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Squid Labs was an independent research and development company founded by a group of four MIT graduates. In 2004, Colin Bulthaup, Dan Goldwater, Saul Griffith, and Eric Wilhelm moved from the East Coast to California to found the company known as Squid Labs.〔 〕 During its years of existence from 2004 to 2007, Squid Labs added three more members to its team: Geo Homsy, Corwin Hardham and Ryan McKinley. Working out of a warehouse in Emeryville, the group adopted the slogan "We're not a think tank, we're a do tank." and created a handful of patents and inventions including an electronically sensed rope, portable pull-cord generators, and a machine that could manufacture eyeglasses of any prescriptions at extremely low cost. Squid Labs was also the birthplace for many companies still running today, such as Makani Power and Howtoons. Although the company no longer exists, Squid Lab's co-founder, Saul Griffith created a similar company in San Francisco named Otherlab. ==Projects== Squid Labs had many breakthrough and award winning projects that influenced their respective industries. These inventions include: * Electronically Sensed Rope-A high strength electronic cable that could read and display load data and rope condition.The rope is embedded with fibers that sense the rope's condition can send data to a receiver. This was one of Squid Lab's better known inventions and was featured in Time Magazine's most amazing inventions of 2005.〔 * Low Cost Eyeglasses-Squid Labs designed a machine that could cheaply mold lenses of any prescription under 20 minutes. This won the Harvard Business School Business Plan Competition and was the start of the company (Optioptia ). * Printed electronics- Squid Labs helped to start the field of printed electronics〔 This is a low-end and low-cost way to create circuits and other electronics using common printing technology. * Programmed Assembly- Squid Labs researched and created autonomous self-assembling robots and was featured in Nature (journal) in 2005 for their development of small self-replicating systems.〔〔http://www.squid-labs.com/projects/folding/naturepub.pdf〕 * Monkey Kites- Squid Labs is the researcher and developer for all of (Monkey Kites ) high-performance kite surfing kites.〔 * Solar Power Systems- Squid Labs helped test and design rugged solar panels that could be installed in driveways and on the road.〔〔 * Location and Guidance system technology- Squid Labs developed custom electronic sensor technology for private and corporate clients. This technology has many uses including airborne systems and emergency responders.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Squid Labs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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