Cyber-Extruder, a young software development company, and Noble Device Technologies, an electronics designer, each received $250,000 from the NJEDA's Springboard Fund II Technology Grant program.
"CyberExtruder is very excited that the State of New Jersey has recognized the good work we do," said Larry Gardner, of Ridgewood, the chief executive officer. "This grant will make a significant contribution to the development of our next generation of software for the security industry."
"We feel very fortunate that New Jersey leaders value high technology businesses like us, and have developed programs like Springboard II to ensure that we continue to grow," said Clifford King, of New York City, CEO of Noble Devices.
Both companies are located in the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), a high-tech business incubator program, at NJIT. Since 1988, The EDC has helped inventors move innovative products out of the lab and into the marketplace. The program, housed in a trio of Newark buildings, provides office and laboratory space, financial help, business and technical services, and the shared expertise of the center's managers. Goals include reducing risk for fledgling entrepreneurs while creating businesses that will generate jobs and bolster New Jersey's economy.
Cyber-Extruder www.cyberextruder.com uses a core technology enabling the automatic conversions of 2D facial images (such as a passport photos) to life-like biometrically and forensically accurate 3D models of the subjects' faces or heads. The technology has applications in the entertainment and security industries.
Noble Device Technologies is developing high resolution, reliable, and inexpensive short wave infrared image sensors for the medical and military marketplace. The company's technology is based on silicon, the material of choice for integrated circuits, but not for most optoelectronic applications so far. Noble Device's patented process for combining infrared detection with silicon electronics is truly unique in the industry.
New Jersey Institute of Technology, the state's public technological research university, enrolls more than 8,800 students in bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 100 degree programs offered by six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey School of Architecture, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, Albert Dorman Honors College and College of Computing Sciences. NJIT is renowned for expertise in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and eLearning.