs for hypoparathyroidism https://www.warf.org/technologies/summary/P130312US03.cmsx Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-12-0216 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Naughty immune systems and lethal allergic reactions (219)The gang discusses new appraoches to potentially lethal allergic reactions and overactive immune systems. Featured Technologies: Cutting and pasting is hard. Please send detailed how-to instructions and step-by-step video tutorials to Joe and Tyler at hrrunge@unmc.edu and tyler.scherr@unmc.edu. Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-11-2514 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Herbal remedies to modern medicine (218)The Overground is back! The gang returns from a two-week break to discuss the scientific chops—and the ultimate medical value—of ancient herbal remedies as key components in new, modern medicines. Featured Technologies: https://ctc.ku.edu/available-technology/359; https://www.famu.edu/DOR_division_of_research/Soliman%20and%20Mazzio%20-%207357950%20and%207666451.pdf Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-11-1802 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Trick-or-Technology! (217)Happy Halloween! Join the crew on a haunted tour of our favorite scary technologies and non-polyploidy foodie apples of the moment. You’ll wish you had the longevity of a gourde so you could listen again and again. Featured Technologies: https://inventions.prf.org/innovation/6902; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-10-2813 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Are you more than your genes? (216)On this episode the crew tackles the age-old question of nature vs nurture. Charlie’s parenting skills are tried in the dual crucible of DNA testing and psychological profiling! Featured Technologies: https://orig3n.com/; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-10-2116 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Innovation Week (215)Join the crew during UNeMed’s Innovation Week as they reminisce on some of their favorite University of Nebraska technologies from this past year! Featured Technologies: https://www.unemed.com/product/pde4b-selective-inhibitors; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-10-1415 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: CRISPR-ier Things (214)On this episode, the crew discusses agricultural applications of CRISPR gene-editing technology. Come for the cool new CRISPR tech, stay for the flappy corn! Featured Technologies: https://techtransfer.universityofcalifornia.edu/NCD/28790.html; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-10-0719 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Startup Pitch Contest: Privacy (213)Join the crew on the first-ever Startup Pitch Contest, where Joe and Tyler pitch hypothetical startups based on real university technologies. Charlie has nosey neighbors, Joe outlines the problem, Tyler faceplants on the pivot, and like another famous extemporaneous show, the points don’t matter! Featured Technologies: http://innovation.columbia.edu/technologies/CU14173_adaptable-anonymization-techniques; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-09-3003 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Smartphone says...have the salad (212)Join the crew on a fever dream into a brave new future where your smartphones assiduously order meals for you. Oh, and that food is full of special goodies for your gut critters. Featured Technologies: https://brandeis.flintbox.com/#technologies/e3d8a7e3-17ab-4a30-8d30-37ef837214cf; https://inventions.prf.org/innovation/3170 Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-09-2314 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: The fault in our blood (211)On this episode the crew discusses the rapid advancement in blood testing capabilities—from assessing your biological age and predicting your lifespan and “healthspan” to diagnosing depressive behavior like MDD and PTSD. This episode is equal parts geeky and bloody! Featured Technology: https://techtransfer.universityofcalifornia.edu/NCD/30521.html; https://www.invo.northwestern.edu/technologies/technologies/index_copy.html Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-09-1615 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: The skynet matrix of maurauding monkeys (210)On this episode the crew discusses the potential for link the human brain with computers, the internet and Elon Musk's PDA. Featured Technologies: https://www.neuralink.com/; https://www.flintbox.com/public/project/16674/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-09-0918 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Your best immortal life (209)Innovative new technologies are putting humanity on the verge of transcending the bounds of human mortality all because the Overground wants to live forever. Featured Technology: https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-ray-kurzweil-up-to-at-google-writing-your-emails/; https://www.sens.org/; https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/senescent-cell-research-moves-into-human-trials-2/; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-08-2618 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Regenerative medicine has a place in our synthetic hearts (208)Scientists are hacking multi-cellularity. Translation: Cells from your cheek could be turned into stem cells, and then re-grown them into some other body part, like a lung or tonsil. They can also change them into parts that are nearly you. Join the Overground as they are curiously repulsed by organoids: The synthetic step between cells, organs and a newer, healthier you. Featured Technology: Links coming soon. Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-08-1917 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Ethical eagle burgers (207)The future is now, and it’s lab grown meat: eagle steaks, extruded meat, slaughterhouse daycare, cellular agriculture. Nothing seems impossible as startup companies spring up with industrial-scale cell cultures, and make kinder, better burgers...named Floyd? Featured Technology: https://www.robertyaman.com/; https://www.memphismeats.com/; http://www.modernmeadow.com/; https://phys.org/news/2019-02-israeli-startups-firms-lab-grown-meat.html; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-08-1220 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Alzheimer’s billion-dollar life lesson (206)Every idea is built on assumptions. Multi-billion-dollar drug development projects are based on less-than-perfect understandings of underlying disease. That understanding could be wrong...at a cost of more than $1,000,000,000. Join the Overground as they pop the balloon of scientific orthodoxy with recent discoveries that challenge what we thought we knew about Alzheimer’s disease. Featured Technology: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191814-we-may-finally-know-what-causes-alzheimers-and-how-to-stop-it/; https://gaintrial.com/en/; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-08-0515 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Full-frontal drones (205)The Overground turns its terrible attention to drones. To usher in age of drone management the crew composes drone limericks, drone haiku and odes to improved efficiency in traffic management, crop husbandry and the infrastructure of 21st century renewable energy. Featured Technology: https://www.flintbox.com/public/project/29935/; http://innovation.columbia.edu/technologies/CU18117_automated-disease-detection-in; http://www.research.usf.edu/dpl/content/data/PDF/18B141.pdf Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-07-2900 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Securing our elections from Bond villains (204)At this very moment Norwegian Bond villains are Photoshopping your pictures to swing local school board elections. University innovation to the rescue! Join the Overground to learn how public-private partnerships are leveraging university innovation and corporate efficiency to secure our elections. Featured Technology: https://www.popsci.com/adobe-ai-photo-manipulation-tool/; https://galois.com/blog/2019/05/protecting-election-integrity-with-electionguard/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-07-2217 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Deus ex nanotech! (203)Smaller than a single cell, and using bleeding edge technology, next-generation robots will remake biological systems with the precision of human engineering and the innovation of the internet... sometime in the distant future. Joe went searching for next generation nanotechnology and came back with tubes, nanotubes that is. Listen as the Overground crew riffs on advanced material science, biologically inspired sensors and the under-appreciated brilliance of Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle. Featured Technology: https://www.wpafb.af.mil/Portals/60/documents/T2/patent/1707/PATENT-RX-CNT_Synthesis_in_Confined_Space-July2017-WEB.pdf?ver=2017-07-26-093032-293; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2sch...

2019-07-1517 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Party drug turned promising cure for PTSD (202)The Overground looks into innovations around the biology of MDMA (also known as exstasy, molly, beans, thizz, vowels or Malcom). Trace the drug’s interesting history as it begins in big pharma labs, then moves to CIA mind control experiments and therapists’ offices, before jumping into the 1980’s party scene and the DEA’s banned substance list, before landing in its modern renaissance. Today, PTSD patients are re-wiring their brains with this fascinating drug. Featured Technology: https://maps.org/research/mdma; https://www.fda.gov/drugs/development-approval-process-drugs/frequently-asked-questions-patents-and-exclusivity#What_is_the_difference_between_patents_a Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@d...

2019-07-0818 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Medical marijuana and the Marvel universe (201)In this episode the Overground looks at some of the research surrounding medical marijuana. Featured Technology: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/cannabidiol-cbd-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-2018082414476; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=&term=THC%2C+CBD&cntry=&state=&city=&dist= Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-07-0112 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Blockchain explained (145)The Overground crew celebrates the end of the first season by embracing financial oblivion. In the future financial transactions will track themselves. Nations will no longer control currency. Losing the password for your email may literally cost you all your money. Through the magic of blockchain there is an alternative universe where technology gives you total financial autonomy. Featured Technology: https://blog.nebula.org/accelerating-genomic-data-generation-and-facilitating-genomic-data-access-using-decentralization-privacy-preserving-technologies-and-equitable-compensation/; https://www.flintbox.com/public/project/51019/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http...

2019-06-2119 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Eat less raw snails, fight climate change (144)Global climate catastrophe got you down? University innovation to the rescue! Discover how probiotic yogurt can stem the invasion of parasitic diseases from more tropical climes. Marvel at innovation that hacks plants to pull even more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Gain serious misgivings as academics address the dilemma of climate modification with...more climate modification? Featured Technology: https://www.umassmed.edu/bridge/industry/browse_innovation_by_disease_topics/Immune_Disorders/; https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190015474A1/en; https://www.flintbox.com/public/project/54204/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.u...

2019-06-1714 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Robotic ping pong balls of chemical fireLike they say, sometimes you’ve got to fight fire with...ping pong balls? Set your minds for counterintuitive as the Overground explores how new inventions can prevent fire by starting different fires; how strawberry Pop-Tarts predict natural disasters; and how an organized society can keep milk, bread and cat litter on the store shelves—even in a crisis. Featured Technology: https://droneamplified.com/how-it-works/; https://aim.autm.net/public/group/698/; https://www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/a44550/walmart-strawberry-pop-tarts-before-hurricane/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction...

2019-06-1021 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Better security through scienceWho doesn’t want to feel more secure, right? University technology is providing a POLITICALLY NEUTRAL way to discuss how we secure our infrastructure, families and our countries. Joe tells us how basketballs and ancient housecats can train drones to efficiently find even the smallest of objects; how computers can integrate subconscious biological responses into image recognition to make computers more vigilant; and how new materials will make reinforced concrete even reinforecier. Featured Technology: https://www.warf.org/technologies/engineering/summary/splice-system-to-connect-reinforcement-bars-in-concrete-assemblies-p08344us02.cmsx; https://gtp.autm.net/public/project/43810/; https://aim.autm.net/public/project/12878/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyle...

2019-06-0317 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence isn’t necessarily evil. Yes, AI can monitor your social medial account to assess your underlying emotional state, but it can also scan your computer network to flag malware. Yes, AI can learn to see patterns in your behavior faster than you can recognize you’re behaving them, but it can also instantly adapt to the ever-evolving threats of cyber security. Wade into the moral ambiguity of the future, and answer the age-old question: Have humans finally built a more efficient Brad Pitt detector? Featured Technology: https://www.affectiva.com/who/about-us/; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2sc...

2019-05-2716 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Custom prostheticsWe can now make custom prosthetics using only a smart phone and a standard 3D printer. Tyler takes the Overground inside the revolution occurring in prosthetics right here in Omaha, Nebraska. Soon, missing a hand will no longer mean a child can’t play the cello, harpoon narwhals or form genre-bending six-piece bluegrass bands. Featured Technology: https://www.unemed.com/product/hybrid-arm; https://www.unemed.com/product/modular-prosthetic-arm Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-05-2017 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Nuclear fission...to go!Listen as the Overground crew look at green energy and the environment as Tyler shows how nuclear power has gone mini. Joe and Charlie discuss the pros and cons of a world where a nuclear reactor the size of a couch can power a small city, and the hard choices we’ll need to make to power the future. Featured Technology: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/story-behind-americas-first-potential-small-modular-reactor; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-05-1316 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Grow your own skullJoin the Overground as Tyler fills that hole in your head with...3D printing. Innovative surgery researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center are making scaffolds to help that hole in your skull heal itself with a combination of 3D bioprinting and anti-infective drugs. Featured Technology: https://www.unemed.com/product/antimicrobial-bone-scaffold; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-05-0617 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: It's a bird. It's a plane...It's graphene!Stronger than steel. More conductive than copper. Able to flex around corners with a single strand. Yes, it’s graphene, the super-material that can power optical detectors, make nanoparticle drug delivery systems. Tyler Scheer, mild-mannered scientist in the great field of technology transfer, describes the University of Florida’s never-ending fight for truth, justice and the graphene way. And now, another exciting episode in the adventures of Innovation Overground! Featured Technology: http://www.research.usf.edu/dpl/content/data/PDF/13A032.pdf; http://technologies.tt.research.ucf.edu/technologies/33758_monolayer-graphene-optical-detector-offers-exceptional-light-absorption Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@Entreprenur...

2019-04-2915 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Defending the U.S. from drowsiness and EbolaAcademic research doesn’t just happen at universities. The Overground tips its hat to Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense and all the cool research laboratories outside of the academic-industrial complex. The first stop on the tour: Techlink, a technology transfer source for federal researchers that shows how the U.S. Army is leading the way in the fight against Ebola... and drowsiness. Featured Technology: https://techlinkcenter.org/technologies/2b-alert-personalized-alertness-cognitive-performance-app/; https://techlinkcenter.org/zmapp-trials-restarted-as-ebola-outbreak-persists-in-congo/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with p...

2019-04-2216 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Improving surgery with video games... and hypnosis?The Overground pushes the boundaries of what it means to do surgery—and fight the opioid crisis—with a virtual reality and augmented reality mash-up. Featured Technology: https://www.unemed.com/product/laparoscopic-simulator; https://www.vrfitnessinsider.com/hypnovr-gets-funded-vr-hypnosis-creates-alternative-medical-treatments/; https://www.unemed.com/news/meet-next-generation-laparoscopic-simulators Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-04-1519 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Making cyborgs one 3D print at a timeThe Overground gang finally lets Tyler out of his cage to discuss...yup, 3D-printing. It turns out 3D printing can make just about everything: semiconductors, human nerves and something called bone flaps. Featured Technology: http://puotl.technologypublisher.com/technology/27443; http://puotl.technologypublisher.com/technology/20461 Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-04-0820 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Tech transfer prideDid your life go exactly as planned? The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) is a trade group of technology transfer professionals that trains scientists and lawyers to do all the things discussed on the Overground. The Overground discusses how they ended up in this hybrid career; the difficulties of subverting career expectation; and seductive pull of transferring technology. Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2019-04-0115 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: CRISPR BabiesHumanity went 200,000 years without genetically modifying a baby. Then some knucklehead went ahead and did it in 2018. Tyler perp-walks the baby-modifying science hooligans to the Overground firing squad. Joe adds how the original CRISPR patents are made commercially available by their respective institutions, as well as the therapeutic applications of the UNMC-co-invented EASI-CRISPR. Featured Technology: https://www.broadinstitute.org/partnerships/office-strategic-alliances-and-partnering/information-about-licensing-crispr-genome-edi ; https://www.unemed.com/product/crispr-cas9-editing-tool Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@EntreprenurialW) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myoc...

2019-02-1817 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Bioinformatics is a superpowerDid you know that you’re living in the biotechnology century? Decades of innovation have made DNA sequencing cheap and easy, littering the world with piles of genetic code. Tyler guides the Overground through the innovative software applications that turns piles of sequence data into clinically relevant information. Join the crew they discuss how bioinformatics detects diseases, keeps you healthy and why we have a spleen. Featured Technology: https://www.unemed.com/product/smzl-specific-biomarkers; https://www.unemed.com/product/cancer-classification-algorithm; https://webapps.fhcrc.org/sites/public/bdir/technology/technologies/detail/colon-cancer-biomarkers-14-033 Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charl...

2019-01-2818 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: People are complicated—fad diets, faculty startups & surgical robotsHappy birthday Bayh-Dole! The Overground crew celebrates the law that created university technology transfer and closes out 2018 with hard hitting questions: Why are we so fat? Can technology change our daily behavior? When do the things we do become our legacies? Is that robot inside you doing surgery? Thank you to everyone who listened in Overground’s freshman year. We left our yearbook in our locker so you’ll just have to come find us again next year. Featured Technology: https://www.unemed.com/product/a-wrist-a-trac ; https://prommuneinc.com/ ; https://www.virtualincision.com/ Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr...

2018-12-1713 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Anyone can cook up a happy accidentA great invention can come from anywhere, and sometimes not on purpose. As the wise and powerful Bob Ross once said: “There are no mistakes in this world, only happy accidents.” The Overground crew uses a variety of inspirational quotes—spolier: “Anyone can cook!”— to address how inventors often back into their best inventions; and how the best inventions often come when not trying to invent anything at all. Featured Technology: Self Pacing Treadmill https://www.unemed.com/product/self-pacing-treadmill Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://w...

2018-11-1213 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Authors, Inventors, students and bossesWhen they asked you when Innovation Overground finally figured itself out you tell them, "Episode 14." The Overground crew uses its newfound charisma and chemistry to dissect Charlie’s beef with his brother’s boss... with a rollicking discussion of inventorship and authorship. This is the first episode of a brand-new era. Oh, and that’s right, its "share" not "sure." Featured Technology: WeChart https://www.unemed.com/blog/capstone-drives-innovations Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocard...

2018-10-2215 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Picking winnersThe market wants what the market wants. The trick to picking winners from losers in technology transfer is to let the market pick them for you. The Overground crew discuss the surprising results of selling inventions – even the ones that don’t seem sell-able. Featured Technology: Hemodialysis Catheter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVc4oqR39h8; Biocontainment unit: https://www.unemed.com/product/image-level-3-quarantine; Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gre...

2018-10-1516 min

2018-10-1542 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Biomechanics is the futureBiomechanics is the next big thing. Skeptical? How about using biomechanics to make affordable 3D-printed prosthetics for children. Or what about using biomechanics to revolutionize the world’s fifth leading cause of death. Still skeptical? Fine. We also have an exploding shoe. Featured Technology: 3D printed prosthetics https://www.unemed.com/news/demo-day-videos-now-available; COPD platform https://www.unemed.com/product/copd-monitoring-platform; WASP https://www.unemed.com/product/wearable-apparatus-slip Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardi...

2018-10-0116 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: You can't patent you, obviouslyIt turns out the most precious invention is you – but someone already thought of it. The Overground crew glove up and peel apart the icky issues: gene patents, personalized medicine and Michael Crichton. Featured Technology: https://www.unemed.com/news/startup-will-develop-blood-test-unstable-coronary-artery-disease Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2018-09-2416 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: You can’t patent you, obviouslyIt turns out the most precious invention is you – but someone already thought of it. The Overground crew glove up and peel apart the icky issues: gene patents, personalized medicine and Michael Crichton. Featured Technology: https://www.unemed.com/news/startup-will-develop-blood-test-unstable-coronary-artery-disease Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2018-09-2416 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Match-MakingIdeas are great, but sometimes the best inventions happen when you lock the right people in a windowless room for a few hours. The Overground crew discusses what happens when curated relationships help open doors to new collaborations and previously unknown opportunities...including a new test for coronary artery disease. Featured Technology: MedLens: https://www.unemed.com/product/medlens; Microscope Phone Mount: https://www.yellowbasementdesign.com/; Coronary Artery Disease blood test: https://www.unemed.com/news/startup-will-develop-blood-test-unstable-coronary-artery-disease Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.une...

2018-09-1717 min

2018-09-171h 05

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Fourth time's the charmWe know science is hard but, man, science is hard. Tyler discusses the difficulty of reproducing results, especially in biological research. Joe dishes on a technology that is reliably reproducible in multiple labs...and why that’s sometimes still not enough. Featured Technology: Antimicrobial Peptides: https://www.unemed.com/product/antimicrobial-peptides Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2018-08-2716 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Fourth time’s the charmWe know science is hard but, man, science is hard. Tyler discusses the difficulty of reproducing results, especially in biological research. Joe dishes on a technology that is reliably reproducible in multiple labs...and why that’s sometimes still not enough. Featured Technology: Antimicrobial Peptides: https://www.unemed.com/product/antimicrobial-peptides Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2018-08-2715 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Why hasn't anyone invented this before?The bounds of the human imagination are limitless and so is the scope of what we can create. Despite that, Tyler details how applied 3D printing makes small, iterative inventions much more feasible. The Overground crew also discusses cramming needles and hooks into the eyes of children and other fun stuff. Featured Technology: Precision Syringe: https://www.unemed.com/product/precision-injection-syringe; Video: https://youtu.be/H47FEQErz7A Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myoca...

2018-08-2017 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Why hasn’t anyone invented this before?The bounds of the human imagination are limitless and so is the scope of what we can create. Despite that, Tyler details how applied 3D printing makes small, iterative inventions much more feasible. The Overground crew also discusses cramming needles and hooks into the eyes of children and other fun stuff. Featured Technology: Precision Syringe: https://www.unemed.com/product/precision-injection-syringe; Video: https://youtu.be/H47FEQErz7A Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2018-08-2017 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: A fistful of yardsticksSome inventors must innovate to innovate. Sounds like gibberish, but the Overground crew explains that medical innovations sometimes require new measurements and models. Listen in as they share the fascinating story behind a novel improvement to an old procedure for kidney failure. Featured Technologies: AV Fistula Maturation Device (Blog, "Innovate to innovate: "https://www.unemed.com/blog/new-yardsticks-new-ideas; Blog, "Vein and arteries are't just pipes:" https://www.unemed.com/blog/veins-arteries-just-pipes-right; Product Page: https://www.unemed.com/product/av-fistula-maturation)Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed...

2018-08-1314 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: A fistful of yardsticksSome inventors must innovate to innovate. Sounds like gibberish, but the Overground crew explains that medical innovations sometimes require new measurements and models. Listen in as they share the fascinating story behind a novel improvement to an old procedure for kidney failure. Featured Technologies: AV Fistula Maturation Device (Blog, "Innovate to innovate: "https://www.unemed.com/blog/new-yardsticks-new-ideas; Blog, "Vein and arteries are't just pipes:" https://www.unemed.com/blog/veins-arteries-just-pipes-right; Product Page: https://www.unemed.com/product/av-fistula-maturation) Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocard...

2018-08-1314 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: The CRISPR episodeEveryone has a take on CRISPR. Join the Overground crew as they provide a brief overview of CRISPR and its current limits on curing diseases and creating rampaging supervillains. The trio then discuss how Easi-CRISPR, a technology jointly invented at UNMC and the University of Tokai, neatly fills in the current limits of genome editing for both applications. Featured Technologies: Easi-CRISPR (https://www.unemed.com/product/crispr-cas9-editing-tool & https://www.unemed.com/product/easi-crispr-therapeutic) Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with...

2018-08-0622 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: The CRISPR episodeEveryone has a take on CRISPR. Join the Overground crew as they provide a brief overview of CRISPR and its current limits on curing diseases and creating rampaging supervillains. The trio then discuss how Easi-CRISPR, a technology jointly invented at UNMC and the University of Tokai, neatly fills in the current limits of genome editing for both applications. Featured Technologies: Easi-CRISPR (https://www.unemed.com/product/crispr-cas9-editing-tool & https://www.unemed.com/product/easi-crispr-therapeutic)Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed

2018-08-0622 min

Innovation Overground Innovation Overground: Tech transfer 101 & leadershipLeading leaders and leaderly things they do. Maybe. The Overground hosts discuss what it means to be a leader within the university technology transfer arena, highlight some ways in which UNeMed tries to lead and share some behind-the-scenes basics. Featured Technologies: UNeMed Salesforce (https://techtransfercentral.com/2018/02/07/unemed-took-the-tto-data-bull-by-the-horns-and-created-its-own-customized-solution/); NeuroFreeze (https://www.mdbioproducts.com/products/neuroscience/neurofreeze ) Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) Sponsor: UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/

2018-07-3019 min