Putting Faculty on blast (in a good way)

The chronicle of higher ed was also my source of news this week, there is an interesting piece on a new website aimed at displaying inventions of university faculty members to scientists and practitioners in various fields. I thought this was amazing because I have seen and heard of AMAZING ideas, concepts, work that have been developed at universities that sometimes go un-noticed because of lack of funds to further research or lack of right connections to put the invention to good use.

The piece says "
The site, iBridge Network, ... lets institutions share information about inventions and research tools developed by their faculty members. It also includes features that allow scientists or companies to sign up for alerts about new developments in certain fields. In some cases, they will be able to license rights to technologies listed on the site with the click of a button...the iBridge site will make those exchanges easier. It will also be a way for industry to learn about the work of academics that might be of commercial interest.

I hope this website is advertised properly because it has great potential. Our own UGA Research foundation is registered on the site. I am excited to hear about collaborations that will be conceived from this concept.