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October 29, 2019

Purdue receives first USDA grant to study organic hemp production

Farmers interested in growing now-legal hemp have little information to guide them. With the help of a nearly $1 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, research from Purdue University scientists, led by Kevin Gibson,
professor of botany and plant pathology, will answer questions related to organic production of the crop.

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October 23, 2019

Purdue Foundry unveils first DDX cohort

The Purdue Foundry has unveiled its first cohort for the Double Down Experiment (DDX), which includes nine businesses ready to reach the next level with technologies designed to advance the world.

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October 22, 2019

$2.3 million DoE grant to advance ethanol fuel research

Researchers at Purdue University have received $2.3 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office for their work to create computer models to simplify the design and construction of biorefineries to help them better perform reliably, sustainably, safely and economically.

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October 22, 2019

Watch your ghost teach a robot how to tag-team

For those manufacturing jobs where humans have an edge, Purdue University engineers have introduced “GhostX:” An augmented reality platform that turns the user and robot into “ghosts.” The user can then plan out how to collaborate with the robot and work out kinks before actually performing a task.
The technology solves a big engineering conundrum: For humans and robots to truly collaborate, they would have to know exactly what each other is doing.

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