Neuromorphic research at Caltech has spawned a number of start up companies. These include:

Cyrano Sciences Inc. develops electronic nose technology that provides answers about the state of chemical systems. The first product, the hand held Cyranose, based on this technology will be intro- duced in the last quarter of 1999. This product will enable customers to easily characterize the state of chemical systems across both industrial and consumer markets. Demonstrated ap- plications include food processing, quality control for industrial processes, medicine, the chemical and environment industries and military opportunities.

Digital Persona provides mass market solutions for personal digital identification based on biometrics. The company uses proprietary hardware, software and firmware to ensure that its customers have a convenient and secure means of identifying themselves in the digital world.

EndActive is the winner of Caltech's first Busines Plan Competition. The company's first product is an endoscopic device for minimally invasive surgery.

Evolution Robotics, established in 2002, was founded to bring personal robotics to the masses. They produce low cost, interactive mobile sensory systems.

The goal at Holoplex Technologoes is to develop holographic memory products. The company designs and builds systems which require the recording of a large number of holograms in all commercially available recording materials (photo- refractives and photo- polymers). Application areas include image storage and recognition. The company also produces a gesture recog- nition system applied to a very successful video game product.

Ondax, established in 2000, develops and manufactures all-optical advanced Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) components. Ondax's Fasma line of products will add a tunable dimension to passive components, providing flexibility to communications networks.

realMOVES produces software for realistic motion animation and is the winner of the second Caltech Business Plan competition. The company's first target market is computer games. A demonstration of its animation technique can be found on the company's website.

Synthetic Sound Systems is the winner of the the CNSE ERC Business Plan Competition. The company is developing a high-level music language that will allow composers to capture their individual perception of sounds.

Synaptics concentrates on advanced human-machine interfaces, based on analog VLSI and neural networks. One of the company’s products is a touch pad more reliable and smaller than existing mice or trackballs.

Tanner Research offers design tools, design services, technical expertise, and research experience in the areas of ICs (integrated circuits), ASICs (application specific ICs), and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems). Tanner EDA develops EDA software tools for IC design, MCM, and rapidly emerging MEMS technology. Tanner Laboratories performs state-of-the-art research for mixed-signal microelectronics and MEMS Systems, Image Processing, and Speech Recognition. Tanner CES provides consulting and engineering services to third parties. Tanner EPD manages product development efforts for emerging hardware products.

United Micromachines performs research and development in MEMS devices. The company's clients include Boeing, Sclumberger, and the Department of Defense. The company is an outgrowth of MEMS research in Caltech's Micromachining Laboratory.

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