Purdue Ventures Invests in Ixana Wearable Chip Company
Purdue Ventures invests in West Lafayette-based Ixana commercializing Purdue-developed Wi-R wearable communication chip technology, accelerating transition from research prototypes to production silicon solving wearable battery limitations.
Purdue Ventures invests in West Lafayette-based Ixana commercializing Purdue-developed Wi-R wearable communication chip technology. Investment accelerates transition from research prototypes to production silicon solving wearable battery limitations.
Body-guided wireless innovation
Wi-R uses electro-quasistatic fields confining signals to body surface creating secure body-area networks. Achieves 100x energy efficiency over Bluetooth Wi-Fi enabling all-day AR glasses operation with video streaming across distributed wearables.
Purdue research commercialization
CTO Shreyas Sen pioneered Wi-R at Purdue leveraging semiconductor expertise from Intel Qualcomm. Investment supports YR11 1Mbps chip production and YR21 20Mbps roadmap targeting smartphone manufacturers AR headset developers and defense applications.
Wearable Brain ecosystem
Technology enables distributed computing platform deconstructing smartphone components across body locations. Charging-free sensor patches, head-mounted camera/microphone, centralized processor form Electronic Nervous System providing real-time health dashboard.
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