Future Concepts division
With expertise across numerous areas, including developing solutions for a more sustainable world and creating a digital future for the workplace, the Future Concepts division puts a premium on developing integrated concepts for complex problems and driving and catalyzing collaboration across SRI. Our labs focus on basic research and real-world applications by creating and maturing breakthrough technologies.
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SRI and University of Houston receive $3.6M to develop a microreactor to convert carbon dioxide to methanol using renewable energy
By recycling carbon dioxide into methanol, this science supports U.S. climate goals and helps reduce greenhouse gases.
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PARC Forum: How innovation can save the living ocean
SRI, in collaboration with Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, hosted the Monterey Bay Aquarium to discuss ocean conservation.
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Building the next generation of electronics
SRI’s cleanroom offers clients the ability to develop new devices, build prototypes, work with experts, and run small-scale manufacturing.
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Jan Vandenbrande: Motivated to transition technology into the world
SRI’s newest division is advancing innovation in sustainability, manufacturing, and human-machine collaboration.
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Researchers develop materials that can take on the toughest conditions
SRI’s advancements are in ceramic matrix composites, which are capable of withstanding extreme temperatures and corrosive environments.
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Researchers aim to disrupt how new materials are leveraged in the design process
SRI chosen by DARPA to develop next-generation computational design of metallic parts and intelligent testing of alloys.
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SRI researchers develop rugged, low-cost, drifting sensors to learn more about the oceans
PEARL drifters pack an array of sensors into a compact autonomous device to gather data and signs of activity.
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SRI Honors Women’s Progress: Paying Tribute to Women’s History Month
We foster environments where women can innovate, lead, and contribute.
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SRI develops a new system that can spray liquids that others can’t
A new spray-drying technology could cut high energy costs and increase efficiency across large industries.
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SRI builds an AI-enabled system that guides users through complex physical tasks
Wearable cameras and microphones enable the system to provide feedback through voice, text, and graphics.
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Nazly Pirmoradi: Exploring 3D Pharmaceutical Printing
A senior research scientist at SRI pushes the frontier of how we make and take medicine.
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SRI Commemorates Women’s Impact: Honoring Women’s History Month
We foster environments where women can innovate, lead, and contribute.