Nan-Wei Gong is a Taiwanese engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur at MIT whose work focuses on wearable technology.[1]
Education
editGong earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in Materials Science and Engineering at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.[2] After spending a summer internship working with Joseph Paradiso[2] at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Gong decided to attend the school where she earned her master's degree in 2009[3] and her PhD in the Responsive Environments Group in the MIT Media Lab in 2013.[4] In 2013 Gong was part of a team that won the Robert P. Goldberg $100,000 grand prize at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. The team created "new sensor-level software that recognizes three-dimensional gestures on small, battery-powered, mobile devices."[5] Gong worked in MIT's Media Lab as a research assistant for seven years.[3]
Career
editGong founded Circular2, a technology consulting company in 2014.[2] Gong is a co-inventor of a device for "sensing floor for locating people and devices. A patent was issued to Microsoft for this invention in 2015.[6] Gong co-founded FIGUR8, a company that develops wearable technology that can assess the musculoskeletal system in minutes. This technology allows for better accessibility and visibility of soft-tissue recovery and treatment planning compared to MRI's and X-Ray scans.[4][3]
References
edit- ^ D'Ambrosio, Daniel. "MIT Engineer Develops New Way To Improve Your Body Movement". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ a b c Wogrammer (2018-07-20). "Wearing the Pants: Hardware Engineer Nan-Wei Gong Defies Gender Stereotypes to Create 3D Tech". AnitaB.org x Wogrammer. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ a b c "MIT: Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health. - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ a b "FIGUR8 Generates $12 Million in Series A Financing. - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Gesture Is the New Touch: MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Awards $100,000 Grand Prize to 3dim, Creator of the First 3-D Gesture Sensor for Mobile Devices - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Microsoft Assigned Patent for Sensing Floor for Locating People and Devices - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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