News
Student-Developed Smart Glove Boosts Braille Accessibility and Literacy
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BrailleWear — a wearable smart glove developed by two Cornell students — reads braille to assist visually impaired individuals.
start-up
Cornell Alumnus Launches Start-Up That Offers Virtual Home Maintenance Assistance
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The start-up Dwelling connects homeowners with professionals, how-to videos and resources to provide remote repairs during the pandemic.
business
Ithaca-Based Online Grocery Shopping Platform Booms Four Months Into Pandemic
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“The online ecommerce experience is competing with the in-store experience,” Makar said. “It’s going to be as good or better of an experience than it is in store. Ultimately, stores will adapt how they operate as more business comes through online.”
News
Student Start-up ‘Zing’ App Tries to Connect Classmates
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Students enrolled in large, intro-level classes know the feeling: looking around for a familiar face on the first day, and not knowing a single person. By the end of the semester, the faces are familiar, but their names are still a mystery.
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Student Startup Partners With Cornell Dining to Deliver Breakfast to Your Doorstep
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Some Cornellians’ stomacs might be feeling a little more full thanks to a student-run startup that hand-delivers breakfast to your doorstep — including offerings such as avocado toast and acai bowl on its palate.
Alumni
Cornell Ranks 9th in Producing “Unicorn” Founders
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During a particular lecture on the evolution of U.S. transportation, Zimmer recalled thinking “If those are the first three slides in the presentation, what would be the fourth slide ten years from now?” Eleven years after Zimmer took the course, Lyft is a now $5.5 billion private company, according to Barnes.