Duke Start-up Challenge 2008-2009 (old)
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Trace-Aid
The Trace-Aid addresses the need for a device that will motivate children with Autism to improve their tracing skills in order to enhance each child’s communication abilities and fine-motor control.
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POWERleap LLC
POWERleap sells a flooring product that generates electricity from human foot traffic
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Knoesis, Inc.
Knoesis, Inc. seeks to develop bio-analytical hardware and reagents enabling cost-effective, point-of-care clinical diagnostics. The vision of the company is to allow everyone affordable access to rapid and specific diagnostic healthcare knowledge.
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EntoGenetics
Five times stronger than steel, two times stronger and ten times more elastic than Kevlar, spider silk is a natural marvel that eluded exhaustive attempts by science to replicate until recent breakthroughs by the scientists of EntoGenetics.
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Wimzii
Wimzii is an apparel search engine which allows consumers to find apparel efficiently and cheaply. The founding team consists of three undergraduates whose mission is to provide apparel consumers with the ability to make informed purchasing decisions
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e³ Services
Providing quality affordable energy efficiency auditing services to clients that will help them save money on their energy bills and decrease their negative impact on the environment.
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Intelligent Irrigation Solutions
Intelligent Irrigation Solutions is a green-tech start-up that uses in-ground soil moisture sensors and advanced forecasting models that enable irrigation to be more efficient, ultimately reducing water consumption for irrigation by 20-40%.
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Plato's Republic
Plato's Republic provides a holistic approach to supplemental education by offering academic support and enrichment as well as physical fitness training via exergaming, a new and innovative way to exercise using video games and electronics.
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Manifest
The proposition: to revolutionising current media publishing methods. "Manifest" is a web-based, quality magazine using print-on demand distribution. http://manifestmagazine.wordpress.com
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WaterPLUS
WaterPLUS is a global social venture aimed at providing innovative point-of-use water purification systems based on germicidal ultraviolet LED technology.
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3rd Rock Sunblock
3rd Rock Sunblock®, Inc. is the developer, manufacturer and distributor (with partners) of a revolutionary patented all-natural SPF product line that yields superior UV protection and contains beneficial, healthy, immune boosting ingredients.
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ABCDiagnostics
Early detection of pathogen with a easy-to-use, low-cost, instrument-free technology
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Alma Matters - Undergrad Track Entry
Alma Matters - Undergrad Track Entry
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American Robotics, Inc
American Robotics, Inc. is focused on bringing next generation robots to the public marketplace to augment dull, dirty and dangerous tasks.
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AMFLASK Solutions - Undergrad Track Entry
AMFLASK Solutions - Undergrad Track Entry
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Application Jungle
Application Jungle
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Application Jungle - Women's Track Entry
Application Jungle
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Beacon Center for Healing at Hiddenbrooke
Beacon Center for Healing at Hiddenbrooke
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BGT Biogasoline
BGT started out seeking to produce hexane isomers from sugars. Issues related to scalability caused us to shift focus and produce heptanone instead. Heptanone has higher energy, higher yields, and more proven scalability.
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Blue Devil Valet Parking
Blue Devil Valet Parking
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Blue Devil Valet Parking - Undergrad Track Entry
Blue Devil Valet Parking - Undergrad Track Entry
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Blue Samurai Innovation
Blue Samurai Innovation
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Brace Yourself
Duke Start Up Challenge - Health Care Track
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Bright Idea Consulting, Inc.
Bright Idea Consulting, Inc. is dedicated to developing low-cost, affordable and attractive solutions to energy problems in the developing world. Our work is meant to become intermediate technology on the way to better livelihood.
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Campus Commons - Undergrad Track Entry
Campus Commons - Undergrad Track Entry
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ChangeEducate
ChangeEducate
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ChangeEducate - Undergrad Track Entry
ChangeEducate - Undergrad Track Entry
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Chartashcareers - Undergrad Track Entry
Chartashcareers - Undergrad Track Entry
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Citation-manager
A place online to search for, manage, store and export references.
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ClosetSpace
ClosetSpace
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ClosetSpace - Undergrad Track Entry
ClosetSpace - Undergrad Track Entry
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CM Allen Group
CM Allen Group
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College Choice - Undergrad Track Entry
College Choice - Undergrad Track Entry
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Cornmilk USA
Cornmilk USA
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Cornmilk USA - Undergrad Track Entry
Cornmilk USA - Undergrad Track Entry
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CPS Biofuels
CPS Biofules has developed a process for producing GTBE (glycerol tert butyl ether), an environmentally friendly compound that is domestically producible and fits within the current U.S. automobile infrastructure.
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Credit Case - Undergrad Track Entry
Credit Case - Undergrad Track Entry
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Drafster - Undergrad Track Entry
Drafster - Undergrad Track Entry
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Ducat Trading Company - Undergrad Track Entry
Ducat Trading Company - Undergrad Track Entry
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DUKE Kick Starters
DUKE Kick Starters
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DukeSocial.com - Undergrad Track Entry
DukeSocial.com - Undergrad Track Entry
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Edge Athletics
Resistance Training Apparel provides significant resistance to athletes during their sport-specific training. This added resistance during training will help to build greater strength, speed, and endurance, resulting in better game-time performance.
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Ekko
Ekko
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Ekko - Undergrad Track Entry
Ekko - Undergrad Track Entry
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Evolve
Culinary Job Training: Feeding People's Hunger to Succeed
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EVOLVEMINT
EVOLVEMINT
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Faux Snow
Faux Snow is an all-weather, predominantly non-granular artificial surface designed to imitate the feel and responsiveness of the natural snow you would find on a ski slope.
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FingrPrint - Undergrad Track Entry
FingrPrint - Undergrad Track Entry