UF Innovate Tech Licensing

🥽 Cybersickness, including symptoms like nausea, fatigue, and eyestrain, remains a major barrier to the widespread adoption of in education, training, entertainment, and healthcare.

Researchers at UF BME, led by Dr. Daniel Ferris, developed a brain-informed system for tracking brain activity and mitigating cybersickness during immersive virtual reality experiences.

Using high-density electroencephalography (EEG), the platform detects neural patterns linked to sensory conflict and dynamically applies brief visual adjustments to help users stay comfortable without disrupting immersion.

This University of Florida technology applies brief visual adjustments to help improve synchronization between visual and vestibular brain regions, helping reduce the onset and severity of cybersickness symptoms.

This tech is now available for licensing!

🔗 Learn more and license here: https://ufinnovate.technologypublisher.com/techcase/MP26034

Delivering drugs to the brain remains one of the biggest challenges in treating neurological diseases. Fewer than 2% of approved therapeutics effectively reach the central nervous system (CNS).🧠

Researchers from UF BME have developed a fungal–nanoparticle drug delivery platform that helps transport therapeutics across the blood-brain barrier. Using an avirulent strain of Cryptococcus neoformans, the system carries drug-loaded nanoparticles to the brain and spinal cord through immune-cell–mediated transport.

The platform aims to improve treatment delivery for conditions such as ALS and glioblastoma while reducing off-target effects and the need for invasive CNS delivery methods. This University of Florida innovation could support more effective therapies for a wide range of neurological disorders.

This tech is available now for licensing!
🔗: https://ufinnovate.technologypublisher.com/techcase/MP26035

Clean hydrogen production is essential for reducing industrial emissions, but current methods often rely on energy-intensive oxygen separation, external heating, and processes that generate significant CO₂ emissions. 🌎

Researchers at the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at UF, led by Dr. Jonathan Scheffe and Dr. Kathryn Trimm, have developed an integrated chemical-looping system that converts methane into high-purity hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen streams.

The process uses coupled redox cycles to eliminate the need for external oxygen separation and heating. By integrating endothermic and exothermic reaction steps, the technology improves thermal efficiency through internal heat recovery while minimizing direct CO₂ formation.

This University of Florida innovation supports cleaner energy solutions and more efficient industrial processes. Learn more about this tech below!

🔗: https://ufinnovate.technologypublisher.com/techcase/MP26033